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Montevideo, October 22nd 2025 - 08:39 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 19:16 UTC

    CFK campaigns for the opposition from her house arrest

    CFK highlighted the number of public universities opened during her tenure

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), currently under house arrest, has jumped again onto the political fray just days ahead of next Sunday's midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires, a key district whose results may cascade upon other constituencies on Oct. 26.

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Washington halts adding Argentina to visa waiver program

    Further discussions are expected before moving on with the deal

    The United States administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused the treatment of a visa waiver agreement with Argentina. This decision was made just as an Argentine delegation was on its way to Washington to sign the pact.

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Argentine authorities given painting stolen during WWII

    The painting, worth some US$50,000, is in good condition

    Argentina's Federal Police on Wednesday took delivery of the painting “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi, which had been stolen by the Nazis in the Netherlands during World War II. The work of art, dating back to 1710, was voluntarily handed over by the family in possession of it for decades.

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Peru: Vizcarra released from prison

    The former president was deemed to pose no flight risk

    Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was released on Wednesday from his preventive detention as he was deemed to pose a flight risk regarding the charges against him of accepting bribes while he was governor of the Moquegua region (2011-2014).

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana

    Ali got 242,498 votes to win eight of the country's ten regions

    The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). with 242,498 votes after winning eight of the country's ten regions.

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:26 UTC

    Bachi Núñez's term as Paraguayan Senate Speaker extended

    The loyal Bachi Núñez will be in line for the presidential succession almost throughout Peña's entire term

    Senator Basilio “Bachi” Núñez of the Colorado Party's (ANR) Honor Colorado faction was re-elected on Wednesday as Upper House Speaker until June 30, 2028, following a procedural change to internal regulations, pushed through by the Cartista bloc [of former President Horacio Cartes] and its allies.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 21:03 UTC

    European Commission gives nod to Mercosur FTA

    “European Union companies and the agri-food sector will benefit from lower tariffs and reduced costs,” Von der Leyen wrote

    The European Commission has validated the free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed on Wednesday, calling it “excellent news” for his country.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 13:07 UTC

    Brazil and Paraguay join forces against syphilis

    “Syphilis is detected, treated, cured” was the gathering's motto

    Brazilian experts joined Tuesday a working meeting in Asunción between local representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Paraguay's National Program for the Control of HIV/AIDS and STIs (Pronasida), and the General Directorate of Health Surveillance to further discuss the elimination of congenital syphilis and acquired syphilis through a project called Cooperation Among Countries for Health Development (CCHD).

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:30 UTC

    US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean, killing 11

    “Let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the US,” Trump warned

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “kinetic strike” on a vessel from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. The attack, the first of its kind since the US deployed warships to the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 people.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:09 UTC

    Caracas claims video of exploding boat was AI-created

    Náñez based his allegation on an alleged Gemini assessment

    Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister Freddy Ñáñez on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of using a video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to fabricate a war narrative. “While I cannot confirm with certainty the exact tools used, several elements suggest that it was generated by AI,” he stressed.