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Montevideo, December 11th 2025 - 02:47 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Iranian hackers target Trump and Harris' camps

    Google singled out ATP42 to be behind the maneuvers

    The Iranian State-backed hacking group APT42 has been targeting the campaign headquarters of the two main political parties in the United States, Google said.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    IAPA denounces arbitrary detention of journalists in Venezuela

    “Venezuelan authorities have flagrantly violated basic human rights,” Rock argued

    The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) Wednesday condemned the arrest by the Venezuelan regime of news teams covering the crisis in that South American country. The Miami-based guild also rejected the terrorism and incitement to hatred charges filed by Caracas' Attorney General against four reporters as well as the arbitrary arrests and censorship.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    ECLAC highlights low investments and productivity in the region

    “The question is whether the Argentine people will have the patience to wait,” Salazar-Xirinachs wondered

    The Santiago de Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) issued this week a new edition of its annual Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 report highlighting the region's poor investment performance, low labor productivity, and limited fiscal space.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 11:26 UTC

    Falklands Day celebration in the Islands and London

    The Falkland Islands flag will be flying at Houses of Parliament and the FCDO building

    Today 14th August the Falkland Islands are celebrating when 432 years ago in 1592, English explorer John Davis recorded the first sighting of the Falkland Islands from aboard the vessel “Desire”.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about latest developments in Venezuela

    “All this is exacerbating tensions and further fragmenting Venezuela's social fabric,” Türk said

    United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his “deep concern” for the large number of arbitrary detentions registered in Venezuela since the July 28 elections which incumbent President Nicolás Maduro claims to have won despite the National Electoral Council (CNE) never producing the minutes vouching for it.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Milei and Yuyito kiss during theatrical performance

    Milei has made official his affair with the entertainer 11 years his senior

    Argentine President Javier Milei was escorted by entertainer Amalia “Yuyito” González during his appearance at a theatrical performance at the Libertad Palace in Buenos Aires as the Libertarian Government launched its trial by jury initiative.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Unicef outlines Argentine children's gloomy present

    Unicef found that around 10 million children were consuming less meat and dairy products

    The Argentine chapter of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) issued a report Tuesday showing that some 1.5 million children in the South American country skipped meals every day and at least 1 million cannot eat dinner. The same document published within the framework of the campaign “Hunger does not have a happy ending” also found that 4.5 million adults in these households fail to eat all their daily meals as well given the current economic crisis and would rather feed their offspring.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 22:24 UTC

    Machado: It's best for Maduro to negotiate his way out

    The opposition leader would not object to “guarantees and incentives” being offered to help Maduro make up his mind

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted Tuesday that, given the growing international repercussions of the July 28 elections, President Nicolás Maduro should negotiate his departure from office with her political group.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 21:41 UTC

    Ecuador's VP files gender violence complaint against Noboa

    Abad said Noboa was a “macho and misogynist” person

    Ecuadorean Vice President Verónica Abad filed a political gender violence complaint against President Daniel Noboa before Quito's Electoral Court (TCE). Although the case was submitted on Aug. 8, it was not reported until Tuesday. A TCE justice will now determine whether or not to admit the complaint.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    ICC keeps an eye on Venezuela

    ”All persons must be protected from violations that may constitute Rome Statute crimes,” Khan underlined

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) is “actively monitoring” the situation in Venezuela, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said Monday in The Hague. The South American country is already under investigation for possible crimes against humanity since 2021, he added.