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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 13:41 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 08:28 UTC

    Port of Montevideo ICSID case: President Lacalle pledges to defend national interests

    Some port users were privileged back in the day, Lacalle argued

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou called for “sustaining the largest port investment in history” and pledged to “watch over the national interest” in the US$ 600 million lawsuit filed by Montecon before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for alleged “anti-competitive practices” in the Port of Montevideo.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Milei leaving for US once again for meetings with hich-tech execs

    Milei also plans to return to Madrid next month despite the diplomatic rift he triggered in his last visit

    Argentine President Javier Milei is leaving On Monday on his fourth trip to the United States since taking office on Dec. 10, 2023. Before returning to Buenos Aires, Milei is scheduled to attend Nayib Bukele's new inauguration on June 1 in El Salvador.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 07:52 UTC

    Busy Saturday for Argentine President during May 25 national holiday

    Milei announced that a council was to be created to bring forth the May Pact he had hoped to sign by Saturday

    Argentine President Javier Milei attended the traditional TeDeum at Buenos Aires' cathedral on Saturday before flying to Córdoba for the main celebrations of the May 25 national holiday during which he had hoped to launch what he called “the May Pact” with most provincial governors but failed.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 07:21 UTC

    RAF pilot killed in Battle of Britain reenactment

    Squadron Leader Long was the sole occupant of the aircraft (Pic RAF)

    Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron Leader Mark Long died Saturday when his Spitfire fighter crashed during a reenactment of the Battle of Britain Coningsby base in Lincolnshire. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has recently taken an additional interest in military affairs, described the incident as “awful” news.

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:57 UTC

    UK: Sunak pledges to reinstate compulsory service

    Russia's response to Ukraine using British weapons for invasion purposes might include the Falkland Islands

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Sunday that if he wins July's snap elections he will bring back conscription whereby all 18-year-olds would be required to either join the military full-time or volunteer one weekend per month with community organizations such as the police or National Health Service (NHS).

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:06 UTC

    The Palestinian tradition in Chile, football, culture and politics

    Deportivo Palestino was founded in 1916 in Santiago, as an amateur squad. But it was only in 1952 that Palestino went professional.

    By Katherine Newman, PhD candidate, University of Oxford - Club Deportivo Palestino, a football team, plays in a uniform of white, green, and red. Their stadium flies Palestinian flags and their social sports club boasts an open-air pool in the shape of pre-1948 Palestine. But this football team does not play in Palestine, or even the Middle East. Better known as Palestino, they actually play in Chile’s top football league, the Primera División de Chile.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Israel ready to ignore Court of Justice and reaffirms its right to self-defense

    “Israel must immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah which may inflict on Palestinian groups in Gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction,” ICJ said

    Israel condemned on Friday the ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague, saying that the 'genocide charges against Palestinians in the Gaza strip', were “false, outrageous and morally repugnant”.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Milei for his Spanish trip

    Milei apparently used the ARG-01 airplane and other State resources for personal gain

    After the Argentine Embassy in Madrid argued that President Javier Milei's recent trip to the Spanish capital was strictly personal, three lawmakers from the opposition Radical Civic Union (UCR) have filed criminal charges against the head of state and a high-ranking official for alleged corruption.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Brazil and US agree to boost trade and investments to celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations

    The Brazilian ministry of foreign trade, industry and commerce signed the agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo

    Brazil and the United States will mark 200 years of diplomatic relations on Sunday, May 26. On this date in 1824 United States recognized Brazil’s independence, signaling the beginning of extensive political, economic, and cultural ties.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    Uruguayan State requested hefty sum in damages over Montevideo Port deals

    The Washington-based ISCSID belonging to the World Bank Group agreed to handle the case

    Chilean and Canadian partners of the Montecon consortium handling operations in the port of Montevideo have started an arbitration process for “damages and losses” worth up to US$ 600 million against the Uruguayan State before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after preventing the company from transferring and storing containers in the facility's docks. Montecon is owned by the Neltume Ports consortium.