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Montevideo, January 29th 2026 - 06:42 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, January 18th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Uruguay: Mrs. Heber's murder suspect granted house arrest

    Luis Alberto Heber pushed for the case regarding his mother's murder to be reopened

    Uruguay's Judiciary Friday granted house arrest to Deputy Commissioner Ricardo Zabala, who has been indicted for the 1978 murder of Cecilia Fontana, mother of former Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber. As per Judge Verónica Ester Pena Molina's decision, Zabala was moved to a seaside resort residence citing health problems. He is the only person prosecuted for that crime. The case has resurfaced in recent years.

  • Saturday, January 18th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Villarruel in charge of Argentina's Executive due to Milei's trip

    Milei is to attend Trump's inauguration and the WEF in Davos, among other engagements

    Argentina Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni posted on X Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel was to be briefed shortly that she was to take over the Executive Branch given President Javier Milei's trip to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and to Davos for a World Economic Forum (WEF) convention, among other engagements.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 21:42 UTC

    Power cuts hit Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and other parts of Argentina

    The real problem will come when there are 3 consecutive hot days, it was explained

    Several areas in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and Rosario in the province of Santa Fe have been suffering prolonged power cuts which enraged residents who, in addition, were deprived of state subsidies on their electricity bills and are therefore paying full fare in exchange for... literally nothing.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 21:02 UTC

    Uruguay makes payment to Spanish shipyard for construction of two OPVs

    The deal for the OPVs with Cardama has had its ups and downs but it appears now to have advanced to the next stage

    The Uruguayan Government this week made a US$ 8.4 million payment to the Spanish shipyard Cardama as the first installment for the construction of two new ocean patrol vessels (OPVs) agreed upon in July last year. The process has since been questioned and one Uruguayan Navy Admiral even retired from active duty amid the controversy.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Former Latin American foreign ministers stand up for international law

    Uruguay's Rodolfo Nin Novoa was among the signatories

    A total of 38 former Latin American foreign ministers published Thursday a Manifesto warning about “the collapse of the international order” established after World War ii and insisted on the region's need to recover a leading role in global affairs.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

    Argentina accepting other currencies besides pesos

    The measure is however optional; pesos remain the legal tender

    Effective Friday, Argentines will be allowed to fill out price tags in the currency of their choice (most likely US dollars), the Central Bank (BCRA) announced Thursday, in what has been regarded as a first step towards the dollarization of the economy, one of President Javier Milei's electoral promises.

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 08:57 UTC

    Argentina to blend Montevideo diplomatic missions into one

    The measure seeks to cut annual spending by about 2 million US dollars

    Argentine President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” policies reached the South American country's diplomatic efforts: After recalling Ambassador Martín García Moritán from Uruguay citing “service reasons,” Buenos Aires announced it would be unifying its presence in Montevideo under one single Ambassador who would also be representing the country before the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Friday, January 17th 2025 - 08:47 UTC

    South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook

    The stamp issue commemorates Possession itself and the start of South Georgia’s 250-year journey from obscurity to the modern age. 

    On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the British flag and performed the ceremony of taking possession of the island, in the name of King George III and his heirs.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 22:03 UTC

    Bolsonaro denied passport to attend Trump's inauguration

    Once again De Moraes ruled against returning Bolsonaro his passport

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes deemed former President Jair Bolsonaro a flight risk and refused to return his passport, which the retired Army captain needed to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on Jan. 20. Bolsonaro is under investigation in various cases and had been ordered to surrender his travel document.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 20:26 UTC

    Bolivian Environment Minister sacked amid corruption probe

    Lisperguer owned nine properties when he had declared just one in his affidavit

    Alan Lisperguer was sacked Wednesday as Bolivia's Minister of Environment and Water after the Institutional Transparency and Fight against Corruption Vice Ministry detected his involvement in illicit enrichment plus a submission of a false affidavit. The investigation had been triggered by suspicious bank deposits, irregular movements, and a disproportionate increase in Lisperguer's assets. The case was now brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office.