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Montevideo, January 19th 2026 - 20:09 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

    Argentine Senate unanimously approves raids on properties from ex president Cristina Fernandez

    Debate in the Senate was lively with Cristina Fernandez allies attacking Judge Bonadio, president Mauricio Macri, and his economic policies, and “big media”

    Argentina's Senators have approved a judge's request for authorities to carry out raids on properties owned by former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, as part of a case investigating widespread corruption. Cristina Fernandez is currently a senator and was one of the 67 lawmakers who voted unanimously in favor of the motion.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

    The democratic challenge to dictatorships and xenophobia in Latin America

    The panel discussed the democratic clauses of the different institutional bodies in the continent against the erosion of the rule of law

    During the conference entitled “The democratic challenge to the autocracies of the 21st century in Latin America,” organized by the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) on Tuesday at the Senate of Uruguay, the Government of Venezuela was described as a “dictatorship” and it was exhorted that the democratic governments of the region, especially the Uruguayan government, not be indifferent or “accomplices” against today’s Latin America’s autocratic governments.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:06 UTC

    Opinion polls confirm Lula's popularity and rattles markets

    In a Datafolha poll Folha de S.Paulo and Globo TV, Lula easily led all contenders when his name was included, winning the support of 39% of those surveyed

    The popularity of imprisoned former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has grown strongly despite his corruption conviction, an election poll on Wednesday showed, a result that rattled markets and raised the possibility that Lula’s running mate could ultimately become the next occupant of the country’s presidential palace.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:02 UTC

    Labour leader Corbyn to propose tax on tech giants to pay for public interest journalism

    Corbyn has been subject to fierce attacks by sections of the British press and has criticized leading tech firms over tax avoidance and data misuse

    A windfall tax could be levied on tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook to pay for public interest journalism, Jeremy Corbyn is expected to announce. The Labour leader will call for radical reform of the media landscape in a speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 08:40 UTC

    Scotland urges London to rule out a “deeply damaging and disruptive” no deal Brexit

    Mr Russell urged Mr Raab to “immediately rule out” the possibility of leaving the EU without a deal, and repeated his calls for the UK to remain in the single market

    Scotland's Brexit secretary has urged the UK government to rule out a “no deal Brexit”, arguing that it would be “deeply damaging and disruptive”. Michael Russell was speaking ahead of a major speech by his UK government counterpart Dominic Raab.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 08:21 UTC

    Despite trade talks, US and China will impose fresh tariffs beginning Thursday

    Tariffs come into effect as officials meet for talks in Washington. They are due to wrap up two days of negotiations on Thursday, but few hope for a breakthrough.

    United States and China are expected to impose fresh tariffs on US$ 16bn of each other's goods on Thursday as their tit-for-tat trade war rages on. The second round of tariffs will see a total of US$ 50bn worth of goods from each side that will now be taxed. Since the opening salvo in July, tensions between the world's two largest economies have escalated, hurting their companies and economies.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 06:44 UTC

    FIFA taking temporary control of the Uruguayan Football Association

    AUF was plunged into crisis on July 30, when the association’s president Wilmar Valdez abruptly resigned a day before he was expected to win a new term in office

    World football’s governing body FIFA is taking temporary control of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) due to governance concerns. FIFA, acting on information from Conmebol, South America's football association confederation announced it will set up a “normalization committee” to run the AUF until Feb. 28 of next year.

  • Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 09:00 UTC

    Venezuelan businesses shut down shops to protest last monetary measures

    As a currency devaluation and package of economic measures went into effect, the opposition asked storekeepers to shut up shop in protest

    Venezuela's streets were quieter than normal on Tuesday, as a currency devaluation and package of economic measures by populist president Nicolas Maduro went into effect, and the opposition asked storekeepers to shut up shop in protest. Venezuela on Monday cut five zeros from prices and pegged the country’s currency to an obscure state-backed cryptocurrency, as part of a broad set of measures meant to address hyperinflation and an economic crisis.

  • Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:59 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn’s blunder may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back

    A photograph in the Daily Mail showed the Labour leader laying a wreath in a cemetery in Tunisia four years ago

    It sounds like a tempest in a teapot, but it could bring down Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party — and that could end up meaning that Britain doesn’t leave the European Union after all.

  • Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 06:59 UTC

    OAS Observation Mission Visits Brazil ahead of October elections

    Chief of Mission, ex Costa Rica president Laura Chinchilla is scheduled to meet with Brazilian head of state Michel Temer in Planalto Palace

    The Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) to the October 7 general elections in Brazil, the former President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, arrived in Brasilia to learn about the advances made in the organization of the election. This is the first time that the OAS has observed an electoral process in Brazil.