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Montevideo, December 18th 2025 - 17:46 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, October 7th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Argentine Economy Minister seeks help from Bessent and Georgieva

    An announcement is expected after Caputo's trip to Washington

    Argentine Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo held key meetings on Monday in Wasdhington, DC, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in search for a lifeline ahead of the Oct. 26 midterm elections when the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of President Javier Milei will seek to build political muscle to face the administration's remaining two years. A concrete announcement is expected from Caputo's meetings.

  • Tuesday, October 7th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Milei plays rockstar in midterm campaign rally and book launch

    “I'm going to have to write more books to have more of this,” Milei celebrated

    Argentine President Javier Milei held a large-scale political event at Buenos Aires' Movistar Arena on Monday, combining a musical show with the presentation of his new book, La Construcción del Milagro (The Construction of the Miracle), just three weeks before the midterm elections, with his La Libertad Avanza forecast to suffer a major defeat following the scandal involving Congressman José Luis Espert and other dubious affairs..

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

    Lula asks Trump to end high tariffs on Brazilian products

    The two heads of State agreed to meet in person soon

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States held a videoconference on Monday for 30 minutes, during which the South American leader requested the removal of the 50% tariffs imposed on Brazilian products, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Espert steps down from reelection bid

    “The necessary explanations will be given at the appropriate time and in the appropriate place,” Espert argued

    Despite previous announcements in the opposite direction, Libertarian Congressman José Luis Espert admitted on Sunday that he would be dropping his reelection bid to the federal Congress after he was linked to a notorious drug-trafficker wanted in the US State of Texas.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Strong conservative comeback seems certain in Chile’s November presidential election

    Jeannette Jara, the candidate of the current ruling catch-all left wing coalition, and Jose Antonio Kast the hopeful most certain to win the run off according to current public opinion polls

    With less than a month and a half to Chile’s presidential election, public opinion polls are indicating that the incumbent candidate of the ruling left wing coalition, Jeantnette Jara is leading, but with only 27% of vote intention. However the main opposition hopeful, Jose Antonio Kast from the Conservative Party is very close with 25% vote intention.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 09:41 UTC

    Four Caribbean countries sign free movement agreement

    Gonsalves praised the new arrangement, dubbing the previous one “hollow”

    Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed last week a free movement agreement allowing their citizens to live, travel, and work indefinitely in any of the participating countries without needing visas or work permits.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 09:10 UTC

    Uruguay's population projected to decline in the coming years

    Measures were suggested to mitigate the effects of this process

    Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) released a report last week showing the country's dwindling birth rate, the socio-economic and cultural reasons behind it, and warning of the long-term demographic, economic, and social consequences. This decline began in the 20th century but accelerated significantly after 2015.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 08:23 UTC

    US strikes yet another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean

    “They're not coming by sea anymore, so now we'll have to start looking on land,” Trump warned Sunday

    US President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth publicly confirmed and defended the recent attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea, escalating the administration's “war on drugs” by characterizing the cartels as “narco-terrorists” and the operations as “acts of war.”

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 11:27 UTC

    Brazil: Toyota to resume car production in November

    The Porto Feliz factory still has no deadline for resuming operations

    Japanese carmaker Toyota announced on Friday that it would resume production in the South American country on November 3 at its factories in Sorocaba and Indaiatuba, in the State of São Paulo.

  • Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC

    South Korean company intends to build high-speed railway in Peru

    The project seeks “to revolutionize the national railway infrastructure,” Sandoval explained

    Peruvian authorities are developing a plan for a high-speed railway along its coast, supported by a South Korean company, Transport and Communications Minister César Sandoval confirmed on Friday.