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Montevideo, October 19th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Trump asks Israel to stop shelling Gaza as negotiations yield some light

    Despite initial hopes, some view Hamas' response as ambiguous

    After the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas was reported to be willing to accept a peace proposal put forth by US President Donald Trump -including the release of all hostages- the Republican leader asked Israel on Friday to cease shelling the Gaza Strip.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Mexico and Paraguay endorse Guyanese candidate for IICA top spot

    The Argentine Otero is completing his second term as Director-General

    Mexico and Paraguay have officially announced their support for Guyana's candidate, Agricultural Engineer Muhammad Ibrahim, for the position of Director-General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) for the 2026-2030 term.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    IMF appoints Daniel Katz as new second-in-command

    Katz's immediate past role was as Chief of Staff to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

    Following the resignation of Economist Gita Gopinath earlier this year, the Washington-based International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board announced on Friday that it was hiring Daniel Katz as the new First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD), who is to assume his new duties on Monday.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 18:59 UTC

    US hits another vessel near Venezuela, killing 4

    Hegseth posted a video of the attack

    US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that his country's forces carried out a lethal and kinetic attack ordered by President Donald Trump against a “drug trafficking vessel affiliated with designated terrorist organizations” near the coast of Venezuela.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 18:32 UTC

    First woman ever tapped for the Archbishop of Canterbury post

    Married with two adult children, Mullally holds a seat in Britain's unelected House of Lords

    Dame Sarah Mullally has been named the next Archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to hold the position in the Church of England's history.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Bessent insists US ready to help Argentina

    Under heavy flak for his crumbling economic policies, Milei likened Bessent to footballer Lionel Messi

    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly reiterated his strong support for Argentine President Javier Milei's government, confirming that his agency was prepared “to do whatever it takes” to stabilize the South American country's economy and was working on a currency swap package believed to be around US$20 billion.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Two vetoes repealed: New Congressional defeat for Milei

    The Senate rejected the vetoes Milei signed in August

    The Argentine Senate rejected President Javier Milei's vetoes on two key bills—the University Funding Law and the Pediatric Emergency Law (which allocates resources to the Garrahan Hospital)—effectively ensuring both laws remain in force.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Chief prosecutor of Chile's new special unit appointed

    The FST targets the core of criminal prosecution, Valencia has said

    Chile's Chief Prosecutor Ángel Valencia has appointed Miguel Ángel Orellana as the first head of the new Supraterritorial Prosecutor's Office (FST) created specifically to combat organized crime and highly complex transnational cases. Until now, Orellana served as chief prosecutor for High-Complexity Cases at the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor's Office.

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    Kicillof visits CFK as midterms loom over

    Kicillof is seeking to replicate the strategy that allowed Peronism to defeat Milei's Libertarians in the Buenos Aires province elections

    Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and arguably the main opposition leader following Sept. 7 elections in his district, where he dealt a heavy blow to President Javier Milei's political force, paid a visit Wednesday to Justicialist (Peronist) Party Chairwoman Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:57 UTC

    US gov't shuts down again after seven years

    “There are critical services that the Democrats have taken hostage,” Vance argued

    The United States' federal government ended up in the first shutdown in seven years after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a spending bill.