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Montevideo, July 8th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

    Lula recovering well after hip surgery

    Lula said last week that he had postponed the operation due to several international engagements he did not want to miss

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is well after undergoing scheduled hip replacement surgery, it was reported. His recovery will take between three and four weeks. He also seized the opportunity to have plastic surgery performed on his eyelids, a procedure known as blepharoplasty. Lula is turning 78 next month.

  • Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 08:27 UTC

    Falklands attends the Conservative Party Conference at Manchester

    Falklands will have stand 205, at the Manchester Central Convention Complex and extends an invitation to all visitors and participants. (Pic FIGO)

    The Falkland Islands will be present at the annual Conservative Party conference scheduled to begin on Sunday and last until Wednesday, 4 October, when the Prime Minister will be giving one of the closing speeches.

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentine Senate greenlights Income Tax reform

    Massa sent the Income Tax bill for parliamentary treatment

    The Argentine Senate Thursday passed a bill by 38 votes to 27 to up the barrier indicating who must pay the Income (Earnings) Tax. Despite opposition from Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) citing “electioneering” intentions, the measure proposed by Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa was approved last week by the Lower House.

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    US offers reward amid probe into Ecuadorian candidate's murder

    “The United States will continue to stand with the people of Ecuador,” Blinken said

    The US State Department Thursday made available US$ 5 million in rewards for information leading to the arrest of those who murdered Ecuador's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last month in Quito. The State Department also offered up to US$ 1 million for clues leading to the identification of high-ranking members of the criminal group.

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

    Trade deal between Paraguay and the United States extended until 2025

    “This is an important milestone,” Minister Ramírez said

    Authorities from Paraguay and the United States agreed in Asunción this week to extend until 2025 an agreement in place since 2019 to expedite the exchange, marketing, importation, and exportation of agricultural products.

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:21 UTC

    Is Milei fit for the presidential debates?

    People in Argentina wonder why Milei canceled an interview with the CNN and skipped other engagements

    According to uncorroborated rumors circulating in Buenos Aires Thursday, Congressman Javier Milei, the presidential candidate from La Libertad Avanza (LLA) was suffering from some sort of mental breakdown, which raised the possibility that he might not be fit for the mandatory debates with the other four contenders who made it through the Aug. 13 Mandatory, Open, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Cafiero: “No hypothesis of conflict” between Argentina and Paraguay

    A “principle of agreement” was reached Wednesday during an Intergovernmental Committee of the Waterway (CIH) meeting, Cafiero said

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Wednesday denied his country had any “hypothesis of conflict” with Paraguay despite recent controversies over tolls collected from barges sailing along the Paraná River Waterway and Asunción canceling all electricity supply from the Yacyretá hydroelectric power plant.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

    Argentina: Former minister and tax bureau chief both acquitted in money smuggling case

    The prosecution's arguments against De Vido (left) were not shared by the court

    A court in Buenos Aires Wednesday acquitted former Planning Minister Julio De Vido and AFIP tax bureau Chief Ricardo Echegaray for the 2007 attempted smuggling of a suitcase containing nearly US$ 800,000 which was being brought into the country by Guido Antonini Wilson, who was believed to be an envoy of then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:53 UTC

    Migration crisis; state of emergency in Costa Rica to deal with massive influx of people heading for US

    Since January, more than 386,000 migrants have passed through the border from Panama into Costa Rica.

    Costa Rica in Central America intends to declare a state of emergency due to an increased wave of migrants on their way to Mexico and later cross to the United States. “I have instructed the security ministry to take a firm stance with anyone who takes Costa Rica's kindness for weakness,” Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said at a media briefing, referring to recent riots by migrants crossing the nation.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:46 UTC

    Paraguayan Navy sailor wounded in clash with Argentine Coast Guard

    The Paraguayan Navy vessel was found to contain large amounts of fuel

    A Paraguayan naval officer and two civilians were arrested Wednesday by the Argentine Coast Guard (PNA) following an incident at around 3 pm in the Paraná River near the PNA's Puerto Maní (Misiones) delegation that resulted in the seizure of a Paraguayan Navy vessel allegedly trying to smuggle fuel to the Paraguayan side.