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Montevideo, January 24th 2026 - 18:40 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:12 UTC

    Argentina's Economy Minister meets with Georgieva in Brazil

    Georgieva insisted that an eye must be kept on the most vulnerable insisted that an eye must be kept on the most vulnerable

    Argentina's Luis 'Toto' Caputo and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva met Wednesday in Sao Paulo on the sides of the two-day G20 summit of Economy Ministers. The gathering took place less than a week after the visit to Buenos Aires of the IMF Managing Director Gita Gopinath, with whom Caputo and President Javier Milei discussed a new agreement on the South American country's debt.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    Ailing Pope critical of free market policies

    In Francis' view, the “god of the market” and “the goddess of profit” are “false deities.”

    The Buenos Aires-born Pope Francis was hospitalized Wednesday for a medical check-up after which he was discharged with a flu-like state as concerns over the 87-year-old Pontiff's health mounted after he asked an assistant to do the reading for him during a service in which he told the faithful that he was still not feeling well. He had also canceled Saturday and Monday's engagements.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:00 UTC

    Bolivia's Deputy Minister killed in road crash

    Ticona was 44 years old

    Bolivia's Deputy Transport Minister Israel Ticona Castro died in an accident when he was on his way to mediate in a road blockade in Cuatro Cañadas. The official's vehicle collided with one of the trucks hindering traffic on the road to Trinidad. The crash took place between midnight Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. Israel Ticona Castro was a 44-year-old lawyer from La Paz.

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 02:40 UTC

    Welsh farmers and tractors flock on Cardiff to protest the Sustainable Farming Scheme

    Outgoing First Minister Mark Drakeford and Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths announced a list of actions they would take following talks

    Welsh farmers took to the streets in Cardiff to protest the Sustainable Farming Scheme, SFS, considered by the agriculture unions to be “unworkable.” Proposals would require farmers to commit 10% of agricultural land to be used for trees and 10% for wildlife habitat. South Wales Police said about 3,000 people turned up at the Senedd.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 23:28 UTC

    Argentina adapts strategy on Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim: “There is no discussion”

    “There is no possible discussion about Malvinas, it is in the Constitution. We are looking for the best way to achieve it,” Mondino said

    Argentina's strategy on its sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands “has changed,” Chancellor Diana Mondino said after meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 17:27 UTC

    Large scale Europol operation dismantles network smuggling migrants to UK

    The operation focused on Iraqi-Kurdish network suspected of smuggling middle-Eastern and East African irregular migrants from France to the UK

    A large-scale operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, has led to the dismantling of one of the most active networks involved in the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel in small boats.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 17:26 UTC

    Cayman Islands assume presidency of UKOTA; Falklands annual time is up

    The Cayman Islands has been elected to assume the Presidency of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) following its annual general meeting held earlier this week. Cayman will take over from the Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 15:21 UTC

    Farmers conflict in EU expected to escalate following parliament approval of Nature Restoration Law

    The vote followed weeks of farmers protests across several European countries, including violent demonstrations outside the EU's Brussels headquarters.

    The farmers conflict in the European Union can only be expected to escalate following the approval this week by the EU parliament of the Nature Restoring Law which targets farm land and the agricultural sector asked lawmakers to reject the bill.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: Feud with Patagonian provinces not settled despite judiciary ruling

    “The issue led to a false rift between the national State and the provincial States,” Governor Torres explained

    A Federal Judge in Rawson ruled Tuesday that the national government of Argentine President Javier Milei should have not withheld the so-called co-participation funds owed to the province of Chubut. Nevertheless, Buenos Aires will reportedly take the case to the federal Supreme Court. Hence, the matter is far from settled.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Bullrich warns rebel governors with reprisals

    Macri should express his stance regarding Torres' threat, Bullrich insisted

    Argentina's Security Patricia Bullrich strongly cautioned all provincial governors who announced measures in reprisal for the federal government's decision to cut funding to provincial administrations already in debt with the national coffers. “All the resources of the State will go against those who want to rebel,” Bullrich stressed.