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Montevideo, November 9th 2026 - 07:26 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 20:54 UTC

    Fujimori takes office in Peru and announces the armed forces will join the fight against crime

    At 51, Fujimori is the first woman to reach Peru's presidency through the popular vote

    Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as president of Peru on Tuesday and announced that the armed forces will temporarily assume internal control during states of emergency to confront organized crime, in coordination with the National Police. The ceremony took place at Congress on July 28, the anniversary of the country's independence, opening a five-year term.

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 20:00 UTC

    Colombia: official accuses Petro of mistreatment and the president announces legal action against her

    Rodríguez, once one of the president's closest officials, said he began to distrust her during her tenure at DAPRE and pressured her to resign

    The manager of Colombia's Adaptation Fund and former director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), Angie Rodríguez, publicly accused President Gustavo Petro of subjecting her to mistreatment during her time in government, in remarks to a local radio station. The president responded that the claims are “slanderous” and announced he will pursue criminal action. The exchange comes ten days before the handover of power to president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella.

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    “Who is that guy?”: Lula's response to Milei's remarks in São Paulo

    The remarks led to the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed for the first time the remarks made against him by Argentine President Javier Milei, with a brief and ironic response that avoided escalating the controversy. Asked by reporters while preparing to receive South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, he replied: “Who is that guy?”

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 10:30 UTC

    Fujimori's inauguration brings Southern Cone and Andean presidents together in Lima

    Fujimori will become the first woman to reach Peru's presidency through the ballot box

    The presidents of Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, and Honduras arrived in Lima on Monday to attend the handover ceremony at which Keiko Fujimori will assume Peru's presidency for the 2026-2031 term. The leaders of Argentina, Javier Milei; Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi; Panama, José Raúl Mulino; and Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, are also expected to take part.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 22:26 UTC

    Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow his mail-voting restrictions before the midterms

    Trump has repeatedly maintained that mail-in voting facilitates electoral fraud

    The US government on Monday filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court seeking authorization to implement President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, which lower courts have blocked. The request comes 99 days before November's midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 22:20 UTC

    Milei announces Starlink deal to bring satellite internet to 6,000 rural schools

    At the time of the announcement, neither the text of the agreement nor any public statement from the company about its terms had been released

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced an agreement between the National Communications Agency (Enacom) and Starlink to provide satellite connectivity to 6,000 rural schools that currently have poor internet access or no connection at all. The announcement was made on Sunday during the main event of the 138th International Livestock, Agriculture and Industry Exhibition in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 20:14 UTC

    De la Espriella to close Colombian embassies in 14 countries and cut ties with Cuba and Nicaragua

    The announcement draws a distinction between two situations. With Havana and Managua, the president-elect said there would be “no link whatsoever”

    Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, announced that his government will close the country's embassies in fourteen nations and will not maintain relations with Cuba and Nicaragua, which he described as “tyrannies.” The measure, released on Sunday night in a video on his social media accounts, will take effect from his inauguration on August 7.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 19:59 UTC

    IMF chief says Argentina is in “a strong position” despite missing its fiscal target

    It is Georgieva's first visit to the country since taking over the institution in 2019 and the first by a top IMF official to Buenos Aires in eight years

    International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday endorsed the economic program of Javier Milei's government during a visit to Buenos Aires and ruled out that the country will need additional financing from the institution next year, when presidential elections are due. “Argentina today is in a strong position,” she said at a press conference alongside Economy Minister Luis Caputo.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

    Mercosur's two largest partners in their worst diplomatic crisis as Brazil recalls its envoy

    Milei defended his government's alignment with the United States and Israel and again criticized Brazil's judiciary for barring him from visiting Jair Bolsonaro

    Brazil on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Bitelli, for consultations and summoned Argentina's ambassador in Brasília, Daniel Raimondi, to provide explanations at the Foreign Ministry, in the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years. The measures, taken by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, follow the speech Argentine President Javier Milei delivered on Saturday in São Paulo at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 08:44 UTC

    De la Espriella to make Medellín Colombia's hub for the Trump-backed anti-drug alliance

    “We are going to have the main headquarters of the Shield of the Americas, the agreement we will sign with the United States in the fight against crime and drug trafficking,” the president-elect said

    Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, confirmed that Medellín will host the Colombian headquarters of the Shield of the Americas, the security alliance promoted by US President Donald Trump, and announced he will work part of the time from that city and from Barranquilla. The announcements came during a series of activities in the department of Antioquia, less than two weeks before he takes office on August 7.