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Montevideo, January 9th 2026 - 23:46 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 21:40 UTC

    CFK supporters pack Plaza de Mayo after house imprisonment

    “They can lock me up, but not all the Argentine people,” CFK insisted in a recorded audio message played to the crowd

    Crowds supporting former Argentine President Cristina Frnández de Kirchner (CFK) marched Wednesday onto Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo following their leader's six-year house arrest conviction in the so-called Vialidad scandal. The demonstration was organized by the Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ), social organizations, and unions, with replications across several provinces.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Latin American countries evacuate diplomatic missions in Tehran

    Some 40 Argentines chose to stay in Iran despite advise from the South American country's diplomatic mission's advise against it

    Most Latin American countries have evacuated their diplomatic missions in Tehran as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates to unprecedented levels, with some Western analysts even fearing possible use of nuclear weaponry.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

    Chile's Central Bank keeps basic interest rate at 5%

    “The escalation of the war conflict in the Middle East adds further uncertainty to this outlook,” Chile's Central Bank reckoned

    Chile's Central Bank decided Tuesday to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 5%, unchanged since December 2024, due to global economic uncertainties, particularly from escalating trade tensions and the Iran-Israel conflict in the Middle East, which pose risks to the US and global economies.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

    Milei creates local version of FBI

    The Federal Police will focus on the root of crime, not “on the symptom,” Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich signed a decree expanding the scope of the Federal Police's (PFA) duties to focus primarily on investigative tasks, it was announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires. Tuesday's reform repeals a 1958 decree-law from military ruling times.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 08:15 UTC

    UK to introduce legislation on High Seas Treaty by end of year

    Marine Minister Emma Hardy said: “Our oceans are dying. Without urgent action, they will be irreversibly destroyed.”

    The UK Government will introduce a bill by the end of the year, to enable ratification of the BBNJ Agreement (sometimes referred to as the High Seas Treaty), the Marine Minister has announced.

  • Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 05:05 UTC

    First ever female, Blaise Metreweli appointed UK’s MI6 chief

    Blaise Metreweli is currently Director General ‘Q’, responsible for technology and innovation in MI6, and has previously held a Director-level role in MI5.

    The first ever female Chief of the UK’s 116 years Secret Intelligence Service, (MI6), Blaise Metreweli, has been announced by the Prime Minister Kerir Starmer. MI6, officially the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), is responsible for gathering foreign intelligence and operating overseas.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 22:45 UTC

    CFK granted house arrest, albeit with tracking anklet

    CFK will have to wear a tracking anklet for the next six years and request a court authorization to leave her residence, except in cases of force majeure, and abstain from waving from the balcony

    Buenos Aires Federal Court #2 Justices Jorge Gorini and Rodrigo Giménez Uriburu, plus Federal Judge Andrés Fabián Basso Tuesday granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) the possibility of serving her 6-year prison sentence for her involvement in the so-called Vialidad corruption scandal under a house arrest regime, given that she is over 70 years of age and therefore eligible for the measure.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 21:15 UTC

    Falklands MLAs address the UN C24 Committee on Wednesday

    The Falklands delegation with members of the Canadian CPA branch

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly announced that it “is pleased” to confirm that MLA Pete Biggs and MLA Mark Pollard will attend and speak at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (C24) in New York on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Decisive hours for Cristina Kirchner: Argentina awaits judicial decision amid mounting tension

    Cristina Fernández, who is 72, has requested house arrest citing her age, security risks, and past assassination attempts. Photo: REUTERS/Pedro Lazaro Fernandez

    Argentina faces a moment of heightened political tension as the country awaits a final decision from the Federal Oral Tribunal No. 2 (TOF2) on whether former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be detained following the Supreme Court’s recent confirmation of her corruption conviction and lifetime ban from public office.

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Bolivia's new Justice Minister sworn in

    Jessica Paola Saravia Atristaín was promoted one notch following Siles' resignation

    Jessica Saravia was sworn in Monday as Bolivia's new Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency, replacing César Siles, who resigned amid allegations of involvement in a plan to remove an elected magistrate.