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Montevideo, March 15th 2026 - 03:08 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Drones banned in Venezuela

    These devices were considered to pose security risks

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime announced Tuesday a nationwide suspension and prohibition of all activities related to drones and other remotely piloted aircraft. Published in Official Gazette No. 6,927, the measure bans the purchase, sale, manufacture, import, distribution, training, registration, and flight operations of these devices for one year, effective Aug. 18, 2025.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Copa Sudamericana match in Argentina halted amid fan violence

    Conmebol authorities stopped the police from intervening

    The Copa Sudamericana round of 16 football match between Independiente of Argentina and Universidad de Chile, tied at 1-1, was suspended 20 minutes into the second half due to violent clashes in Avellaneda on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 08:52 UTC

    Falklands Pre-Election Workshops to inform on voting and civic engagement

    Gilbert House in Stanley is where the Legislative Assembly meets and delivers.

    In preparation for the Falkland Islands 2025 General Election, a series of Pre-Election Workshops are being held to give voters and potential candidates a chance to learn more about the role of MLAs, the election process, and why your voice matters.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 06:45 UTC

    Liberal Uruguay and the right to die (legal assisted dying), The Economist

    Uruguay’s support for assisted dying is built on a strikingly secular and liberal tradition that is unique in the region and was promoted by early political leaders.

    Pablo Canepa was a normal, healthy 35-year-old Uruguayan. Handsome and extroverted, he was a talented graphic designer who loved to host barbecues with his girlfriend and was fanatical about Nacional, a local football team. Taking a shower in March 2022, he suddenly felt dizzy. He thought little of it.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 22:06 UTC

    Argentina partially halts poultry exports due to avian flu

    Argentina now needs 28 days with no further detections to fully resume exports

    Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) temporarily suspended poultry exports on Wednesday to countries with which it has a disease-free health agreement following a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 21:41 UTC

    Lula and Macron agree to further discuss EU-Mercosur FTA

    Lula wants the FTA finalized during his pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation about one hour long Wednesday with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, during which both leaders pledged to further discuss the Mercosur-European Union Free Trade Agreement to finalize it.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro mobilizes four million militiamen in response to US naval deployment

    The National Militia, created by Hugo Chávez in 2007, has expanded under Maduro’s rule as part of the doctrine of “civil-military unity”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday the activation of four million members of the Bolivarian National Militia in response to the deployment of three US Navy destroyers, aircraft, and submarines off the country’s coast. The operation, ordered by Donald Trump, aims to target Latin American cartels, including the Cartel of the Suns, which Washington accuses Maduro of leading.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Uruguay assumes the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency

    Lubetkin announced that issues such as productive integration, education, energy, and combating organized crime will be promoted

    Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and María Gabriela Sommerfeld of Ecuador participated Tuesday at Montevideo's Torre Ejecutiva in the handover ceremony of the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Bogotá court orders Uribe's release pending further appeals

    Uribe had been sentenced by the 44th Criminal Court of the Bogotá Circuit to 12 years under house arrest

    A Bogota High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, thereby revoking Judge Sandra Heredia's 12-year house arrest sentence that Uribe had been serving after being found guilty of bribery and procedural fraud.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentine pilots want to launch nationwide strike

    Pilots are against President Javier Milei's decree changing their work conditions

    Argentina's Airline Pilots Association (APLA) has called for a nationwide strike to protest President Javier Milei's decree 378/2025, which alters working conditions for flight crews.