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Montevideo, January 13th 2026 - 19:16 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:15 UTC

    “F**k you,” Brazilian First Lady tells Elon Musk

    Lula's wife was angered by the horn of a passing ship

    During a G20 social event this past weekend, Brazilian First Lady Janja da Silva cursed against billionaire Elon Musk in an outburst that made waves ahead of the world's leader's Summit starting Monday in Rio de Janeiro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's wife was speaking through a microphone to an audience when a ship horn nearby interrupted her: “It’s Elon Musk,” she said. “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, Elon Musk,” she added.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    With Milei, Macron insists France not signing EU-Mercosur FTA

    “We don't always think alike on many issues,” Macron said about Milei

    French President Emmanuel Macron told his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei once again during their meeting Sunday at Casa Rosada that his country would not sign the European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) “as is.”

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    China's Xi Jinping all for deeper relations with Chile

    Beijing and Santiago will celebrate 55 years of diplomatic ties next year

    Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font in Lima on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Peruvian capital that he hoped to expand cooperation between both countries with free trade and open industrial policies. The Asian leader also highlighted that Chile was the first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC

    Presidents of Bolivia and Paraguay arrive in Rio for G20 guest appearances

    It will be the first G20 for Paraguay's and Bolivia's Arce

    Presidents Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Santiago Peña of Paraguay landed Sunday night in Rio de Janeiro to participate as a guest of the G20 Summit, to be held between Nov. 18 and 19 in the former Brazilian capital.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:40 UTC

    Uruguayan presidential candidates hold key debate one week before runoff

    Orsi was ahead in all surveys until Sunday; now pollsters are measuring whether the debate has changed anything

    At a time when all polls indicate that former Canelones Mayor (Governor) Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) is the frontrunner for Uruguay's Nov. 24 runoff against Álvaro Delgado of the ruling National Party and Multicolor coalition, both candidates held the mandatory debate on Sunday evening, during which they reviewed human development, security, economy, knowledge, and labor.

  • Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

    Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

    There were fears that a future US administration under Trump would follow Milei's steps

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 11:07 UTC

    British ambassador presents diplomatic credentials to Uruguayan president

    Ambassador Green with president Lacalle Pou

    The new British ambassador in Uruguay, Malcolm Green presented his diplomatic credentials to the Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou on Thursday 14 November, completing the formalities of his post.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: Arrest warrants issued against 61 Brasilia rioters

    The extradition requests were filed through diplomatic channels on behalf of De Moraes

    Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued arrest warrants for 61 suspects involved in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia, who had sought shelter in the neighboring country, Agencia Brasil reported. Rafecas' measure is the result of the extradition requests filed by Brazilian diplomatic authorities on behalf of case rapporteur Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    HMS Protector with Chilean navy paid homage to British losses at battle of Colonel, November 1914

    Chilean navy personnel and HMS Protector crew members at the Colonel battle memorial

    Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1. One hundred and ten years to the day that the Royal and German Navies clashed three dozen miles off the coast of Chile, the icebreaker ship’s crew joined Chilean sailors for a service of remembrance in the city which gave the battle its name: Coronel.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Boluarte and Boric hold meeting during APEC

    Boric and Boluarte met at a time when Chile and Peru celebrated 202 years of bilateral ties

    Presidents Dina Boluarte Zegarra of Peru and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile held a meeting Friday in Lima in the context of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' meeting to celebrate the 202nd anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries, and discuss the support to vulnerable populations, SMEs, as well as bilateral trade and other common challenges.