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Montevideo, November 28th 2024 - 08:34 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 11:19 UTC

    State of emergency and curfew decreed in Ecuador

    President Lasso made the announcement

    Ecuadorian authorities Monday declared a new state of emergency and curfew in two provinces and one city following an escalation in acts of violence, including the murder of the mayor of Manta, the country's third-largest city.

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Solution wanted at Mercosur level: mobility platforms need local HQs

    The lack of representatives of these companies to attend to the claims of their users is a matter of concern, Estigarribia explained

    According to Paraguay's Juan Marcelo Estigarribia, Executive Secretary of the South American country's Consumer and User Defense Secretariat (Sedeco), a Mercosur Technical Committee has received a complaint from his agency about the lack of representation of mobility platforms such as Uber and Bolt.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina, IMF reach new understanding

    Massa might travel to Washington DC shortly to finalize the deal

    Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement in principle on the fifth review of the South American country's credit program, it was announced Sunday.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Mayor of Ecuador's third-largest city shot dead

    Intriago was elected mayor of Manta for the 2019-2023 term and re-elected until 2027

    Agustín Intriago, the 38-tear-old mayor of Manta, Ecuador's third-largest city, was assassinated Sunday by hitmen, who shot him at least three times in the chest at around 1.30 pm local time while he was visiting a construction site, Interior Minister Juan Zapata confirmed.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Lula underscores importance of labor unions in Brazil

    Lula insisted that before him and the Workers' Party boosted by the unions, a worker president was unthinkable

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday recalled his origins as a labor union leader. During the inauguration of the ABC Metalworkers Union (SMABC) board of directors, the head of state addressed how this organization and others of its kind had helped create the Workers' Party (PT) which eventually led him to his office, “something, until then, impossible.”

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Tories, after a rough week fight back laws to stop irregular migrant boats and prop the economy

    Under the Illegal Migration Act people who come to the UK illegally will not have a right to stay. They will be sent back to their countries or to a safe third country

    Following a rough week with adverse electoral results and poor prospects for a general election next year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a strong comeback with new laws to help stop the irregular boats crossing the English Channel, grow the economy, support families and deliver on the priorities that matter most to the United Kingdom, have received Royal Assent.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Biden picks female Admiral to head US Navy

    US President Joseph Biden has chosen Admiral Lisa Franchetti to become the next Navy Chief of Staff in an unprecedented decision. If confirmed, Franchetti, 59, would be the first woman to become a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Franchetti, the current Navy's vice chief of operations, is said to have broad command and executive experience.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    No majority achieved after Spain's snap elections

    “So Spain, Spaniards, comrades, we are more, many more of us who want Spain to move forward and so it will continue to be,” PM Sánchez said after Sunday's results

    Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) won Sunday's general elections but is short of votes to make Alberto Núñez Feijoó, even though an alliance with the far-right VOX movement, it was reported in Madrid after over 98% of the polling stations were counted.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Lula needs hip surgery sometime this year

    After being injected with topical painkillers, Lula was able to carry on with his agenda

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Sunday underwent pain-killing treatment at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sirio Libanês before attending a metalworkers' union event, it was reported. Lula has publicly complained of hip pain in recent months.

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentine President confident about ongoing negotiations with IMF

    All negotiations with the Fund are difficult when one seeks to preserve one's own decisions, Fernández said

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday spoke with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to discuss a new understanding ahead of this year's elections, it was reported in Buenos Aires.