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Montevideo, July 12th 2025 - 22:04 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 09:21 UTC

    4 countries against Argentina collecting tolls on Paraná Waterway

    The controversy may end up in the hands of an ad-hoc tribunal

    Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Uruguay insisted Wednesday on their objections to Argentina collecting tolls on the Paraná River Waterway and demanded the latter to halt that practice until it demonstrates services effectively rendered to navigation justify the measure.

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 08:48 UTC

    Gabon: Deposed President's cousin to chair transitional committee

    General Oligui had been a bodyguard for Bongo's late father and was the head of the secret service before becoming leader of the guard (Pic AP)

    The Gabonese military officers who seized power earlier this week in the African country Wednesday announced General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, chief of the Republican Guard, was to be appointed president of the transitional committee.

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 07:15 UTC

    Multiple explosions rock Quito downtown in suspected car bomb attack

    Images from the scene show a burnt car and a nearby cylinder that is believed to be a gas cylinder.

    A car bomb, believed to be loaded with two gas cylinders and dynamite sticks, caused multiple explosions in a commercial area of Quito on Wednesday night. The event is generating concern due to the ongoing climate of violence in Ecuador.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 20:50 UTC

    Meta thwarts “Spamouflage,” covert campaign to boost China and criticize US

    Meta said the so-called “Spamouflage” campaign targeted Taiwan, the US, Australia, Britain, Japan, and global Chinese-speaking audiences.

    Facebook parent Meta announced on Tuesday it had shut down a so-called “Spamouflage” campaign to covertly boost China's image on its platforms. Some 7,700 Facebook accounts plus hundreds of other pages, groups, and Instagram accounts that pushed pro-China narratives online, were eliminated.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Cafiero, Kishida discuss deepening ties

    Argentina's FM and Japan's PM met as part of the celebrations of 125 years of diplomatic ties

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Tuesday met in Tokyo with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss further Japanese investments in the South American country, where there are already some 70 leading companies from the Asian power.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Lula announces new ministry for SMEs

    I’m proposing the creation of a ministry for people, who need credit and opportunity, Lula said

    As part of his efforts to develop over 2 million formal jobs by the end of the year, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday he would create a ministry to deal with issues linked to small and medium-sized enterprises, assisting those who wish to become entrepreneurs, Agencia Brasil reported. It will be the 38th ministry in Lula’s administration

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Punta Arenas Winter Hockey Cup: Tierra del Fuego official calls Chilean mayor a 'colonialist'

    Mayor Radonich and Honorary British consul John Rees with members of the Falklands hockey delegation

    Success and the brilliant sportsmanship spirit from the Falkland Islands hockey teams, and their trophies, at the Punta Arenas Winter Cup, could not have come with some acid comments from Argentina.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

    Military group overthrows President, seizes power in Gabon

    Gabon's borders will remain “closed until further notice,” the officers said

    A group of military officers making up the so-called “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of the Institutions” of Gabon seized power Wednesday in the African country, announcing the “end to the current regime” through a TV broadcast. The rebels also said they had dissolved all government institutions and annulled last Saturday's elections.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

    Chile: One of Víctor Jara's murderers kills himself

    Víctor Jana

    Eighty-six-year-old Retired Chilean Army General Hernán Carlos Chacón Soto committed suicide Tuesday moments before he was to be transferred to the Puntateuco jailhouse to begin serving his 25-year sentence for the 1973 abduction and murder of singer-songwriter Victor Jara and Prisons Bureau Director Littré Quiroga, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:31 UTC

    Uruguayan football legend takes his own life

    With the Uruguayan national team, Victorino played 33 matches, scoring 15 goals

    Suicide hit Uruguayan football yet again Tuesday after the death of retired star Waldemar Victorino at the age of 71 after having won the Libertadores Cup with Montevideo's Nacional among other achievements in his career.