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Montevideo, January 23rd 2026 - 20:12 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Ecuador: Former President Lenín Moreno to face trial for bribery

    Moreno noted that, as president, he detected over 17,000 cracks, refused to receive the work, and initiated arbitration proceedings

    Former Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno (2017-2021) has been ordered to stand trial on bribery charges in the high-profile Sinohydro Case regarding his alleged corruption deeds tied to the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant while Moreno served as Vice President under Rafael Correa (2007-2017).

  • Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Sweden closing Embassy in Bolivia

    A concurrent Ambassador based probably in Lima or Buenos Aires will take over in 2026

    Swedish Ambassador to Bolivia Johanna Teague announced Monday that her country was downsizing its mission in Bolivia, leading to the closure of the diplomatic mission in La Paz by the end of 2026.

  • Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Fifth Kenyan Police group arrives in Haiti

    “The price of peace is often high,” Otunge reckoned

    A new contingent of 230 “highly specialized” Kenyan police officers landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Monday, to reinforce the newly established Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in its fight against heavily armed groups.

  • Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentine retail sales plunge amid wage crisis

    The current crisis hit Argentina's middle class the hardest

    Retail sales by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina continued their negative trend in November, recording a sharp decline of 9.1% compared to October and a year-on-year drop of 4.1%, according to the Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Enterprises (CAME).

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 20:51 UTC

    Machado traveling to Oslo for Nobel Prize ceremony

    Machado is living in hiding in her country

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has confirmed she will be traveling to Oslo to receive her Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, according to newswires circulating during the weekend, which gave no further details about the arrangements, citing security concerns.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Poll shows Lula would easily beat Bolsonaro's son in runoff

    Lula's opposition would rather pick someone not from the Bolsonaro family, such as Flávio, Datafolha found

    A Datafolha poll released this weekend showed that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, -a son of the incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro- by at least 15 percentage points in a potential runoff: 51% to 36%.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader dies in detention facility

    There are currently at least 887 political prisoners in Venezuela

    Former Nueva Esparta Governor Alfredo Díaz has died while in the custody of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) at the El Helicoide detention center, his family and human rights organizations confirmed this weekend in Caracas. Díaz, 56, had been detained since November 2024 and was facing judicial proceedings on charges of “terrorism” and “incitement to hatred.”

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Still no winner in Honduras after one week

    Modernization reforms are badly needed for future elections

    No candidate has yet been named the winner of Honduras' presidential elections, one week after the polls, with vote counting halted several times due to glitches amid flipping leaders.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Motorbike bomb hits Colombian town of Balboa

    Sánchez offered a reward of over US$50,000 for data leading to the capture of the perpetrators

    A motorbike laden with explosives was detonated near the main park and police station in the municipality of Balboa on Saturday afternoon, December 6, causing widespread chaos and injuries in the Colombian province of Cauca.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

    Milei touts F-16s as Argentina's new “Guardian Angels”

    “Today more than ever, we can say that the forces of heaven are with us,” Milei underlined

    Argentine President Javier Milei officially presented the first six F-16 fighter jets acquired from Denmark on Sunday, calling the multimillion-dollar purchase “the most important military acquisition in the last 50 years of Argentine history.”