Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, February 13th 2026 - 04:07 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    YPFB adds new Chilean port to boost fuel imports

    Gallardo blamed the Legislative Assembly's blocking of foreign credit for the shortage

    Bolivia’s state oil company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), began importing diesel and gasoline through the Chilean port of Mejillones to address a months-long fuel crisis. This new route complements the port of Arica and diversifies imports from four countries, ensuring 100% of market demand is met with 70 million liters of fuel.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    Musk quits full-time DOGE position to focus on private business

    “My scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end,” Musk reckoned

    South African-born tycoon Elon Musk announced his departure from the US President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Wednesday as his 130-day term as a special government employee concluded. While thanking the Republican leader for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending, Musk expressed his disappointment with the administration's spending bill, stating it undermines DOGE’s mission to narrow the budget deficit.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Guyana celebrates 59th Independence Day with steadfast support from Caricom in the face of Venezuelan bullying

    Dr. Carla Barnett reaffirmed CARICOM’s steadfast support for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity threatened by neighboring Venezuela.

    As Guyana celebrated its 59th Independence anniversary on Monday May 26, the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, commended the nation for its rapid development, strong environmental stewardship and growing influence on the international stage.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 11:14 UTC

    Argentina: Milei’s intelligence plan raises concerns over domestic surveillance

    The draft of the State Intelligence Secretariat does not specify who qualifies as a “manipulative actor,” raising concerns about potential targeting of journalists, social activists, and critics

    Argentina's government under President Javier Milei is under fire after the leak of a controversial National Intelligence Plan (PIN) that could lead to internal espionage targeting critics of his administration.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    RFK, Jr., and Milei agree on creating an alternative to the WHO

    RFK Jr. insisted on the creation of an alternative international health system free of totalitarian impulses

    Argentina, under President Javier Milei, announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the first country in the region to do so, following the United States' exit under President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Bird flu outbreak in Río Grande do Sul contained, says Brazilian minister

    “If this outbreak in Montenegro had escaped to other regions of the country, we would have had other cases of mortality,” Fávaro argued

    Brazil's Agriculture Minister, Carlos Fávaro, announced Tuesday during a public hearing at the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform that the bird flu outbreak in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, has been successfully contained. The country's health system quickly implemented measures, including inspections of 540 nearby rural establishments and setting up sanitary barriers.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Future of Maradona Case trial to be decided this week

    After Judge Makintach was removed from the case, the Court needs to decide on the future steps

    Deputies in the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature unanimously agreed to request impeachment proceedings against Judge Julieta Makintach for her involvement in a documentary about the malpractice trial of Diego Maradona's medical team. The magistrate played a leading role in the film despite denying any wrongdoing.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Brazil: Labor Ministry files suit against BYD for slave-like working conditions

    The case dates back to findings in December of 2024

    Brazil's Labor Ministry (MPT) has filed a public civil lawsuit against Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) and two contractor companies, China JinJiang Construction Brazil and Tonghe Intelligent Equipment of Brazil (now Tecmonta), for slave labor and international human trafficking.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 21:12 UTC

    Charles III first monarch to open Canadian Parliament in decades

    Canada can build new partnerships and an economy that benefits all its citizens, Carles said

    During his historic two-day visit to Ottawa, King Charles III became the first monarch since 1957 to inaugurate a Canadian parliamentary session. His address underscored Canada's sovereignty amid rising tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has proposed the country's annexation as the 51st state and imposed tariff threats. Asserting national independence, Charles declared, “The True North is indeed strong and free.”

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:38 UTC

    Argentine press guilds raise their eyes at new attacks on media freedom by Libertarian gov't

    The new guidelines “turn out to be excessively restrictive,” ADEPA warned

    Argentine journalist guilds expressed their concern after the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) targeted reporter Hugo Alconada Mon, and the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei upped the ante towards the exercise of journalism in Casa Rosada.