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Montevideo, April 28th 2026 - 15:36 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, October 20th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Massa says future of Mercosur lies in Argentina's north

    Massa proposed “changing the educational system” because “kids get bored at school” when they should “feel part of and integrated into the country”

    Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa said Thursday that the heart of Mercosur lies in the country's north and urged his supporters to “go for our flag” in Sunday's elections. Massa's remarks came during a campaign closing event at a factory in the city of Pilar, some 50 kilometers northwest of the capital. He also promised to improve salaries “and the purchasing power of the people” if Unión por la Patria (UP) wins.

  • Friday, October 20th 2023 - 09:09 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro fined for abusing reporters verbally

    The journalists' union recorded 175 attacks by Bolsonaro against the press in 2020 alone

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced Thursday by a Sao Paulo court to pay journalists R$ 50,000 (US$ 9,900) for collective moral damages which will go to the State Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Investigators believe Argentine Senator found dead committed suicide

    Rodríguez was 41 and had three children

    Tierra del Fuego National Senator Matías Rodríguez was found dead in his home in Ushuaia on Wednesday under circumstances that have yet to be determined but suggest a suicide, it was reported.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Argentine-made Covid-19 vaccine approved

    The ARVAC Cecilia Grierson represents “a safe, effective and quality tool,” according to Vizzotti

    Argentine health authorities Tuesday approved a booster Covid-19 vaccine fully developed in the South American country, it was announced Wednesday in Buenos Aires. The “ARVAC Cecilia Grierson” drug is said to be effective against the latest versions of the disease for patients over 18 years of age.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Blue dollar plummets in Argentina

    Massa said the swap with China meant “great news”

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar plunged on Wednesday, closing at AR$ 885/905 (buy/sell), down from AR$ 985 the previous day, after the extension of the swap with China was announced and raids on illegal exchange parlors known as “cuevas” (caves) intensified, leading to new arrests, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Parliamentary commission votes to prosecute Bolsonaro

    Democracy has been attacked and the masses have been manipulated with hate speech, argued Senator Eliziane Gama

    A Brazilian Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) investigating the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia approved Wednesday, with 20 votes in favor and one abstention, a motion by case rapporteur Senator Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA) to indict former President Jair Bolsonaro and 60 other people, including five former ministers and eight generals, for attempting a coup d'état during the invasion of the headquarters of the three branches of government, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 09:35 UTC

    Security Council rejects Brazil’s proposal regarding Israel-Hamas conflict

    US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield was disappointed Brazil's initiative did not mention Israel's right to self defense

    The United Nations (UN) Security Council Wednesday rejected by 12 votes to one and two abstentions Brazil's proposal of humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

    Argentine spy granted war veteran status after long legal battle

    A.C. had provided intelligence services at the Ushuaia naval base

    A 65-year-old Argentine woman known by the initials A.C., who claimed to have performed intelligence duties during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict against the United Kingdom, has been granted war veteran status after a legal process that lasted several years because navy records showed she was assigned other duties, Mar del Plata's La Capital reported this week.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 13:54 UTC

    Russian parliament following Putin's orders revoked ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia revoke ratification of the treaty because the United States, alongside other powers, had never ratified it.

    Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, on Tuesday voted in favor of withdrawing the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month suggested that Russia revoke ratification of the treaty because the United States, alongside other powers, had never ratified it.

  • Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 13:47 UTC

    Campaigner Greta Thunberg detained in London for protesting against major oil and gas conference

    The 20-year-old and hundreds of people were near the hotel during the “Oily Money Out” demonstration

    The Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained in central London on Tuesday together with twenty other protestors, Greta and other activists had gathered to protest outside a major oil and gas conference at the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel.