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Montevideo, November 28th 2024 - 18:42 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Presidential elections: Argentina's ruling party lines up behind Massa

    Unión por la Patria will join forces behind the economy minister with inflation above 100%

    Mighty Economy Minister Sergio Massa will be a presidential candidate in Argentina's upcoming mandatory, open, and simultaneous primary (PASO) elections on behalf of the ruling Unión por la Patria (UP) front, with Cabinet Chief Agustín Rossi as his running mate, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Paraná Waterway: Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia back Paraguay

    Argentina's toll was found to be “notoriously excessive” and detrimental to many of the country's interests

    Brazil, Uruguay, and Bolivia Friday supported Paraguay's stance regarding Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the “Port of Santa Fe-Confluencia” section of the Parana River, it was reported in Buenos Aires after a new meeting of the Commission of the Paraguay-Parana Waterway Agreement.

  • Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Former death flights aircraft back in Argentine territory

    The former Argentine Coast Guard aircraft is already in Argentine territory. Her last flight will be to Buenos Aires on Monday

    The British-built Shorts Skyvan PA-51 used by Argentina's military dictatorship to throw three Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and two French nuns alive into the sea in one of the so-called “death flights” in 1977 landed Friday at Tucumán and is expected in Buenos Aires by Monday to be added to a museum.

  • Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Lula insists on addressing inequality

    If we do not address inequality, people may have a better climate, but will continue to die of hunger, Lula warned

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday insisted in Paris on the advantages of using a common currency for foreign trade operations and underlined once again that the European Union's demands for the Mercosur agreement were a “threat.”

  • Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    OAS wants dialogue in Nicaragua

    The OAS insisted on abiding by “the principle of non-intervention”

    The Organization of American States (OAS) asked its 35 members to do their utmost to keep bridges open with the Nicaraguan government to have all political prisoners released and reach an end to human rights violations while allowing international organizations to enter its territory, it was reported in Washington DC.

  • Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 11:10 UTC

    Microsoft AI lab inaugurated in Uruguay

    It is the fourth such facility worldwide

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday declared inaugurated Microsoft's first Artificial Intelligence laboratory in Latin America and the fourth in the world. The installations are at the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU).

  • Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Prosecution wants Bolsonaro convicted for advocating against electronic voting system

    Gonçalves' report was read out Thursday

    Brazil's Deputy Electoral Prosecutor Paulo Gonet Thursday insisted on the need to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of abuse of political power and misuse of the media for his remarks against the electronic voting system during a meeting in July last year as the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) began trying the case, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 08:47 UTC

    Modi highlights encounter between oldest, largest democracies

    When you talk of democracy, if there are no human values, and there is no humanity, there are no human rights, then it’s not a democracy,” Modi said in a post-meeting press briefing

    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday highlighted before a joint meeting of the US Congress in Washington DC that his state visit brought together the oldest and the largest democracies in the world. Modi also underlined Vice President Kamala Harris’ Indian heritage.

  • Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 07:05 UTC

    Bank of England raises the base rate to 5% given a stubborn inflation of 8,7%

    “The economy is doing better than expected, but inflation is still too high and we’ve got to deal with it,” Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in a statement

    The Bank of England, contrary to market expectations of a 25 basis points hike, on Thursday surprised with a 50 basis point hike to interest rates, its 13th consecutive increase as policymakers grapple with persistently high inflation.

  • Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 06:56 UTC

    Supreme Court will decide on MLA Barkman double status at hearing in Falklands

    The basis of the case against MLA Barkman is that getting a New Zealand passport was an act of her own that acknowledged obligations to a foreign power.

    The Falkland Islands Supreme Court hearing that will decide the future of MLA Teslyn Barkman double status, will take place at the end of November or beginning of December on a date yet to be arranged.