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Montevideo, March 24th 2026 - 16:13 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, January 14th 2026 - 08:59 UTC

    No more buildings casting shadows on Rio beaches

    The legislation is not retroactive, so the damage done will stay there, Councilman Duarte regretted

    Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes signed this week a new law prohibiting the construction of any building that casts shadows on the city’s sand or boardwalks, a measure unanimously approved by the City Council last month.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 22:37 UTC

    Falklands Legislative moves from Gilbert House to Sulivan House

    Sulivan House is a listed historic building originally built in 1844 by Captain James Bartholomew Sulivan, an officer on the HMS Beagle and a close friend of Charles Darwin.

    The Office of the elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has formally relocated to Sulivan House on Ross Road, Stanley. Gilbert House is no longer in use for Assembly business. The Legislative Assembly thanks all involved in the process of moving offices, and making Sulivan House ready for use for the new Assembly.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina halts Jerusalem Embassy move amid Falklands oil drilling dispute

    Milei first announced his intention to move the diplomatic HQ from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during a visit to Israel in Feb. 2024 and reiterated that he was looking to inaugurate it in the spring

    Argentina has reportedly put on hold its plan to relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem after diplomatic friction linked to offshore oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported over the weekend.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:19 UTC

    No human corridor through Peru for Venezuelans exiting Chile

    Peru’s internal security takes precedence over regional transit, Jerí insisted

    Peru's President José Jerí told Chile's President-elect José Antonio Kast that the human corridor through his country so that Venezuelan migrants could return home was not a feasible option.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:07 UTC

    Venezuela's interim administration releases 24 potitical prisoners

    Foro Penal confirmed early Tuesday that 24 individuals — including two Italian nationals — were freed from the La Crisálida and El Rodeo I prisons

    Hundreds of relatives of the Venezuelan Bolivarian regime's political prisoners remained outside the various detention facilities into the early hours of Tuesday. Still, only 24 of them were released in the end, whereas human rights groups such as Foro Penal insist some 800 of them remain incarcerated.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    Trump spoils Lula's celebration of trade surplus with Iran

    The crisis in Iran is escalating, and Trump will take whichever action he deems necessary

    US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that any nation conducting business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on all trade with Washington, thus crushing earlier celebrations by Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose government proudly announced a substantial trade surplus with Tehran, totaling US$2.8 billion in 2025, driven by corn and soybeans.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    IMF coming to Venezuela's rescue?

    Unfolding political events in Caracas will play a key role in determining whether that option is available

    US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Monday a plan to stabilize Venezuela’s collapsing currency by re-engaging with global financial institutions. The strategy consists of unfreezing approximately US$4.9 billion in International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to provide much-needed liquidity to Caracas' Central Bank.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 03:17 UTC

    Venezuelan serviceman recounts U.S. strike that disabled air defenses before Maduro capture

    Venezuela had long boasted of possessing one of Latin America’s strongest air-defense networks. Yet, those assets were quickly neutralized during the first minutes of the U.S. offensive

    A Venezuelan serviceman stationed at the Meseta de Mamo military academy in La Guaira described the Jan. 3 U.S. bombardment as a rapid, overwhelming assault that “blinded” radar and electronic systems, preventing any organized defense. “There was no time to counterattack. They were very fast,” he said anonymously in an account published by La Hora de Venezuela and echoed by other Venezuelan outlets.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:57 UTC

    Situation in Iran critical; Washington may also step in

    Those indexes measuring the number of pizzas and other delivery foods traded near the Pentagon in the wee hours of Monday soared

    Over 500 people have been reported dead during this past weekend in the Islamic Republic of Iran as groups supporting the return to power of a monarchy under Mohamed Reza Pahlavi II (son of the shah deposed in 1979) took to the streets, women taking off their religious clothing and appearing uncovered, challenging Islamic morals.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    More than 800 political prisoners remain jailed as Venezuela signals partial openness

    Vigil by the families of political prisoners at Rodeo I.

    The Venezuelan interim government of caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez has allowed some relatives to visit political prisoners still held by Caracas at the Rodeo I detention facility. Among them is Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) NCO Nahuel Gallo, about whom nothing concrete has been heard.