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Montevideo, January 9th 2026 - 05:05 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

    The Bioceanic Corridor “is going to be the route of the narcos,” Martínez argued

    Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Argentine gov't wants stiffer Penal Code

    This reform ”will bring order where barbarism once reigned, Adorni and Bullrich pointed out

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni and outgoing Security Minister Patricia Bullrich on Monday announced the Libertarian government's initiative to submit a bill to Congress to update the Penal Code, providing for more stringent penalties and fewer concessions to convicted offenders.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Ho Chi Minh to be honored at Montevideo's port

    Ho Chi Minh's controversial history is the root of controversy in Montevideo

    Uruguay's National Port Administration (ANP) has authorized the installation of a commemorative plaque honoring the late Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in the main hall of Montevideo's fluviomaritime passenger terminal.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia

    Had Lev Tahor settled in Colombia, authorities would have needed a search warrant, Arriero noted

    The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 21:01 UTC

    Uruguay leads Latin America in electric car sales

    During the first semester of 2025, electric vehicle sales in Uruguay reached over 5,000 units, representing a 124% yoy increase

    Uruguay has cemented its position as the undisputed leader in Latin American electric vehicle (EV) adoption, achieving a remarkable market penetration of 27.97% in the third quarter of 2025, the Latin American Zero Emissions Observatory (ZEMO) reported. The South American country is way ahead of its nearest competitor (Costa Rica, with 16.26%).

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

    Falklands, emergency exercises training at MPC and protection of East Cove Port

    460 Port Troop worked alongside personnel from the BFSAI Joint Operations Centre, Medical Centre, and Fire Services (Photo credit: Cpl Williams)

    Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, has been the center of emergency exercises involving personnel from the UK Royal Logistic Corps 460 Port Troop conducting response training with the Falkland Islands Resupply Ship (FIRS) over several days.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:21 UTC

    Falklands celebrates success of JMC week of discussions with UK and OTs officials

    Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty, front line, with OTs delegates. Richard Hyslop in second row

    Both hosts and participants underlined the success of the recent Join Ministerial Council 2925 held in London and which brings together UK ministers and officials with Overseas Territories’ representatives.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:04 UTC

    “Threats to British Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”

    The Falklands team that participated at the JMC conferences and events in London, together with Governor Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG

    The UK and Overseas Territories reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting the right of self-determination for the peoples of the Territories, and “recognize that threats to the Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”, so reads the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, communique chapter on “Security, Sovereignty and Resilience”, made public last week following November’s meeting in London.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Trump's candidate leads vote count in Honduran presidential elections

    The former mayor of Tegucigalpa was slightly ahead, but the winner is yet to be announced

    Conservative Candidate Nasry Asfura, who has been endorsed by US President Donald Trump, leads Honduras' presidential race with 43% of the vote counted early Monday. Asfura of the National Party was closely trailed by former TV host Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

    Monday's meeting between officials from both countries will result in a committee to address this issue henceforth

    Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.