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Montevideo, January 18th 2026 - 10:17 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    At least 14 injured in Petrobras offshore platform incident

    The platform was not profucing any oil at the time of the incident

    At least 14 people were injured when a fire broke out on Petrobras' Platform PCH-1 (Cherne 1) in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. One worker was initially reported injured after falling into the sea, but the company later admitted that 13 others had also been affected. The rescued worker is stable, and the others are receiving medical care.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentine-born Pope Francis dies aged 88

    On Easter Sunday, Francis appeared in a wheelchair at St. Peter’s Square to deliver the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” Easter blessing with help from an assistant (Photo Vatican Media)

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, who would later become known worldwide as Pope Francis since March 13, 2013, died Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced from the Casa Santa Marta.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Stolen 16th-century manuscript returned to Paraguayan authorities

    The Manuscript contains a compendium of the laws that governed the daily life of the indigenous peoples during colonial times

    The US justice system returned the so-called “Hernandarias Manuscript,” a 16th-century document penned in 1598 by Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first Creole governor in the Americas.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    No discharge date yet for hospitalized Bolsonaro

    The former President also condemned Brazil's granting of political asylum to former Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail for corruption

    One week after his latest abdominal surgery, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in the ICU at DF Star Hospital in Brasilia. He is stable with controlled blood pressure and good clinical progress, but has no set discharge date.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    A brand-new Boeing 737 MAX intended for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to the aircraft manufacturer due to escalating trade tensions driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to impose 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, making delivery of these aircraft financially unviable for Chinese airlines.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    CAF bond placement to strengthen Paraguayan agribusiness SMEs

    “Through this record term placement, we continue to consolidate our presence in Paraguay,” CAF's Díaz-Granados said

    The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) issued bonds worth ₲ 125 billion (approximately US$ 15.6 million) in Paraguay’s capital market, with a historic 5-year term and a 6.65% annual coupon rate. This is the longest-term issuance by a multilateral institution in Paraguay’s history and CAF’s third bond issuance in guaraníes, following a prior issuance of ₲ 197.5 billion.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    At least 11 killed at Ecuador cockfighting event

    The perpetrators wore military uniforms are seized US$ 20,000 from the premises

    At least 11 people were killed and nine injured when a group of armed attackers, disguised as soldiers, stormed a cockfighting event in the rural community of La Valencia in the Ecuadorean province of Manabí.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Nine Argentine Navy personnel under arrest for possible abusive treatment of sailor

    The sailor had been treated more violently than the rest of the group

    Nine members of the Argentine Navy have been placed under detention following the severe wounds sustained by 21-year-old volunteer Brisa Paez during a riot control training session at a naval base in Vicente Lopez -on the outskirts of Buenos Aires- on April 4.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Petro urges all Colombians to be vaccinated against yellow fever in two months

    “Unlike Covid-19, this virus is only transmitted by mosquito, but it is 50% fatal,” Petro warned

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged his country's entire population to be vaccinated against yellow fever within two months. He made those remarks after declaring a nationwide emergency given the outbreak of this lethal malady. “We must do it and our health system must guarantee it,” Petro underlined.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Guyana rejects Chinese diplomat's suggestion of friendly negotiations with Caracas

    China “needs to be principled in its position to respect Guyana's territorial integrity,” Persaud stressed

    Guyana’s Foreign Ministry rejected a statement by China’s Chargé d’Affaires Huang Rui, urging Georgetown and Caracas to resolve their border dispute over the Essequibo region through friendly negotiations, despite stressing that China “never intervenes in the internal affairs of other countries.”