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Montevideo, July 21st 2025 - 09:55 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Uruguay's Capitán Miranda sets sail

    Uruguay's Schoolship ROU 20 Capitán Miranda is back on a training journey. Law 20,120 dated March 24, 2023, authorized the vessel's departure “in order to carry out the 'XXXIII Training Trip'.” The sailing ship will visit 19 cities in America and Europe where the crew will promote the country's tourism.

  • Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 09:36 UTC

    Brazilian President's trip to China rescheduled for April 11

    Lula (right) and Vice President Alckmin worked Friday at the presidential residence

    After Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva canceled his trip to China last weekend due to health issues, the South American country's authorities confirmed Friday that a new date had been set: April 11, Agencia Brasil reported. Also in April, Lula will travel to Portugal.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 15:36 UTC

    54% of Uruguayans reject social security reform

    The government coalition agreed on Friday to pause the debate analyzing the pension reform until after Easter Week due to the lack of support from Cabildo Abierto on the project

    The Uruguayan government has passed a social security reform bill in the Senate. However, objections from the Cabildo Abierto party, a partner of the ruling coalition, have generated uncertainty about its implementation.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities exchange data with CIA to fight crime

    “We are on the right track,” Heber said

    As the United States intelligence apparatus seems to be expanding throughout the region, Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Thursday admitted the South American country exchanged information with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Von der Leyen says Mercosur deal a priority but Argentina warns “not so fast”

    “We will strengthen cooperation in sectors such as digital and clean technology,” the EU Chief Executive said

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the agreement with Mercosur was a priority, but Argentina's government has second thoughts about the advantages it would actually entail, it was reported Thursday.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:36 UTC

    Argentina to launch “agro dollar” exchange rate

    Agro dollar will be in effect for 30 to 90 days, it was reported in Washington DC, where Massa was on an official mission to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

    Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa Thursday announced the creation of the so-called “agro dollar,” a new exchange rate for agrifood exports, which seeks to help replenish the country's impoverished coffers while simplifying foreign currency operations for all rural producers.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Bolsonaro returns to Brazil despite being under investigation

    Bolsonaro plans to regroup Brazil's rightwing forces against Lula

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed in Brasilia on a Gol Airlines flight from Orlando at 6.37 am local time Thursday after having left the country while he was still head of state in late December to skip Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's inauguration.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:09 UTC

    US: Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels case

    DA Bragg and Trump's counselors are making arrangements for the former president's surrender, it was reported

    A New York Grand Jury Thursday voted in favor of indicting former US President Donald Trump for the US$ 130,000 payment during the 2016 presidential campaign to porn actress Stormy Daniels for her silence about an alleged relationship between the two of them.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 16:24 UTC

    France denies blocking EU-Mercosur agreement but reiterates demands

    The dialogue is ongoing, and the outcome is yet to be seen.

    France denies blocking the EU-Mercosur agreement, which it vetoed since it was signed in 2019. However, it reiterates its demands to correct it and says it is waiting for the outcome of the negotiations being conducted by the European Commission with its South American partners.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 15:39 UTC

    Gibraltar Airport Tunnel Opens

    For the first time since 1941, the tunnel will enable free flow of vehicles and pedestrians across Gibraltar<br />

    Jim Watt - Gibraltar. The tunnel for traffic to access the frontier with Spain without having to cross the runway has been an ongoing project beset with delays.