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Montevideo, July 20th 2025 - 04:38 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil hosts Unasur Summit to relaunch regional integration

    With Lula's return to power, Brazil has rejoined Unasur and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

    The Government of Brazil has confirmed it will host a Summit in Brasilia on May 30 to relaunch Unasur. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's initiative will be called Meeting of Presidents of South American Countries and “aims to promote a frank dialogue among all, aimed at identifying common denominators, discussing perspectives for the region and reactivating the South American cooperation agenda in key areas, such as health, climate change, defense, combating illicit transnational corporations, infrastructure, and energy, among others,” according to Itamaraty Palace.

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Brazil's Supreme Court lifts secrecy on Bolsonaro's alleged vaccination card fraud

    “President Bolsonaro will be available to the competent authorities, as he always has been, as soon as the defense has access to the records,” said Wajngarten

    Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexander De Moraes lifted the seal of secrecy from the probe into former President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged use of a fake vaccination card to enter the United States, Agencia Brasil reported. In the case, Colonel Mauro Barbosa Cid, a former aide of Bolsonaro's, has been placed under arrest.

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Bill to regulate AI submitted at Brazil's Senate

    Pacheco's draft is based on recommendations from a panel of jurists

    Brazilian Senate Speaker Rodrigo Pacheco Thursday submitted a bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence based on the recommendations from a committee of jurists who studied the issue during 70 public hearings to detect the economic, social, and security impacts that the new development may have, especially in the labor market.

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Argentina gets new loan from the IDB

    The new deal is in addition to one granted the day before

    The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) has granted Argentina a US$ 150 million loan to strengthen educational access for school-age youth in the province of Buenos Aires, it was announced Thursday. This new credit is in addition to another one granted the day before in the amount of US$ 265 million, to boost the inclusion of people with disabilities.

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Jamaica announces plans to become a republic

    King Charles III “is as foreign to us as it gets,” Malahoo Forte said

    Jamaican authorities will move forward with their plans to reshape their country's constitution by introducing a bill to sever ties with the British monarchy, Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said in a press interview Thursday.

  • Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

    Petro critical of Western powers and NATO during speech in Madrid

    In his speech, Petro denounced the Western powers' “invasion” of the Falkland Islands, Grenada, and Panama

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro was welcomed with honors in Madrid by King Felipe VI and jeered at by Vox opposition lawmakers who left the Spanish Congress when the South American leader was to deliver his message. The South American head of state also denounced the United Kingdom's “invasion” of the Falkland Islands, and those of the United States in Santo Domingo, Grenada, and Panama.

  • Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    Ecuador's Armed Forces ordered to carry out immediate operations against terrorism

    Lasso blames drug trafficking for the increase in crime and violence

    Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Wednesday issued an executive decree ordering the Armed Forces to carry out immediate operations nationwide to confront and counteract “terrorist” individuals and organizations, it was announced.

  • Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Police raid Bolsonaro's home in Covid-19 vax card probe

    “I did not take the vaccine and that's the end of it,” Bolsonaro told reporters

    Brazilian Federal Police Wednesday morning raided Jair Bolsonaro's home in Brasilia and seized the former President's mobile phone and other evidence in a probe into allegations that the retired Army captain had falsified his Covid-19 vaccination certificate to enter the United States, which he denied.

  • Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    US Fed raises interest rate yet again

    Further rate increases by the Federal Reserve may lead to recession, it is feared

    The US Federal Reserve Wednesday upped its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to between 5% and 5.25%, its highest level in 16 years, which further tightened credit for businesses and consumers, it was announced.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 14:43 UTC

    Drones crash into Kremlin, Russia accuses Ukraine of attempted Putin's assassination

    Ukraine claims that this could be a false flag attack to justify a Russian escalation. “Russia is preparing a large-scale terrorist attack” warned the advisor to the Ukrainian presidency

    The Kremlin announced on Wednesday that its HQ had been targeted for the first time in the war unleashed against Ukraine. At least two drones reportedly attempted to strike the residence of President Vladimir Putin but were shot down by the residential complex's anti-aircraft defenses, it was reported by the presidential press service.

    Drones crash into Kremlin, Russia accuses Ukraine of attempted Putin's assassination