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Montevideo, March 20th 2026 - 08:22 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Chilean Deputies pass State of Exception for southern provinces

    The southern provinces suffer recurrent episodes of rural violence

    Chile's Lower House Monday passed 73 votes in favor, 41 against, and five abstentions the renewal of the State of Exception in four southern provinces in the Bíobio and La Araucanía regions. The measure still has to be approved by the Senate.

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

    Ukraine/Russian conflict will have a severe impact on the global economy, anticipates IMF

    The war in Ukraine is resulting in tragic loss of life and human suffering, as well as causing massive damage to Ukraine’s physical infrastructure

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board addressed the economic impact of the war in Ukraine, price shocks of energy and commodity prices, and on possible fast-tracked financial assistance for affected countries since a severe impact on the global economy can be expected.

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Peru, UK further coordinate cooperation work

    A fresh minister and an outgoing Ambassador went through the last details of mutual cooperation work ahead.

    Peru's Economy Minister Oscar Graham and British Ambassador to Lima Kate Harrisson Monday held a meeting to coordinate the upcoming mutual projects, such as Reconstruction with Change and Bicentennial Schools, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

    Evo Morales supports Vladimir Putin and calls for mobilization against NATO

    Evo publicly supports Putin

    Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Monday posted on Twitter he supported Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. He also pointed out that military supremacy in the hands of the United States was a threat to world peace.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 20:07 UTC

    Canadian PM meets Queen Elizabeth face to face post COVID-19

    Trudeau was in London to discuss the Ukraine crisis with Johnson and Rutte, but the Queen made room for a meeting with a Prime Minister of one of her Commonwealth realms

    Queen Elizabeth II Monday met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in what was her first face-to-face encounter with anyone outside her innermost circle after recovering from COVID-19. Trudeau was on a trip to the UK for talks on the war in Ukraine with his British and Dutch colleagues, Boris Johnson and Mark Rutte, respectively.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Controversy over empty bench in Argentine Congress representing Malvinas

    Governor Melella recalled that the 'usurped' archipelago, under Argentine law, is already in the jurisdiction of Tierra del Fuego province

    A “nutty” initiative, Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella described the proposal by several Argentine lawmakers to create in Congress a Malvinas Islands bench, which would remain empty covered with an Argentine flag until the legitimate occupier arrives, a symbolic sovereignty claim over the Islands 'usurped' by Great Britain.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Globally-known credit cards no longer of use for Russians

    Visa, Mastercard, and American Express issued separate statements

    The world's leading credit cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be accepted outside the country, while those issued abroad will not be valid for transactions, it was announced over the weekend.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Chile to build longer ditch along Bolivian border

    At least 23 migrants died last year trying to cross the border from Bolivia.

    Less than a week before the end of President Sebastián Piñera's term, Chile's government has announced plans to build a long ditch on the border with Bolivia as a measure to control the migration crisis stemming from the illegal arrival of people.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Founding stone for relocated naval base in Ushuaia with its own wharf

    Minister Taiana anticipated that the new base will be closely coordinated with the Antarctic Logistic Pole currently developed by the provincial government

    Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana and the governor of Tierra del Fuego province, Gustavo Melella laid the founding stone of the Ushuaia Integral Naval Base, which will replace the current naval base, and will be built in two phases including 15.000 square meters military wharf.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

    Brexit keeps Gibraltar ambulances off Spain

    Unless it is an emergency, staff must have Spanish residence or UE citizenship

    In a new direct Brexit spinoff, authorities at the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have confirmed that routine patients may henceforth be ferried for treatment to Spanish hospitals only if their ambulances are staffed by Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, it was reported.