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Montevideo, January 25th 2026 - 20:24 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, October 30th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

    Colombia to supply electricity to Ecuador to solve energy crisis

    Lasso thanked Petro for his help

    In a move to solve the current energy crisis affecting some Ecuadorian towns, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso announced on X after a meeting Saturday with Gustavo Petro at the Casa de Nariño in Bogota that Colombia would be supplying 450 megawatts of electricity.

  • Sunday, October 29th 2023 - 21:02 UTC

    Brazil's population consists largely of women, census shows

    For registration purposes, the IBGE takes into account residents’ biological sex assigned at birth

    A study released late last week by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IGBE) showed that by 2022 the population in South America's largest country consisted mostly of women, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Sunday, October 29th 2023 - 01:13 UTC

    Falklands: Remote radar facilities in Mount Kent becomes new refurbished outpost

    MLA John Birmingham with Commander Brigadier Duff, he said the opening of the Mount Kent facility represented the first £10m of a £30m investment in BFSAI.

    Earlier this week marked the official handover of new build accommodation at the 303 Signals Unit Remote Radar Head Mount Kent in the Falklands Islands, from the contract team Ramboll Volker Fitzpatrick to 303 Signals Unit. The ceremony marked UK's long-term commitment to the Falkland Islands' right to self-determination.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    ARA Patagonia back on duty

    The Patagonia first sailed for the Argentine Navy in 2000

    Argentina's Navy announced this week that the French-built logistics vessel ARA Patagonia was back at sea after a total refit, major repairs, and the replacement of numerous elements and parts at the No. 1 careening dock of the Arsenal Naval Puerto Belgrano and under the management of the Tandanor shipyards.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Alberto Fernández and Pepe Mujica discuss Argentina's crisis

    “With Pepe and Lula it is very pleasant to work,” Fernández said, somehow announcing his future role in South American politics

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica and incumbent Argentine head of state Alberto Fernández got together Friday at the former's farm in Rincón del Cerro to discuss the currency exchange crisis in South America's second-largest country and, with it, the future of the region.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    UNGA calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

    Meanwhile, on the battlefront, Israel expanded its ground operations in Gaza and intensified the air strikes

    The United Nations General Assembly Friday issued a resolution calling for an “Immediate humanitarian truce” in Gaza. The document is non-binding and Israel has been reported to be upping its military deployments in the region, it was reported. The UN General Assembly resolutions do not go beyond a political gesture.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Maine massacre perpetrator found dead

    Sauschuck declined to answer questions about warnings police may have received about Card before the shootings

    Authorities in the US State of Maine said that Robert Card, the alleged perpetrator of back-to-back shooting sprees late Wednesday that left 18 people dead and dozens wounded has been found dead, it was reported Friday.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 00:39 UTC

    Falklands: Nepalese community in MPC celebrated Dashain

    Family picture of the Nepalese community in MPC (Pic BFSAI)

    Last weekend the Nepalese community at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands and their invited guests, celebrated Dashain, traditionally celebrated with prayers and offerings to Durga, the Universal Mother Goddess.

  • Friday, October 27th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    UN Security Council: Brazil drafting 5th resolution on Middle East crisis

    “I think a new resolution has to ask for everything,” Vieira said

    Diplomatic representatives of Brazil, the country chairing the United Nations Security Council, are drafting a fifth resolution regarding the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas after four previous attempts failed to garner enough votes or were vetoed by one or more of the body's permanent members, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, October 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    UN General Assembly evaluating ceasefire in Middle East war

    “Why is there so much pain over the deaths of Israelis and so little pain for us Palestinians?” Riyad Mansour wondered

    A United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting where a possible resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Middle East was adjourned Thursday, Agencia Brasil reported. The body is to resume Friday the discussion of the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip region.