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Montevideo, February 23rd 2026 - 10:34 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 19:36 UTC

    Uruguay's Economy Minister hopeful about EU-Mercosur FTA deal

    Oddone also hoped peace would prevail in the conflict escalating in Venezuela

    Uruguay’s Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said Tuesday in Madrid that he was strongly confident that the long-delayed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) will be signed shortly. Additionally, he voiced his concerns over the escalating military tensions in the Caribbean.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 18:54 UTC

    Lula troubled by interpreter's poor work at G20 Summit

    “Only Janja may whisper in my ear!,” Lula stressed

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was deeply troubled on the closing day of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa) by an interpreter's unprofessional behavior. “Only [First Lady] Janja [da Silva] may whisper in my ear!” he stressed.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazil: STF panel upholds Bolsonaro's effective imprisonment

    Two judges endorsed De Moraes' opinion, while Dino concurred, albeit as per his own written rationale

    The First Panel of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously upheld on Monday former President Jair Bolsonaro's effective detention after tampering with the tracking device he had to wear as part of the house arrest he had been granted following his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Colombia: 17 children rescued from Lev Tahor sect

    Lev Tahor's founder, Shlomo Hellbrans, served two years in a US prison before being deported to Israel

    Colombian immigration authorities have taken 17 minors into protective custody after they were rescued from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor during a hotel inspection in the northwestern city of Yarumal, Antioquia, it was reported on Monday. The group has faced global accusations of child abuse, kidnapping, and human trafficking.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    US B-52 approaches Venezuelan coast as tension mounts

    There was no military response from Caracas to the US B-52's mission

    Just hours after designating the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization of which Nicolás Maduro would be its leader, the United States forces conducted one of its closest flyovers of Venezuelan territory since the start of its military deployment in the southern Caribbean.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    CFK sends recorded message to feminist annual gathering

    Issues such as censorship, as well as indigenous and land ownership, were also addressed.

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent a recorded message from her house arrest as the 38th Plurinational Gathering of Women, Travestis, Lesbians, Intersex, and Non-Binaries reached its end in the city of Corrientes on Monday.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Namibia's Adolf Hitler poised for re-election win

    Uunona explained he would not be changing his name because “it's too late for that”

    Voters in the Ompundja in Namibia's Oshana Region are expected to re-elect local politician Adolf Hitler Uunona in Wednesday's local elections. Uunona, a 59-year-old councilor, represents the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), the ruling party of Namibia since its independence in 1990.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 09:04 UTC

    Argentina: Mar del Plata to fine beach smokers this summer

    Mar del Plata's move reflects a rapidly accelerating international trend to expand smoke-free policies

    The Argentine city of Mar del Plata will fine people smoking on its beaches as of Dec. 1, ending a three-year implementation period based solely on voluntary compliance. The new rules will impose significant economic penalties on trespassers outside designated areas.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

    COP30's final document leaves fossil fuels unmentioned

    Corrêa do Lago acknowledged the disappointment of some attendees (Pic GETTY IMAGES)

    The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Belém, Brazil, with the approval of a final document that has drawn both consensus and sharp criticism for its lack of ambition, particularly its silence on the future of fossil fuels.

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:31 UTC

    London tax for visitors, if Parliament passes community empowerment bill

    The UK government is preparing new powers for local leaders under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently progressing in Parliament.

    Visitors to London could soon be paying extra, if they stay overnight in hotels or Airbnb style accommodation by paying a tourist tax. The extra cost could raise hundreds of millions of pounds for mayors to spend on local public transport services as soon as the 2027/28 financial year.