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Montevideo, November 7th 2025 - 17:54 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

    Machado's disenfranchisement leaves next year's free and transparent elections in Venezuela in doubt

    Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Secret Service finds cocaine in the West Wing of the White House

    The West Wing contains the Oval Office, the cabinet room and press area, and offices and workspace for the president's staff.

    A white substance found inside the White House late on Sunday, that prompted a brief evacuation, tested positive for cocaine, sources told two news agencies on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    ELN announces one-month truce starting Thursday

    ELN members must be prepared to “respond to threats or attacks from any armed group against our units or against the civilian population”

    Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) ordered its forces to stop “offensive military actions” as of July 6, it was reported Tuesday in Bogotá. In a message posted on the rebel group's website, its members were advised to be prepared to “respond to threats or attacks by any armed group against our units or against the civilian population.”

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Bolivian leader in favor of switching from US dollars to yuan

    “Our region is seriously affected by the restrictions and regulations imposed by the US financial system,” Arce told the Mercosur summit

    Luis Arce Catacora, president of Bolivia, a Mercosur associate nation that has long been trying to become a full member of the bloc, said Tuesday during the 62nd Summit in Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) that it was time we “move[d] away from the [US] dollar to base ourselves on the [Chinese] yuan and strengthen our own currencies.”

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Mercosur leaders show support to Massa

    Argentina's current Economy Minister Massa may become the country's next president

    Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay, Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia, Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, and Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña Tuesday showed strong support to Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa, a likely candidate to become President comes Dec. 10, on the sidelines of the 62nd Mercosur Summit in Puerto Iguazú.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

    Netherlands bans mobile phones and tablets from classrooms: follows France and Finland

    Dutch Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said mobile phones, tablets and smart watches don't belong in the classroom

    The Education Ministry of the Netherlands said on Tuesday the ban on cellular phones in classes will be enforced starting January 1, 2024. Exceptions will be made for lessons on digital skills, or if students with disabilities or other medical conditions need the devices.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina insists on local currency agreements within Mercosur

    “The use of local currencies in bilateral trade relieves the pressure on the use of reserves and on the exchange rate issue,” Massa argued

    Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa said Monday in Puerto Iguazú during a conference with his Mercosur peers on the opening day of the bloc's 62nd Summit in the province of Misiones, that “in order to strengthen intra-Mercosur trade, it is essential to consolidate local currency agreements among our countries.”

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Argentina's FM insists “asymmetries” make EU deal untenable

    “We have to strengthen ourselves as a bloc,” Cafiero told his Mercosur colleagues

    Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday stressed that the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) is hindered by what he called the “asymmetries” between the two blocs.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Yellen travels to China to restore a healthy economic relation, “destabilization punishes both countries”

    The trip comes as part of a push by US President Joe Biden to deepen communications between the world's two largest economies.

    United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to China this week to restore ties, the Treasury Department announced. Yellen, who will be in Beijing from July 6-9, will meet with high-ranking representatives of the Chinese government but not China's President Xi Jinping.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Paraguayan FM calls for more efficient Mercosur

    “Without free circulation of goods and services, deepening our productive integration becomes a chimera,” Arriola stressed

    Paraguayan Foreign Minister Julio César Arriola Monday called for a “more effective and efficient” Mercosur during the bloc's two-day summit in Puerto Iguazu in the Argentine province of Misiones.