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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 20:30 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, October 30th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Spain appoints new ambassador to Buenos Aires

    Joaquín María de Arístegui Laborde has until now headed Spain's mission in Bogotá, Colombia

    The Spanish Government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be appointing Joaquín María de Arístegui Laborde as the new Ambassador to Buenos Aires, thus restoring the full strength of its diplomatic mission in the Argentine capital following rifts with President Javier Milei earlier this year.

  • Wednesday, October 30th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    YPF to sell Metrogas stake to focus on Vaca Muerta

    Now it is the right time, Marín argued

    Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its shares in cooking gas distributor Metrogas to invest those funds in Vaca Muerta. YPF CEO Horacio Marín also outlined before the Inter-American Council of Trade and Production (Cicyp) the strategy to increase by fourfold the company's value over the next four years.

  • Wednesday, October 30th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Guterres urges countries to prioritize nature over businesses

    “We must defend the people who defend nature,” Guterres stressed

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries to set aside their business models and prioritize nature, which is neither infinite nor free. He made those remarks in the Colombian city of Cali during his appearance at the Global Biodiversity Conference (COP 16).

  • Wednesday, October 30th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine workers carry out major strike

    These strikes are “harming those who want to work,” Adorni argued

    Argentina's leading public workers labor union Association of State Workers (ATE) launched at noon Tuesday a 36-hour strike to protest against the Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei's recent layoffs and spending cutbacks, in addition to demanding wage adjustments to cope with inflation. The measure is also fueled by a 24-hour stoppage affecting air, railroad, and underground services.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 21:46 UTC

    G20 Summit to push for regional vaccine producing coalition

    Brazil cannot lose confidence in its organ transplant system, Trinidade also pointed out

    Brazil's Health Minister Nísia Trinidade Tuesday spoke in favor of creating a regional vaccine production coalition to avoid an encore of the setbacks experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. She made those remarks during a press conference after a G20 Health Ministers' meeting in Rio de Janeiro ahead of next month's Summit, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Mondino says conditions are in place to resume flights from Córdoba to Mount Pleasant

    “The mainland and the islands should have better connections,” insisted Mondino

    Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino insisted Monday in an interview published by the Financial Times that ”the conditions are in place to resume flights to the Malvinas (Falklands)” from Córdoba. These flights were halted during the COVID-19 pandemic and never resumed due to tensions between the former governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom, both of which are no longer in power.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Maduro lashes out at Itamaraty and Boric

    Boric “believed that supporting the fascists of Venezuela against the Bolivarian Revolution was going to give him votes, on the contrary people do not support cowards,” Maduro argued

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Monday accused Brazil's Foreign Ministry of being an agent at the service of the United States, which would explain his country not being admitted as an associate member of BRICS, unlike Cuba and Bolivia.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazilian gov't and business agree on WTO reform ahead of G20 Summit

    Together, the B20 and G20 share a common vision of reforming the global trading system, Alckmin reckoned

    Brazil's government and businessmen gathered last week in São Paulo for the B20 summit, and they concurred on the need to push for world trade reforms ahead of the G20 summit, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro next month.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    UN agency banned in Israel

    “These bills increase the suffering of Palestinians and are nothing more than collective punishment,” UNRWA Chief Lazzarini said

    Israel's Knesset (Parliament) passed bills Monday preventing the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from working in the country. The agency has been active in the region for 70 years and has around 20,000 employees to provide education, healthcare, social and humanitarian assistance. The measure is expected to hamper the agency's work in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, October 28th 2024 - 23:37 UTC

    Falkland Islands Representative Honors Fallen at UK Parliament's Garden of Remembrance

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative, Richard Hyslop, at the opening of the Speaker’s Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the Houses of Parliament.

    Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, honored Falkland Islanders who served in both World Wars and those who died during the Falklands War by placing a commemorative cross in the Speaker’s Garden of Remembrance at the UK Parliament.