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Montevideo, December 12th 2025 - 17:40 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Bolsonaro undergoes long abdominal surgery

    He will remain hospitalized in Brasilia, it was explained

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) underwent a 12-hour surgery Sunday at the Star Hospital in Brasilia to treat a partial intestinal obstruction resulting from the stabbing in the abdomen he suffered during the 2018 campaign. He had been hospitalized since Friday due to severe abdominal pain during a political tour in Natal.

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Haiti: New Viv Ansamm attacks reported

    Haiti's crisis looks more serious and neverending by the hour

    Attacks by the Viv Ansanm gang coalition in the city of Kenscoff were reported earlier this past weekend, with five police officers wounded and one missing. The criminal organization also set three official vehicles on fire and stole tactical gear. The perpetrators used assault rifles and bulletproof vests.

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    CFK posts another “Che Milei” diatribe on X

    It is the Argentine people who will pay the price for your decisions, your arrogance, and your surrender, CFK told Milei in her posting on X

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Saturday published on X another issue of her “Che Milei” saga criticizing the incumbent head of State for his arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other credit agencies, foreseeing negative consequences for the country.

  • Saturday, April 12th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Mercosur FMs agree to expand exceptions to CETs

    The meeting was good, albeit tense in some environments

    Southern Common Market (Mercosur) foreign ministers meeting in Buenos Aires on Friday agreed to temporarily expand the National List of Exceptions to the Common External Tariff by up to 50 codes per member state in response to global trade tensions, following US President Donald Trump's barrage of import surcharges.

  • Saturday, April 12th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Lula enacts Reciprocity Law in reaction to Trump's tariffs

    With the new law, Brazil's Camex will have the power to apply proportionate retaliatory measures

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enacted the so-called Reciprocity Law on Friday, whereby the federal government can react whenever countries or economic blocs create measures restricting Brazilian exports, be it in the form of surcharges or objections to the origin of the product. The measure is to be published in Monday's issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Gazette).

  • Saturday, April 12th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Bolsonaro hospitalized with severe abdomen pain

    Bolsonaro was admitted to a clinic due to complications from “the multiple surgeries I had to undergo after the attack I suffered in 2018,” he explained on X

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, aged 70, was hospitalized Friday in Rio Grande do Norte due to severe abdominal pain linked to ongoing complications from his 2018 campaign stabbing. Initially treated at a local hospital, he was later airlifted to Natal for further treatment. Rio Grande do Norte Governor Fátima Bezerra provided a helicopter for his transfer and ensured medical support.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 22:54 UTC

    Argentina announces end of currency controls and introduces exchange rate band

    Economy Minister Luis Caputo said in a press conference at the Casa Rosada that the official exchange rate will now float between 1,000 and 1,400 pesos per US dollar

    The Argentine government announced today a sweeping overhaul of its foreign exchange regime, set to take effect on Monday, including the end of currency controls and the introduction of a managed float within a fixed exchange rate band. The move marks the beginning of what authorities are calling “Phase 3” of their economic program.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 18:32 UTC

    Brazil's Communications Minister resigns, successor chosen

    Fernandes will be sworn in after April 21, pending administrative arrangements

    Federal Congressman Pedro Lucas Fernandes (União Brasil-MA) has been confirmed as Brazil's new Communications Minister, replacing Juscelino Filho, who resigned after being indicted for alleged misuse of parliamentary amendments. The announcement followed a meeting between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the new official. Lucas currently leads the União Brasil Lower House bloc and was nominated by his party for the position. He is expected to be sworn in after April 21, allowing time for administrative arrangements.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Argentine prosecutor wants Iran's supreme leader arrested

    The prosecutor also argued that Khamenei has no immunity from international arrest

    Argentine Prosecutor Sebastián Basso has filed a request before Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas for an international arrest warrant against Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for his alleged involvement in ordering the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and injured over 300.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Fuegian town of Tolhuin wants British-funded radar dismantled

    A group of war veterans endorsed the motion

    The City Hall of Tolhuin in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego -which technically includes the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and the other British Overseas Territories claimed by the South American country- filed a tax execution lawsuit to dismantle a radar installed by the British company LeoLabs in the area, citing violations of local regulations and national sovereignty.