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Montevideo, January 25th 2026 - 23:45 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 15:02 UTC

    Falklands Patrol HMS Forth returning to the Islands with a new paint scheme

    The maintenance period saw her talented engineers lead the way to conduct substantial maintenance on her hull, engines, shafts and even upgrades to weapon and communication systems

    HMS Forth, the Falkland Islands patrol has conducted her first major maintenance period since she was commissioned five years ago and is now leaving Gibraltar and returning to her home in the Islands.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Israel: Pets welcome on Brazilian evacuation flights

    Bruna Valeanu was 24 years old

    Brazilian authorities will nationals of the South American country to bring along their dogs and cats as they are evacuated from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. The pets shall not be required to produce their International Veterinary Certificate (IVC), it was also explained. Such a document is usually needed in cases of pets coming from other countries.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Uruguay: Pre-trial detention of Senator ordered in sexual scandal

    Penadés is to be examined by doctors to determine whether he is fit to stand incarceration

    Uruguayan Senator Gustavo Penadés, who on June 6 resigned from President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party (PN), has been ordered to be held under pre-trial detention for 180 days while he faces criminal charges for the alleged sexual exploitation of minors, in addition to abuse and rape.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Paraguayan prison inmates hold warden and guards hostage

    The prison warden said he was in good health

    Luis Esquivel, warden of Paraguay's Tacumbú Prison, spoke early Wednesday from inside the penitentiary where inmates are holding him hostage together with 22 guards and said an answer from the Justice Ministry of Justice was needed for the situation to stop.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:21 UTC

    TSE trial of Bolsonaro adjourned

    If convicted, Bolsonaro could become ineligible for eight years for the second time

    Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday adjourned the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is believed to have abused his political power ahead of last year's elections which he eventually lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:00 UTC

    Uruguayan Air Force to rescue 77 people stranded in Israel

    It will be a military flight performing “a humanitarian mission,” García explained

    A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 aircraft was to leave for Israel Wednesday to rescue nationals of the South American country willing to leave the war-torn Middle East, Defense Minister Javier García explained Tuesday in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:23 UTC

    Falkland Islands Government attend Party Conferences

    FIGO Representative to the UK and Europe Richard Hyslop – Peter Biggs MLA - Rt. Hon John Healey MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence -Roger Spink MLA – Deputy Representative, Michael Betts. <br />

    The Falkland Islands Government attended both the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester (1st to 4th October) and the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (8th to 11th October) and met with a number of senior politicians from both parties, including Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Ministers, to discuss issues of importance to the Islands, alongside welcoming MPs, Councillors and Party Members to the Falkland Islands stand.

  • Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Paraguay activates Mercosur cooperation to evacuate Israel

    “We have strong fraternal ties” with Israel, Peña said

    Paraguay's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that a joint mechanism within Mercosur had been activated to rescue nationals of all member countries trapped in war-torn Israel.

  • Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

    Scotland's First Minister parents in law “trapped” in Gaza during a family visit

    First Minister Humza Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.

    Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are “trapped” in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel. Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.

  • Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

    Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

    According to the latest poll, the GSLP/Liberals of current Chief Minister Fabian Picardo secured 49.9% of the vote compared to the GSD of Keith Azopardi with 48.3%.

    Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.