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Montevideo, December 8th 2025 - 22:31 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 08:44 UTC

    Maduro says maximum security prisons await protesters

    Maduro also joked that the incarcerated protesters should be put to work to “build more roads”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Thursday that two maximum security prisons were to be refurbished in haste to house and “reeducate” the political opponents of his regime who were arrested during the recent protests following his fudgy reelection last Sunday.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 08:44 UTC

    Milei and Macri meet at Olivos presidential residence

    Macri said at a rally that he would still support Milei but PRO and LLA would not merge

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed former head of state Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) at the Olivos residence. The private encounter lasted about four hours. No information was released about the issues discussed but Spokesman Manuel Adorni said it was “a meeting of friends.” According to local media, it was a follow-up on the talks they held on July 8 and 9 in Tucumán during the signing of the so-called May Pact.

  • Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 21:03 UTC

    Brazilian flag flies over Argentine Embassy in Caracas

    Brazil is also representing Peruvian interests in Venezuela

    The Brazilian flag was hoisted Thursday at the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, where six Venezuelan asylum seekers were left behind by the departing diplomatic team.

  • Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    Musk agrees to fight Maduro “mano a mano”

    I'll take you on your ride to Mars offer “but you're coming with me,” Maduro said

    Tycoon Elon Musk Wednesday accepted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's challenge to engage in a fistfight. “If I win, he resigns as dictator of Venezuela,” the Tesla CEO said in his reply. If defeated, Musk -whose company SpaceX has launched numerous satellites into orbit- also offered to give Maduro a free ride to Mars.

  • Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Brazil representing Argentine interests in Caracas

    The fate of the six opposition asylum-seekers is yet to be known when the Argentine Embassy is vacated

    Brazil's diplomatic mission in Caracas will be representing Argentina's interests starting Thursday at 9 am local time after the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro expelled Buenos Aires' delegation given President Javier Milei's decision not to recognize the results of the elections announced last Sunday whereby the incumbent head of state would have been chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Thursday, August 1st 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    OAS fails to pass resolution calling for transparency in Venezuela

    The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council was one vote short Wednesday of passing a resolution to demand that Venezuelan electoral authorities publish the minutes of each voting table which would prove there was no fraud last Sunday when the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been lawfully chosen for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 23:55 UTC

    Falklands new Acting Governor sworn in, Adam Pile OBE son of a war Veteran

    Deputy Director for Overseas Territories Directorate, Adam Pile OBE, signs the documents at Falklands Government House

    Falklands Government House announced on Tuesday July 30 that the Deputy Director for the Overseas Territories Directorate of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Adam Pile OBE, has been sworn in as the Acting Governor of the Falkland Islands and Acting Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 20:30 UTC

    International community underlines lack of transparency in Venezuelan elections

    The Carter Center is yet to publish a final report on the Venezuelan 2024 elections

    The international community keeps harboring doubts as to the authenticity of the rsults for the Venezuelan presidential elections announced in Caracas by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday. A joint statement was issued Wednesday in this regard by the foreign ministers of the seven countries making up the G7, arguably the strongest nations from an economic viewpoint which also enforce democratic principles while the Carter Center, one of the observers participating in the process, admitted it could not be considered “democratic.”

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    At least 11 reported dead in Venezuelan rioting

    Maduro held González Urrutia responsible for the violence

    At least 11 people were killed across Venezuela amid riots protesting against the announced result of Sunday's presidential elections in which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was said to have won another six-year term (2025-2031), it was reported Tuesday in Caracas. In this scenario, 749 have been arrested and 48 law enforcement officers were reported injured. The Non-Government Organization (NGO) Foro Penal believed the number of casualties reached 29.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula and Biden discuss Venezuelan elections and put pressure on Maduro

    Lula and Biden agreed the minutes needed to be produced

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Joseph Biden of the United States Tuesday discussed the Venezuelan crisis during a telephone conversation, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American leader insisted on the importance of the minutes of each voting station being released and Biden concurred.