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Montevideo, January 24th 2026 - 15:46 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 08:26 UTC

    “We want a good relationship with Argentina, but will never negotiate Falkland Islanders rights”

    “My right honorable Friend the Foreign Secretary reassured the Islanders about our enduring commitment during his welcome visit to the Falkland Islands last month,” David Rutley

    ”The UK Government will always protect and promote the Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination and only they can decide their future. We want a good relationship with Argentina, but have been very clear that we will never negotiate away the Islanders’ democratic rights. My right honorable Friend the Foreign Secretary (Lord David Cameron) reassured the Islanders about our enduring commitment during his welcome visit to the Falkland Islands last month,“ David Rutley, Under Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, replied to questions from Parliament members on Tuesday, who asked ”What steps he is taking to uphold the Falkland Islanders right to self determination?.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    UK will ban foreign states from owing UK newspapers and news magazines

    The action follows on the proposed takeover of the Daily Telegraph and Spectator by a United Arab Emirates-backed investment firm, RedBird IMI.

    The British government will ban foreign states from owning UK newspapers and news magazines, the government has said. The action follows on the proposed takeover of the Daily Telegraph and Spectator by a United Arab Emirates-backed investment firm, RedBird IMI.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 08:10 UTC

    Anticorruption hotline in Britain to control wrongdoings by the Metropolitan Police

    The hotline Crimestoppers was launched following a series of scandals, which resulted in 728 Met Police-led investigations.

    With the help of the service Crimestoppers the British government has launched a nationwide anti-corruption hotline to report corruption in the Metropolitan Police and help Londoners recover the trust in the force. First launched in November 2022, the hotline it has received some 3,000 online reports and calls.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 21:11 UTC

    Argentine Supreme Court Justice favors autonomous agency to tackle drug trafficking

    “There is an organized crime and a disorganized State” to fight drug trafficking, Lorenzetti explained

    Argentine Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti has insisted that the fight against drug trafficking and the bloodshed it causes should be entrusted to an office that transcends political mandates. Lorenzetti, from the city of Rafaela in the province of Santa Fe, which includes the violence-torn city of Rosario, said that the creation of the National Anti-Drug Trafficking Agency would be promoted by the judiciary.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 20:25 UTC

    Lufthansa flight makes emergency landing in Rosario

    A Boeing 747 in Rosario is a rare occurrence

    The comparably small “Islas Malvinas” Airport in Fisherton, outside the Argentine city of Rosario, was shocked Tuesday when a Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 landed there amid numerous shiftings to alternate destinations with Buenos Aires' air terminals closed due to heavy rains.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 19:51 UTC

    Brazil: Lula launches 100 new educational training centers

    Education is an investment; building a prison is spending, Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched 100 new campuses of Federal Institutes of Education, Science, and Technology (IFS) this week nationwide because “it is through education that we will become a first-world country.”

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 14:45 UTC

    Trans woman formally accuses Uruguayan presidential candidate Yamandú Orsi of physical assault

    ”I got into the car after about 10 minutes (...) I told him to pay me. Then, he grabbed me by the hair and head-butted me in the nose,” expresses the police report.

    In Uruguay, a 42-year-old trans woman has alleged a physical assault by former Canelones department mayor and current pre-candidate for the Frente Amplio, Yamandú Orsi. The incident, reported to the police and revealed by Montevideo Portal, aligns with statements made by National Party activist Romina Celeste Papasso on social media.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 14:30 UTC

    Falklands and Portsmouth Youth Parliaments forge strong bonds across 8,000 Miles

    The virtual meeting between the Falkland Islands Youth Parliament and the Portsmouth Youth Cabinet. Credit: Stephen Morgan MP

    The Falkland Islands Youth Parliament recently engaged in a virtual meeting with their counterparts from Portsmouth, UK, spanning over 8,000 miles, to exchange ideas and discuss pressing youth issues.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Falklands representative joins Commonwealth Day celebrations in London

    ”Despite not being a member of the Commonwealth, the Falkland Islands enjoy a close association with the organisation and many Commonwealth Member States,” Richard Hyslop said.

    Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, along with Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford MLA, participated in a series of events in London to commemorate Commonwealth Day.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentina: Inflation in February reaches 13.2%, according to Indec

    Prices went up above inflation projections, Adorni said in a press conference. Retailers foresaw a catastrophe that did not happen, he added

    According to a report from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Tuesday in Buenos Aires, the South American country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 13.2% in February of 2024 for a yoy total of 276% amid notorious declines in industry, construction, and consumption.