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Montevideo, January 25th 2026 - 11:08 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Milei's LLA gets to appoint 2nd in line to Casa Rosda lawmaker

    Villarruel was praised for brokering a majority vote with no help from Peronism

    President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Wednesday managed to get Senator Bartolomé Abdala from the province of San Luis elected Provisional Speaker of the Upper House. The lawmaker thus became second in line to the Casa Rosada behind Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who was praised for her political skills brokering a majority with no help from Peronism to garner 39 votes in favor of Abdala and 29 abstentions with no negative voices.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: Devaluation and austerity measures announced

    “There is no money to pay for works that often end up in the pockets of politicians and businessmen,” Caputo argued

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo Tuesday admitted people would be worse off for a couple of months while announcing in a recorded message the new measures adopted by the administration of President Javier Milei to bounce back from the deep crisis.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Spotify not leaving Uruguay after all

    The new decree clarified some legal loopholes, Delgado explained

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday signed a regulatory decree regarding current regulations, which allows the music-streaming platform Spotify not to leave the country in February as previously announced.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Paraguay's growth projected at 3.8% for 2024

    “Conditions have improved in 2023 and the outlook for 2024 is favorable,” Carvallo stressed

    Paraguay's economy is expected to grow 3.8% in 2024, according to a report from the South American country's Central Bank (BCP) released Tuesday in Asunción. The document also pointed out it would be the highest economic growth in the region next year.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    PM Sunak convinces Parliament to approve his “Safety of Rwanda” bill

    “The British people should decide who gets to come to this country, not criminal gangs or foreign courts,” Sunak said after the controversial bill passed.

    British PM Rishi Sunak and his 'stop the boats' policy managed a crucial vote when Parliament passed 313 to 269 on Tuesday the Safety of Rwanda bill, which intends to send asylum seekers and migrants to the African country.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Milei becomes first Argentine President to attend Hanukkah ceremony

    Hanukkah “marks the triumph of the few over the many,” Milei explained as he lit a candle

    While Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo's message describing the government's next measures was aired, President Javier Milei appeared at the República Oriental del Uruguay Square in Buenos Aires for the celebration of the Jewish Hanukkah festivity.

  • Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Macri favors Mercosur single currency

    Dollarization has not been too good for Ecuador, Macri argued. A Mercosur currency would be better

    Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri said in Brazil he supported the idea of a single currency for all Mercosur countries because if the bloc was “serious” it needed “the same rules and the same currency, like the eurozone.”

  • Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Man arrested for throwing bottle at Milei

    Milei was unharmed in the incident but a member of his guard was hit by the object

    Buenos Aires Federal Judge Ariel Lijo issued a warrant for the arrest of a man suspected of having thrown a bottle at President Javier Milei as his motorcade in a convertible car was heading from Congress to Casa Rosada midway through the inauguration. The object ended up hurting one of the guards, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    UK and Chile signed a five year Antarctica Cooperation Agreement

    The Letter of Intent ensures closer co-operation

    Foreign Office minister for the Americas, the Caribbean, and British Overseas Territories, David Rutley, has been quite busy in his areas of influence. At the end of October, he visited Peru to commemorate two hundred years of close relations between Britain and the Andean country. Rutley later travelled to Santiago, where he also had a busy agenda given UK's and the Royal Navy strong alliance with Chile.

  • Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    “Britain has manipulated the principle of self-determination in the Falkland Islands”

    “None of the more than 50 resolutions passed by the UN have recognized the existence of a separate people on the territory of the Falklands/Malvinas”

    “If there is a people who are victims of colonialism, to whom the principle of self-determination can be applied, it is the Argentine people,” says Facundo D. Rodriguez (*). The following is a letter Mr. Rodriguez sent to The Guardian in reply to the piece by columnist Simon Jenkins, “Argentine firebrand president elect Javier Milei is right in one thing, British sovereignty of the Falklands must end.”