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Montevideo, November 29th 2024 - 04:37 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 20:00 UTC

    Argentine Congress and Simon Wiesenthal Center seek answers on 'Submarine' wreck

    Congress urges the Government to fulfill legal obligations and raise thought-provoking questions, while the Simon Wiesenthal Center emphasizes transparency. Photo: Prefectura Naval Argentina

    By LAURENCE DE MELLO IN BUENOS AIRES

    The 2022 discovery of a suspected WWII U-boat in Argentine waters has ignited an intense political debate within the closed corridors of the Argentine Government, resuscitating embarrassing historical ties between President General Juan Domingo Peron and Nazi Germany.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:42 UTC

    Argentina introduces new banknote amid high inflation

    The new banknote features the images of Cecilia Grierson, the first female physician to graduate in 1889, and Ramón Carrillo, promoter of social medicine.

    Argentina launched the AR$ 2,000 banknote on Monday, with a value slightly exceeding US$ 4 in the unofficial exchange rate. It will be the highest denomination banknote in a country where year-on-year inflation has reached 108%.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:21 UTC

    Depletion of the Colorado River forces California, Arizona and Nevada to a conservation agreement

    The nearly 2,400km river is used by over 40 million people in seven US states, as well as several Native American tribes and parts of Mexico.

    Three western US states have agreed to draw less water from the drought-depleted Colorado River in exchange for US$1.2bn in federal funding. Arizona, California and Nevada said the deal would conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water to the end of 2026.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 11:08 UTC

    Colombia halts ceasefire with FARC dissidents after 4 murders

    “Recruiting and murdering children and adolescents from indigenous communities are not exactly gestures of goodwill to achieve peace,” Ombudsman Camargo said

    Colombian authorities Monday announced the unilateral suspension of the ceasefire with dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), known as the Central General Staff (EMC-FARC), after the recruitment and murder of four children from the Murui indigenous community, it was reported in Bogota.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Uruguay to import bottled water: desalinization plant does not fit in aircraft

    The plant will take “a few weeks” to reach Uruguay by ship, Delgado explained.Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Uruguay's Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan area, it was reported. Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado confirmed that the desalination plant to be brought from Houston does not fit “by 15 centimeters” in the C-130 Hercules aircraft sent to pick it up and it will therefore take “a few weeks” to reach South America by ship.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 07:23 UTC

    Sinn Fein which calls for a united Ireland, becomes largest party in Northern Ireland

    Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O'Neill called for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to end its boycott of power sharing at Stormont

    The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, has become the largest party in Northern Ireland in Sunday's local election results. But rather than break a political deadlock in the North, Sinn Fein’s striking gains may harden the sectarian divide that has long complicated its fragile government.

  • Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 02:20 UTC

    James Cleverly, British Foreign Secretary: UK Stands as Latin America's Oldest Friend

    Cleverly emphasized the mutual values shared by the UK and Latin America, stating, “Our position is clear. Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, self-determination, and human rights”

    James Cleverly, United Kingdom's Foreign Minister, delivered a significant speech today in Santiago de Chile, outlining the United Kingdom's vision for its future relations with Latin America. Against the backdrop of the bicentennial celebration of the UK-Latin America relationship, Cleverly expressed his pride in the UK's historical support for the region's struggle for independence two centuries ago, positioning the UK as “the oldest friend of the region.”

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Falklands remembers the anniversary of Landing Day in San Carlos

    The Governor and members from Falklands community and BFSAI at the ceremony

    On 21 May 1982, British troops from the Task Force landed in San Carlos waters to begin the last chapter of the complete recovery and Liberation of the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Uruguayans hold successful March of Silence

    Errandonea insisted all archives should be made available. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Thousands of Uruguayans marched through the streets of Montevideo on Saturday evening marking the 28th March of Silence to remember the missing persons victims of the last military dictatorship (1973-1984). With signs reading “Where are they?” and “Never again State Terrorism” the demonstrators insisted on their demands for Justice. Around noon Saturday, a tribute was also held at the memorial of the disappeared detainees in the Cerro neighborhood.

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    British Foreign Secretary establishes policy towards Latin America in Chile

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets English language students from Barranquilla during his tour of Latin America and the Caribbean

    British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will use a keynote speech in the Chilean capital Santiago on Monday 22 May to set out the UK’s future relationship with Latin America.