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Montevideo, November 2nd 2025 - 19:27 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Fossil fuels will finance Brazil's energy transformation, Lula says

    As long as people cannot do without fossil fuels they shall remain necessary, Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pointed out that his country would rely on fossil fuels to finance the transition to clean energy. He made those remarks during a contract signing ceremony with Transpetro and oil companies Rio Grande and Mac Laren.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Uruguayan gov't under scrutiny over company chosen to print passports

    Garsų Pasaulis has been declared by Lithuanian authorities as “unreliable” and banned from future government contracts

    Less than a week before its end, the Uruguayan Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou took heavy flak for awarding the printing of passports to a Lithuanian company Garsu Pasaulis, given its association with Belarusian businessman Viktor Shevtsov, who has been sanctioned by the European Union. The measure has raised concerns about the security and integrity of the country's identity system.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:13 UTC

    Peru and Bolivia sign key bilateral agreements

    We are neighboring countries united by several elements, Sosa said during the ceremony in Lima

    Foreign Ministers Elmer Schialer of Peru and Celinda Sosa of Bolivia signed a series of agreements in Lima on Monday to strengthen ties between the two countries with a focus on cooperation and integration to promote the bilateral agenda. The understandings include a Temporary Border Module at the San Lorenzo (Peru)-Extrema (Bolivia) border crossing and the financing and Biennial Operating Plan 2025-2026 for the Binational Autonomous Authority of Lake Titicaca.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Argentine gov't steps in as Telefónica's buy-over results in possible monopoly

    The acquisition leaves around 70% of the communications business in the hands of one group, the Libertarian Government warned

    The Argentine Administration of President Javier Milei announced Monday that the buy-over of Telefónica de Argentine by Telecom has been handed over to the National Communications Board (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones - ENACOM) and the National Competition Defense Commission (Commission Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia - CNCD) to determine if the move constitutes a monopoly.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

    STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

    “External physical traits are one factor, but not the sole determinant of gender,” De Moraes argued

    In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 19:25 UTC

    Buenos Aires Mayor highlights introduction of Guarani as a language taught at schools

    “Education in the City is a serious priority,” insisted Jorge Macri

    Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri stirred spirits among porteños on Monday as he announced that guaraní would be taught at primary schools. He made those remarks during his opening speech of the 2025 school year and as a result of a meeting last week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 18:42 UTC

    Pope has kidney failure in addition to bout of asthma

    A rosary will be prayed later Monday at St Peter's Square to beg for Francis' recovery

    The latest medical reports on 88-year-old Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, at Rome's Policlinico Gemelli due to a respiratory infection, now mentioned “kidney failure” and a bout of asthma. Vatican sources said he slept well on Sunday night, in good spirits, eating normally and experiencing no pain. However, a rosary is to be held Monday at St Peter's Square at 9 pm Rome's time for the prompt recovery of the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the ill. The event will be presided over by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Milei tells CPAC deeper chainsaw coming up

    Milei got the chance to exchange a few words with Trump during the conservative event

    Argentine President Javier Milei told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the United States that the “era of the omnipresent State” was over ass he pledged to deepen his so-called “chainsaw” efforts cutting expenses.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Paraguayan guerrillas EML subdued after two key arrests

    Despite the EML's elimination, the EPP is still active, Gen Acuña explained

    Paraguayan authorities considered this weekend that after Saturday's arrest of Lourdes Ramírez de Ramos, wife of the armed group Ejército del Mariscal López (EML) leader Alejandro Ramos, the illegal organization has been fully dismantled. The couple's daughter Lourdes Teresita Ramos has also been detained recently. They are all believed to have been involved in the kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of cattle rancher Félix Urbieta. Prosecutor Pablo Zárate confirmed that the two women had been placed under pre-trial detention.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    FAU Officer highlights the importance of Uruguay having a space agency

    Uruguay intends to have a rocket launching facility to become a regional hub in the field, García explained

    Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Captain Mariana García underscored in a TV interview this weekend the importance of the South American country having a Space Agency while developing a national policy in this regard.