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Montevideo, September 20th 2026 - 08:51 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 11:18 UTC

    Trump orders total blockade of Venezuela's tankers

    Tankers currently in Venezuela risk seizure if departing, potentially causing a total paralysis of the country’s oil industry

    US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “total and complete” naval blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela, marking the most aggressive move against Caracas' energy sector to date. The announcement came after the recent seizure of a sanctioned vessel.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

    Milei and Kast signal “new era” of bilateral ties

    “Freedom is advancing throughout Latin America,” Kast pointed out. “Long live freedom, damn it,” replied Milei

    In his first international trip since winning Chile's runoff election, President-elect José Antonio Kast met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. Kast's trip marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Southern Cone nations.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Kast meets with Boric before trip to BA for talks with Milei

    Kast is meeting Tuesday with Milei to further cement regional alliances

    Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast emerged from his first transition meeting with incumbent President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Palace on Monday, promising that his incoming administration will be a “much broader government” focused on national unity to address priority issues.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Machado has fractured vertebra en route to Oslo, Norwegian media

    Machado intends to return to Venezuela to keep up her fight against Maduro's regime

    Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra following her high-stakes escape to Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Argentina's Central Bank to loosen up leash on US dollar

    The BCRA is attempting to get back on track with IMF targets

    Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced Monday a twitch to its foreign exchange policy, which was welcomed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The new strategy seeks to further boost reserves and will become effective in January 2026.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 19:44 UTC

    Falklands, First Sitting of the new Legislative Assembly

    Newly elected MLAs at their first sitting in the Legislative Assembly Chamber at Stanley’s Town Hall

    The Falkland Islands newly elected Legislative Assembly held its first sitting Monday 15th December following the General Election on the 11th of December. At the sitting, all Members swore the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Due Execution of Office, marking the commencement of the 2025-2029 Assembly’s term.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

    “I will be the president of all Chileans, without exception,” Kast underlined in his victory message

    Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Falklands: international observers praise electoral process and civil liberties

    The observers' approach was a “passive task,” explained observer mission chief Alun Davies of Wales. (Pic CPA-UK)

    For the first time, an international team of observers was present in the Falkland Islands during—and prior to—the general election held on December 11, to monitor the entire electoral process. The delegation consisted of seven members from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA-BIMR), including parliamentarians, electoral analysts and staff from the CPA UK branch.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

    “Crime has no borders,” Saucedo insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Two dead in Rhode Island university shooting

    Tretta had survived being shot in the abdomen during a 2019 mass shooting at Saugus High School in California

    A shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday left at least two people dead and eight seriously injured, reigniting national fears over gun violence at educational institutions.