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Montevideo, July 13th 2025 - 02:03 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:24 UTC

    Dozens arrested in Argentina for looting

    “There is no social problem to take care of and attend to,” Minister Aníbal Fernández argued

    Several dozens were arrested Tuesday in Argentina for looting in the provinces of Córdoba and Mendoza, it was reported. There were other incidents in the Greater Buenos Aires area and also in the country's capital.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Unemployment keeps dropping in Uruguay

    The trend keeps dropping as new people join the labor market

    Unemployment in Uruguay fell yet again last month to stand at 7.8%, according to a report released Tuesday in Montevideo by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Thus, the drop from June's figures was 0.4% for a total of some 144,400 jobless people in the South American country from 152,500 the month before.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:37 UTC

    Argentine President not attending BRICS Summit

    President Fernández will resume his post-PASO public life in Neuqén and La Pampa

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández called off his trip to Johannesburg after learning that his country would not be -at least for now- joining the BRICS (a trade bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) during the ongoing XV Summit, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands further education students celebrate results: 97% pass rates

    Falkland Islands Community School, the heart of the Islands' education system, which has helped create generations of professionals and skilled manpower

    On Thursday 17 August, 18 Falkland Islands students who have been studying in further education for A levels and other Level 3 qualifications received their results. The Education Department is delighted to confirm that there was a 97% pass rate across 19 different subjects.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 07:43 UTC

    “God bless you Harold”, The Times obituary

    Briley beside a minefield in the Falklands

    Harold Briley's obituary by The Times, published Tuesday, August 22, 2023. - Reporter who broadcast the first news of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands in 1982 and later campaigned for the Islanders’ rights.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 07:30 UTC

    Panama Canal limits transit of vessels because of a severe drought

    Both entrances to the canal, on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, are now speckled with vessels stranded for more than 20 days

    On both sides of the Panama Canal, fleets of ships find themselves immobilized, delayed by weeks as waterway authorities have slowed traffic to conserve water amid a severe drought. A report from the Brazilian news agency O-Globo gives a detailed picture of what is happening.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro summons “Peace Squads” to avert coup threat

    We have to prepare ourselves institutionally to defend sovereignty, peace, and internal union, Maduro said

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros Monday spoke of a new campaign against his country and called on all citizens to prevent fascism and a coup d'état from filling the streets with violence and sterile confrontation, it was reported in Caracas.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:52 UTC

    Brazil: Charges against Bolsonarist Congresswoman to proceed

    Zambelli is innocent, her lawyer said

    Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) Monday decided by 9 votes to 2 to proceed with charges against Bolsonarist Congresswoman Carla Zambelli for the crimes of illegal possession of a firearm and illegal constraint with the use of a firearm, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazilian Court sentences hacker to 20 years in prison

    Delgatti claimed he hacked mobile phones to “fight injustices” but the judge did not buy it

    Notorious hacker Walter Delgatti was sentenced Monday to 20 years in jail for his involvement in the 2019 Operation Spoofing case, Agência Brasil reported. The decision can be appealed.

  • Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    BRICS summit in South Africa has to decide on the access of new members

    The countries in the current BRICS grouping amount to 23% of the world's gross domestic product and represent 42% of the global population.

    This week Johannesburg is hosting the 15th summit of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) when a historic decision is expected, reconfiguring the group with the access of new country members.