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Montevideo, August 26th 2026 - 19:12 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 22:26 UTC

    De Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list

    De Moraes had been sanctioned for allegedly violating freedom of expression and authorizing arbitrary arrests

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington on Friday. In addition, the Lex Institute, linked to the judge's family, and its members were also suppressed from the infamous roll carried by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Department of the Treasury.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands Election: Renewed Legislative; oath ceremony at Government House

    Stanley’s five elected MLAs, from left: Darwin Lewis Clifton (844 votes), Dean Dent (701), Cheryl Roberts (694), Stacy Bragger (635) and re-elected Roger Spink (555).

    As anticipated, close to 11:00pm Thursday 11 December, the results of the Falkland Islands general election were announced by the Returning Officer Dr. Andrea Clausen, and the integration of the new Legislative Assembly for the next four years was confirmed.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentina rejects UK and Israeli oil plans for Malvinas

    Argentina intends “to safeguard its sovereign rights and interests,” the Foreign Ministry noted

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a vigorous rejection of a reported “Final Investment Decision” by British company Rockhopper Exploration Plc and Israel's Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited regarding the “Sea Lion” oil field in the North Falkland Basin.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    ECLAC suggests deeper ties with India

    India is currently the fifth-largest global economy and is on track to become the third-largest by 2030, it was explained

    Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) should strengthen and expand its economic and cooperation relationship with India to revitalize regional economic growth and enhance development, according to authorities convened at an international seminar hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Massive police deployment targets Comando Vermelho leaders in Rio favela

    The massive deployment ended late Thursday without immediate confirmation of any arrests

    Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando Vermelho (CV), one of Brazil's largest and most influential criminal organizations.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Nearly half of Latin America hit by informality, ILO warns

    The sustained reduction of informality requires “active and coordinated policies,” the ILO underscored

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) warned Thursday that informality continues to affect almost one out of every two workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, reporting a regional average of 47% in 2025.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 22:48 UTC

    US helped Machado escape Venezuela

    Machado pledged to take her accolade ”to Venezuela at the appropriate time”

    Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado confirmed on Thursday that she received assistance from the United States in her secret departure from the South American country after more than a year in hiding.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Argentina issues first dollar-denominated bonds in years

    The last dollar-denominated issuance occurred in January 2018 under then-President Mauricio Macri

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei returned to foreign debt markets, raising US$1 billion to cover impending maturities, it was reported Thursday in Buenos Aires. The Economy Ministry auctioned the new BONAR 2029N bond.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Machado finally makes it to Oslo

    Machado is expected to deliver a message on Thursday

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado finally made it to Oslo, albeit not in time to attend the ceremony where she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado taking her place.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Petro suggests Maduro moves on to “transitional government”

    Maduro wants to join forces with Colombia as Trump warns Petro would be targeted next

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified diplomatic pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, calling for a “general amnesty” and the formation of a “transitional government with the inclusion of all” to resolve Venezuela’s protracted political crisis.