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Montevideo, January 19th 2026 - 06:12 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:10 UTC

    Emotional tribute of Dutch Queen Maxima to her deceased younger sister

    In a rare public and personal speech, the queen thanked all those who have sent letters and messages following the death of Inés Zorreguieta, her younger sister.

    Argentine born Dutch Queen Maxima on Tuesday paid an emotional tribute to her beloved late younger sister, who was found dead earlier this month in Buenos Aires in a suspected suicide. In a rare public and personal speech – her first public appearance since the death – the queen thanked all those who have sent letters and messages following the death earlier this month of Inés Zorreguieta, her younger sister.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 07:25 UTC

    United States abandons UN Human Rights Council, “an organization not worthy of its name”

    Ambassador Ms Haley said the US had given the human rights body “opportunity after opportunity” to make changes.

    The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday, calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name”, and marking the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 06:54 UTC

    Argentine central bank contains run on the Peso, and major dumping of bonds

    The peso's relatively small losses followed a day of sharp gains on Monday as new central bank Governor Luis Caputo hiked banks' reserve requirements

    Argentine bonds touched their lowest levels of market-friendly President Mauricio Macri's term on Tuesday, but rebounded in a volatile trading session. Meanwhile the country risk (a measure of the difference between its bond yields and those issued by other countries) rose as much as 27 points to a 33-month peak.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

    Canadian parliament approves recreational marihuana

    Legal sales are likely to begin before the end of the boreal summer after the Senate voted 52-29 on Tuesday night to approve the bill

    Recreational marijuana may soon be legal in Canada, after both the House of Commons and the Senate approved the Cannabis Act. Legal sales are likely to begin before the end of the boreal summer after the Senate voted 52-29 on Tuesday night to approve the bill, CBC reported.

  • Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

    Argentina shores the Peso, stock market tumbles, ahead of 'Super Tuesday'

    Argentina's benchmark stock index tumbled on Monday by more than 8% in it its biggest one-day percentage loss since December 2014.

    Argentina's peso rose sharply on Monday as a new central bank chief took his first moves to shore up the battered currency, while escalating fears of a damaging trade war between the United States and China drove Latin American stocks down. The Argentine peso jumped after the central bank said it will hike bank's reserve requirements in a move expected to tighten local-currency liquidity after the latest run on the peso.

  • Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

    Spain receives hundreds of rescued migrants but warns they will be dealt “according to our laws”

    Spain’s maritime rescue service pulled 986 people from 69 small boats its rescue craft reached in waters near the Strait of Gibraltar between Friday and Saturday

    Hundreds of migrants were rescued by Spanish authorities in the Strait of Gibraltar in recent days, with authorities in Tarifa having to equip a municipal gym to accommodate them once on land. With reception centres increasingly under strain, Tarifa’s municipal authorities, working alongside the Guardia Civil, the police, the Red Cross and the Spanish maritime rescue service, have again stepped up to give the migrants shelter and ensure their basic needs are met.

  • Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 07:03 UTC

    Deepening fears about the Irish border in a hard Brexit scenario, says Queen's University report

    Report author Dr Katy Hayward said Brexit negotiators’ commitment to avoiding a hard border is not just about minimizing the risk of renewed paramilitary violence.

    Fears are deepening on the Irish border over a hard Brexit, researchers showed. Almost half of residents are against a technological solution to customs checks, according to a study of those living on both sides of the frontier by Queen’s University Belfast academics.

  • Monday, June 18th 2018 - 11:14 UTC

    Uruguay chair of Mercosur, targets accord with China, exhausted of negotiations with the EU

    Nin Novoa fears negotiations with EU could temporarily “breakdown”, although he anticipated he was committed to avoid such a situation.

    Uruguay will be handed the rotating chair of Mercosur this Monday in a brief summit ceremony to take place in Paraguay. Attending will be Brazil's Michel Temer, Uruguay's Tabare Vázquez, the host Paraguay Horacio Cartes and in representation of Argentina, vice president Gabriela Michetti. President Mauricio Macri is in the midst of a cabinet reshuffle and waiting for market reaction this Monday following the naming of a new Central Bank chairman.

  • Monday, June 18th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

    Falklands' lawmakers ready for a robust presentation before C24

    MLA Ian Hansen reassured all Falkland Islanders that his and MLA Roger Edwards’ addresses, “to the C24 will be as robust as they have been in the past”.

    Falkland Islands lawmakers have pledged that their presentations before the United Nations Decolonization Committee or C 24 this year in New York will be as robust as ever, despite the improvement of relations between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

  • Monday, June 18th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

    China knows better as Trump tariff strategy trsicks US voters

    In this trade war, it's the US who is playing the role of provocateur, while China plays defense. This scenario was the result of a US trade deficit with China.

    Global Times Editorial

    The Trump administration announced tariffs on Chinese high-tech and industrial imports worth of US$50 billion. The first round, on imports totaling US$34 billion, will begin July 6, while the second round is still under review.