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Montevideo, January 19th 2026 - 00:43 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 20:33 UTC

    Bolsonaro sides with convicted French far-right leader Marine LePen

    It is up to the French people to decide who will be the next president in 2027, Bolsonaro argued

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that France's far-right leader Marine LePen's conviction and five-year disenfranchisement for embezzling public funds was politically motivated after she led all surveys for the 2027 presidential elections.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:55 UTC

    April 2 Malvinas Day to further showcase rift in Argentine gov't

    Villarruel has a separate agenda from that of the President, Malvinas or otherwise

    The April 2 Malvinas War Veteran's Day holiday will showcase the rift in the Argentine Government much more than it would highlight any question of sovereignty and patriotism. While President Javier Milei will head the ceremony in the Buenos Aires district of Retiro, where a cenotaph remembers thhose fallen in the 1982 conflict, Vice President Victoria Villarruel -who was not invited- is to attend an event in Ushuaia to join a group of former combatants, which her late father also was.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Milei celebrates official figures showing a decline in poverty

    “The drop in the number of poor people is more than ten million,” Milei noted

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday boasted his administration's achievement of lowering poverty from 52.9% in the first semester of 2024 to 38.1% by the end of the year, compared to 41.7% at the end of 2023. Indigence (extreme poverty) also decreased to 8.2% from higher levels earlier in the year, according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Bolsonaro's Brazil spied on Paraguay on joint Itaipú plant

    Paraguay's diplomacy is not based on media reports, Ramírez Lezcano highlighted

    Paraguay has launched investigations into an alleged cyberattack by Brazil targeting its government systems to obtain sensitive information about the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano confirmed. He said national intelligence and the Technologies and Information Ministry (MITIC) were probing the claims, though no evidence of a breach has been found yet.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Panama extends former President Martinelli's safe-conduct

    Martinelli sought refuge in the Nicaraguan Embassy after being convicted to 10 years in prison for corruption

    The Government of Panama has extended a safe-conduct for former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), currently sheltering in the Nicaraguan Embassy since Feb. 2024 after being sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined US$ 19.2 million for money laundering.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    World Bank Chief due in Asunción after almost 50 years

    Banga is obliging a personal invitation from President Santiago Peña

    World Bank Group (WBG) President Ajay Banga is due in Asunción Tuesday for a historic visit to Paraguay, the first by a man in his position in nearly 50 years since Robert McNamara’s in 1976. Invited by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, Banga aims to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on sustainable development, job creation, and private investment.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    Uruguay: Orsi's first tour as president will be to Panama and Honduras

    President Orsi “could not miss” the Celac summit in Honduras, Lubetkin explained

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will embark on his first international trip as head of state on April 7, 2025, visiting Panama and Honduras, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed Monday.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Argentina uncovers international human trafficking ring linked to Montenegrin Cult

    The group demanded total obedience from its followers, stripping them of their possessions and feeding them only leftover food after the leader and senior members had eaten

    Argentine authorities have dismantled a human trafficking operation tied to a Montenegrin cult, arresting 14 people — including its alleged leader — in Bariloche and Buenos Aires airports. The case came to light when a visibly malnourished young pregnant woman, accompanied by controlling companions, raised suspicions during routine medical check-ups at a local hospital.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 18:58 UTC

    Evo insists on running for President of Bolivia despite reelection limits

    Evo's spinoff from the MAS has its own flag

    Despite a ruling from Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) banning him due to reelection limits, former President Evo Morales (2006-19) is pushing forward with his bid for the Aug. 17 elections. He has yet to explain how he plans to overcome the legal barriers to his candidacy and has already admitted he does not have a Plan B.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Formal employment up in Brazil last month

    In the quarter ending in February, the country's employed population was 102.7 million people, the IBGE survey found

    The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recorded a positive balance of 431,995 formal jobs in February 2025, marking the highest monthly figure in the Labor Ministry's New General Register of Employed and Unemployed (New Caged) series since it began in 2020.