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Montevideo, June 10th 2026 - 09:37 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 14:29 UTC

    Argentine Cabinet Chief to face Congress over personal wealth allegations and economic concerns

    Adorni, a former presidential spokesman promoted to the post by Javier Milei earlier this year, is at the center of an investigation led by federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita and judge Ariel Lijo

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni will appear before the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 29, in his first management report, in a session expected to be tense over the ongoing judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and the recent deterioration of key economic indicators. The opposition has filed more than 4,800 questions and is working on a coordinated strategy to avoid provocations that might enable the official to withdraw early, as occurred with his predecessor Guillermo Francos in the Senate.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 12:59 UTC

    Palantir manifesto draws global criticism over 'technofascist' and militarist vision of the West

    The publication has been described as “technofascism,” and as “technofeudalism”

    A 22-point manifesto published by Palantir Technologies on social media platform X has triggered a wave of international criticism over its ultranationalist and militarist tone, at a moment when the US data analytics firm for military and intelligence use has consolidated its position as one of the Pentagon's leading contractors. The document, posted on April 19, has accumulated more than 32 million views and condenses the thesis of the book The Technological Republic, written by the company's chief executive Alex Karp and head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 12:36 UTC

    Poll projects dead heat between Fujimori and Sánchez in Peru runoff as count nears completion

    With 95.89% of ballots processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Fujimori leads with 17.06% of valid votes, Sánchez stands second with 12.05%

    Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez would tie at 38% of the vote in the Peruvian presidential runoff scheduled for June 7, according to the first opinion poll published after the April 12 election, against a backdrop of an inconclusive count and an ongoing dispute over second place. The Ipsos Peru survey, conducted between April 23 and 24 and published by daily Perú.21, points to a scenario of absolute parity with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 06:03 UTC

    King Charles arrives in the US for a state visit marked by bilateral tensions over the Iran war

    The “special relationship” is going through what various analysts describe as its lowest point since the Suez Crisis of 1956

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla landed on Monday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, beginning a four-day state visit to the United States — the most prominent of the current reign and the first by a British monarch in two decades. The tour coincides with the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence and unfolds at a particularly delicate moment for the “special relationship” between London and Washington, sharpened by tensions stemming from the war against Iran and a series of diplomatic disagreements that have accumulated in recent months.

  • Monday, April 27th 2026 - 03:04 UTC

    Hungary's incoming PM says Orbán-linked oligarchs are moving funds to Uruguay and other destinations

    The incoming head of government stressed that the transfers are being directed to jurisdictions “from which extradition is currently not possible”

    Hungary's incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, alleged on Saturday that oligarchs linked to outgoing leader Viktor Orbán are transferring “tens of billions” of forints to Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and “other distant countries,” in what he described as a coordinated operation to move capital out of the country ahead of the government transition scheduled for May 9.

  • Sunday, April 26th 2026 - 19:13 UTC

    Argentine court orders execution of Cristina Kirchner's assets for about $480 million in Vialidad case

    The core of the ruling consolidates a legal principle of significant impact: assets of illicit origin can be confiscated even when transferred to third parties or received through inheritance

    Argentina's Federal Court of Cassation on Friday confirmed the confiscation of assets in the fraudulent administration case known as Vialidad and ordered their execution to cover an amount of 684.99 billion pesos — approximately $480 million at the official exchange rate — considered by the courts as the damage caused to the state in the awarding of public works contracts in the province of Santa Cruz during the Kirchner administrations.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 16:40 UTC

    King Charles III and Camilla begin US visit Monday: meeting with Trump and will address Congress

    Beginning Monday 27 and until Thursday 30, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be on a state visit to the United States, with engagements in Washington DC, New York and Virginia, which will include private meetings with President Donald Trump, addressing Congress and an agenda marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 16:25 UTC

    Falklands MPA back in UK to bolster air operations in Iran conflict, Defense Eye

    An RAF tanker aircraft has been continuously based at MPA in the Falklands since the mid-1980s to refuel RAF fighter jets (Pic BFSAI)

    The sole Royal Air Force air-to-air refueling tanker aircraft in the Falkland Islands has been pulled back home to bolster British air operations in response to the Iran conflict in the Middle East, according to UK news agencies which follow forces movements.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 16:20 UTC

    Who’s arriving on Monday, the King of Australia or the British Monarch?

    Fifteen Australian flags were briefly included among more than 230 flags put on display ⁠to welcome the ⁠British king when he arrives in the U.S. capital on Monday

    US residents and children are usually not very illustrates about foreign countries, much less about flags so the District of Columbia, could be partially exonerated of the lack of knowledge. In effect DC, according to news reports, mistakenly placed several Australian flags ​instead of British flags near ‌the White House ahead of King Charles’ U.S. visit.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 03:45 UTC

    UK political reaction to Pentagon leak: 'Falklands sovereignty is not up for debate'

    A spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that sovereignty “rests with the UK” and invoked the islanders' right to self-determination

    The UK government closed ranks on Friday around its sovereignty claim over the Falklands, after the publication of an internal Pentagon email that considers reconsidering US diplomatic support for London over the archipelago as retaliation for Britain's refusal to join the military offensive against Iran. The institutional response was matched by a political front that included governing and opposition parties, as well as the Falklands government itself, amid the imminent state visit by King Charles III to the United States.