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Montevideo, October 22nd 2025 - 18:09 UTC

Politics

  • 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.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:00 UTC

    Uruguay: PepsiCo opens new storage plant in Colonia complex

    “This venture is everything that is right in terms of investment for Uruguay,” Oddone said

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi participated on Tuesday in the inauguration of a new PepsiCo beverage concentrate storage plant in the Colonia free-trade zone after an investment of over US$100 million. The facility, which has been in continuous operation since 1993, will supply 24 markets in Latin America and other regions.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 00:16 UTC

    Falklands archivist wins Record Keeper of the Year in UK & Ireland

    The ARA awards aim to highlight excellence and innovation in the archives sector across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced that Chloe Anderson-Wheatley, Corporate Records and National Archives Manager, has been named Record Keeper of the Year by the Archives & Records Association UK & Ireland (ARA).

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

    Uruguay signs Council of Europe’s Global AI Treaty

    The treaty was signed in Strasbourg by Montevideo's Ambassador to Paris, Enrique Emilio Loedel Soca

    Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 18:47 UTC

    Guyanese forces on election day alert after gunfire from Venezuelan bank of Essequibo

    Ali focused on celebrating “our democratic values as we open another chapter in the development of our beautiful country”

    Guyanese President Irfaan Ali confirmed Monday that the country's security forces were on high alert following recent incidents near the Venezuela border while his country went to the polls.

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    All set for first day of coup trial against Bolsonaro and others

    “We have had 40 years of institutional stability,” Barroso stressed

    Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) is starting on Tuesday the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants for allegedly planning a coup d'état to overthrow Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections. The group is part of the core of the complaint filed by the Attorney General's Office (PGR).

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    CFK greets supporters on anniversary of murder attempt

    CFK was moved by her supporters' endorsement

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) appeared on the balcony of her apartment in Constitución, Buenos Aires, where she is under house arrest, to greet hundreds of activists, who showed up to express their support on the third anniversary of her Sept. 1, 2022, assassination attempt.

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Guo leaves Antarctica after more than two months

    Guo is going back to the US after being banned from entering Chile for three years

    After more than two months in Antarctica, American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo is finally on his way home. The 19-year-old, who was on a mission to fly solo to all seven continents, was detained by Chilean authorities on June 28 after landing his small plane without proper authorization.