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Montevideo, April 21st 2026 - 13:11 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

    Uruguayan coach makes history for Gibraltar football in the UEFA League

    Julio Ribas, the Uruguayan coach of Gibraltar's national team which in less than a week beat Armenia and Liechtenstein in UEFA League D4 group (Pic Chronicle.gi)

    Gibraltar created football history on Tuesday October 16 when they claimed victory over Liechtenstein coming from 1-0 behind to win 2-1 in their fifth group 4 match in League D. The second consecutive victory in the same week was Gibraltar’s first official competitive win on home soil in front of a sellout crowd.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 18:41 UTC

    Hauwa murdered by her captors in Nigeria despite ICRC efforts

    “The news of Hauwa's death has broken our hearts,” said ICRC's Patricia Danzi.

    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sadly confirmed the killing in Nigeria of midwife Hauwa Mohammed Liman by her captors “in a despicable act of cruelty.”

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

    Francis canonizes Oscar Romero, ex archbishop of El Salvador killed by the military

    Romero, a beloved figure in Latin America for his commitment to social justice and combating poverty, was executed on a church altar by a right-wing militia in 1980

    A murdered Salvadoran archbishop associated with social justice and progressive theology was canonized over the weekend. The martyred Oscar Romero, former archbishop of San Salvador, was made a saint on Sunday morning, alongside six other canonized church figures, including Pope Paul VI.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

    FAO celebrates World Food Day

    FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Organization in 1945

    FAO Goodwill Ambassadors for Nutrition, the King of Lesotho and Queen Letizia of Spain will be joined by the UN Rome-based Agency Heads and other key players in the effort to achieve Zero Hunger at the global World Food Day ceremony held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 16 October.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

    Critical hours for Brexit and Theresa May ahead of Wednesday EU summit

    The clock is ticking down towards a summit of European leaders on Wednesday where it had been hoped a deal could be reached.

    Theresa May will try to rally ministers behind her this morning at the start of a critical 48 hours for Brexit. On Monday, the PM told MPs an agreement with the EU was “still achievable” despite differences over the Irish border if “cool heads” prevailed. EU officials, though, have warned no-deal is “more likely than ever before”.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

    Paulo Guedes the ultra-liberal economic advisor of an ultra-populist nationalist

    As Bolsonaro’s finance minister if he wins the second round Guedes proposes a simple solution: “Reduce public debt 20% with privatizations and spending cuts”

    After getting out of its most severe recession in history in 2017, Brazil remains in a state of economic malaise, notching up a mere 1% of growth last year, with public debt forecast to snowball from 77% of GDP to 140% by 2030, according to the World Bank.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

    Public opinion support for Peruvian president in his struggle with Congress

    Vizcarra took office in March to replace former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who resigned in a graft scandal on the eve of his near-certain impeachment

    Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra’s approval rating shot up 16 points to a high of 61% in October, after he adopted a harder line with the opposition-run Congress, a monthly Ipsos poll showed on Sunday.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

    US warns Central America to be cautious about relations with Beijing

    Central America has remained the key bastion for Taiwan, with Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua still maintaining ties with Taipei rather than Beijing

    US Vice President Mike Pence warned Central American nations to be cautious when building relations with China, which has been increasingly active in the region. Amid mounting tensions between the United States and China, Pence brought up ties with Beijing as he met in Washington with leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as Mexico's foreign secretary.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 07:07 UTC

    Prince Harry and Meghan expecting their first child next spring

    Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex made the announcement, on Monday, they are expecting their first child

    Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex announced Monday they are expecting their first child and many Brits have responded with the same enthusiasm that met news of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s impending arrivals: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

  • Monday, October 15th 2018 - 14:34 UTC

    Key Naseed-Jaber, Quneitra crossings reopened as Syria reaches out to neighbours

    Vehicles begin to again pass through the Nasseb-Jaber crossing between Syria and Jordan

    The strategic Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan on the Damascus-Amman international highway was reopened Monday, just one day after both countries agreed to it. The crossing had been closed since 2015 when the rebels took over that area in Syria's southern province of Daraa. Also Monday the only crossing point near the Syrian border town of Quneitra between Syria and the Golan Heights, under Israeli occupation since 1967, was reopened for United Nations observers, four years after closing due to the civil war, following a deal between Israel, Syria and the UN.