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Montevideo, November 26th 2024 - 16:33 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Nicaragua pulls Ambassador from Buenos Aires

    Milei has been openly critical of Ortega's “authoritarian” regime

    The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega announced Monday that it was withdrawing its ambassador from Buenos Aires ahead of Javier Milei's inauguration on Dec. 10. Ortega's decision came after statements by Milei criticizing him for alleged human rights violations in the Central American country.

  • Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Petri to be Argentina's next Defense Minister

    Petri gets off to a bad start, given his differences with Vice President-elect Villarruel (L)

    Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei confirmed on Monday that he had chosen former vice-presidential candidate Luis Petri of Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) to succeed Jorge Taiana as Defense Minister on Dec. 10.

  • Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Netanyahu praises Milei but Israel ups travel warnings for Argentina and Brazil

    Netanyahu told Milei that he was a true friend of the Jewish people

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday called Argentina's President-elect to invite him over to Jerusalem for the opening of the South American country's Embassy there after relocating it from Tel Aviv, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    Tougher rules to come and live and work in UK; 2022 net immigration reached 745,000 last year

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described current migration levels as “far too high” and the campaign motto has become, “stop the boats”.

    Britain is changing some rules on who is allowed to come to the UK to live and work. Ministers have come under pressure to act on legal migration, after official figures showed that net migration in 2022 hit a record 745,000, and UK in undergoing a period of stalled economy, according to IMF prospects..

  • Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 07:22 UTC

    “In a time of danger and uncertainty we must respond with strength, resilience and unity”

    Lord Cameron, “Always, the conclusion I reach is the same. It is hard to recall in recent memory a time of such danger and uncertainty.”

    Writing in The Sun on Sunday edition, 3 December, Foreign Secretary David Cameron outlined how the UK must build up defenses, stay close to partners, and reach out to new allies. ”In the last fortnight, I’ve stood in a bombed-out cathedral in one of Ukraine’s most beautiful cities and watched as brave Ukrainian soldiers kissed families goodbye as they left for the front to fight Putin’s illegal invasion. 

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    EU-Mercosur deal slowly vanishing

    Rich countries always want more, Lula said

    The European Union's Commissioner who was due to attend the Dec. 7 Mercosur Summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign the trade agreement between both blocs has canceled his trip, it was reported Sunday. According to the Financial Times, Valdis Dombrovskis shall not be attending the event, which in addition to announcements in Buenos Aires and Brasilia coupled with further negative statements from French President Emmanuel Macron, would amount to the end. at least for now, of the much-heralded agreement.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    France to donate € 500 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund

    “With Brazil, we are determined to preserve the forests,” Macron said

    French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday pledged € 500 million over the next three years to Brazil's Amazon Fund, while the United Kingdom announced an additional £ 35 million (around € 40.78 million) in addition to the £ 80 million (€ 93.22 million) it had already announced in May, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Former top US diplomat arrested for working for Cuban gov't

    Rocha played key roles in Buenos Aires and La Paz

    The Colombian-born Manuel Rocha, a 73-year-old former diplomat who served as US Ambassador to Bolivia and was also in charge of the Embassy in Buenos Aires between 1997 and 2000, has been arrested in Miami for allegedly working to promote the interests of the Cuban government, it was reported.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Venezuelans vote to annex Essequiba Guiana amid poor turnout

    Venezuelans vote to annex Essequiba Guiana amid poor turnout

    Despite a poor turnout, Venezuelan authorities Sunday confirmed 95.93% of 10,554,320 voting Venezuelans replied “aye” in a non-binding referendum to the question of whether or not to annex the Essequiba Guiana, a 160,000 square-kilometer region the country claims as its own but which has been under Guyanan control for over a century.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Congressman Santos kicked out of US House of Representatives

    The son of Brazilian immigrants, Santos has a long history of lies to boost his persona

    Republican Congressman George Santos (NY), a compulsive liar who claimed his grandparents fled the Holocaust and allegedly used his campaign funds to pay for X-rated subscriptions, got no third time lucky on Friday when the House of Representatives voted 311-114 to make him only the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled.