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Montevideo, January 23rd 2026 - 21:35 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA

    The world will need to replace aviation kerosene with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Alckmin also reckoned

    Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:19 UTC

    Five-month preemptive arrest for former Bolivian President Arce

    “We haven't left, we're here, we're innocent,” Arce insisted as he was transferred to prison (Pic REUTERS)

    Former Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has been placed under preemptive arrest at the San Pedro detention facility in La Paz for five months, pending a corruption inquiry regarding the mismanagement of funds intended for indigenous projects when he served as Economy Minister under Evo Morales (2006-2019).

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Uruguayan President vaccinated against measles

    Orsi was among those who needed to complete their two-dose scheme

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and several members of his cabinet received the measles vaccine at the Executive Tower on Friday, underscoring the government's push for immunization following a regional health alert and a small domestic outbreak.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

    Paraguay's economy projected to grow this year above expectations

    Paraguay's economy “is growing due to non-traditional sectors,” Carvallo said

    Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) significantly revised its economic forecast this week, estimating that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will expand by 6% by the end of 2025, a sharp increase from the initial 3.8% projection.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 22:54 UTC

    Are the UK and Argentina discussing easing Falklands-era weapons ban?

    Milei has plans to visit the UK in April or May for talks with Starmer and Farage

    According to an interview of Argentine President Javier Milei published by The Telegraph this week, the South American country and the United Kingdom are in talks to lift the weapons ban in place since the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 22:26 UTC

    De Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list

    De Moraes had been sanctioned for allegedly violating freedom of expression and authorizing arbitrary arrests

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington on Friday. In addition, the Lex Institute, linked to the judge's family, and its members were also suppressed from the infamous roll carried by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Department of the Treasury.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands Election: Renewed Legislative; oath ceremony at Government House

    Stanley’s five elected MLAs, from left: Darwin Lewis Clifton (844 votes), Dean Dent (701), Cheryl Roberts (694), Stacy Bragger (635) and re-elected Roger Spink (555).

    As anticipated, close to 11:00pm Thursday 11 December, the results of the Falkland Islands general election were announced by the Returning Officer Dr. Andrea Clausen, and the integration of the new Legislative Assembly for the next four years was confirmed.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentina rejects UK and Israeli oil plans for Malvinas

    Argentina intends “to safeguard its sovereign rights and interests,” the Foreign Ministry noted

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a vigorous rejection of a reported “Final Investment Decision” by British company Rockhopper Exploration Plc and Israel's Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited regarding the “Sea Lion” oil field in the North Falkland Basin.

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    ECLAC suggests deeper ties with India

    India is currently the fifth-largest global economy and is on track to become the third-largest by 2030, it was explained

    Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) should strengthen and expand its economic and cooperation relationship with India to revitalize regional economic growth and enhance development, according to authorities convened at an international seminar hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Massive police deployment targets Comando Vermelho leaders in Rio favela

    The massive deployment ended late Thursday without immediate confirmation of any arrests

    Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando Vermelho (CV), one of Brazil's largest and most influential criminal organizations.