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Montevideo, June 19th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

    IMF and WB “a reversed Marshall Plan” says Lula

    “The distortions are undeniable,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday criticized the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) because they represent “a reverse Marshall Plan, in which emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world.”

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Buenos Aires Peronists join forces to fight Milei's chainsaw policies

    “The chainsaw is becoming increasingly ruthless,” Kicillof warned

    The Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires agreed on a unified strategy vis-à-vis the Sept. 7 mid-term provincial elections in a convention attended by 691 representatives and chaired by Fernando Espinoza. The conclave agreed on appointing a commission to form this new front.

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

    Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

    Arce's Bolivia is an associate member of BRICS, while Boric participated as a guest

    Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC

    Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

    UN COP26 Glasgow was not a conventional statesman – he was Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe, and he delivered a powerful message with his very presence in the encroaching waters. 

    By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

    Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

    Minister Stephen Doughty with MLA Roger Spink during a recent meeting at Parliament House

    Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Operations at Fernando de Noronha airport limited out of security concerns

    The Anac may adopt new measures at any time, the aviation watchdog warned

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) Friday imposed new restrictions on Fernando de Noronha Airport following two incidents in a week where planes got stuck on the tarmac due to pavement issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Paraguay: High-ranking official sacked amid bribery scandal

    Soria, who was appointed in August 2023, had previously held positions as mayor of Itacurubí and congressman

    Pastor Soria Melo has been dismissed as the head of Paraguay's National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (Senave) through a presidential decree, following his indictment on charges of passive bribery, aggravated passive bribery, criminal association, and money laundering.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

    Brazil: mitigating factors for sexual crimes against women suppressed

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin signed the amendment into law

    An amendment to Brazil's Penal Code suppressing mitigating factors for crimes involving sexual violence against women came into force Friday after it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU), following its enactment by acting President Geraldo Alckmin. The measure also reduced the statute of limitations for these cases.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

    Milei will travel to Tucumán instead, Governor Jaldo confirmed

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.