Politics

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguayan troops in Middle East not affected by war

  

  Uruguayan authorities reported Sunday that the South American country's peacekeeping troops in the Middle East were not affected by the Hamas attacks against Israel over the weekend. The Uruguayan Army troops deployed in Syria (UNDOF mission) and Egypt (MFO mission) are not involved and are in perfect condition, the Defense Ministry said in Montevideo.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 08:17 UTC

  Evo in favor of Hamas' actions in Israel

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma celebrated Hamas' attacks on Israel and criticized a statement from his country's Foreign Ministry condemning the bloodshed in the Middle East.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 08:01 UTC

  Uruguay strongly condemns Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and its people

  

  The Uruguayan government strongly condemns the multiple Hamas attack against Israel which has left over a thousand people killed on Israeli soil, according to a release from Uruguay's foreign ministry.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 07:58 UTC

  Shadow Foreign Office minister McMorrin visits the Falklands stand at Labour Conference in Liverpool

  

  Among the many lawmakers and politicians who visited the Falkland Islands stand at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool was shadow Foreign Office minister Anna McMorrin who is a member of Parliament for Cardiff North since 2017.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Sentence against Peru Libre leader reduced

  

  Peru's Judiciary Friday upheld a prison sentence of three years and a half imposed on leftwing political leader Vladimir Cerrón for corruption, it was reported in Lima.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguayan minister chosen unanimously to head Inter-American Board of Agriculture

  

  Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos was voted unanimously by all 32 attending delegations to chair the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for the period 2023-2025 during a convention held in San José, Costa Rica, it was announced Friday. Mattos' candidacy was put forward by the representatives from Argentina, it was also reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

  Neverending Ecuador's violence leaves one prosecutor killed, one former mayor kidnapped

  

  The latest episode of Ecuador's seemingly endless violence consisted of the assassination of Babahoyo Prosecutor Genaro R. and the kidnapping of former Durán Mayor Mariana Mendieta de Narváez, in addition to the death of six other prison inmates just over a week before the presidential elections.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

  False bomb threats affect flights from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Airport Security Police (PSA) Friday enacted its explosives deactivation protocol at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport after two flights inbound from Sao Paulo's Guarulhos were said to be carrying a bomb aboard each. Two simultaneous bomb threats were received at the Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 call center, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina: Unstoppable “blue” dollar nears AR$ 900

  

  The so-called “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar traded at AR$ 885 on Friday for a total increase of AR$539 so far this year and AR$ 42 overnight, it was reported in Buenos Aires. At some point Friday, it hit the psychological AR$ 900 landmark.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

  Scotland by election confirms Labour's strong comeback; SNP promises to bounce back

  

  UK Labour “blew the doors off” to take the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat back from the SNP, leader Keir Starmer has said. Speaking at a victory rally, he said it was “the first step on a very important journey” in Scotland and the UK.