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Montevideo, January 27th 2026 - 08:54 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 17:05 UTC

    Worldwide military expenditure increased 3,7% in 2022, SIPRI report

    The war in Ukraine and Russia's all out attacks, have led European countries in particular to pay renewed attention to their military budgets

    The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading global security think tank, reported that countries around the world are spending record amounts of money in defense budgets. Some of the reasons for this new trend, inflation, the war in Ukraine, US efforts to outpace China.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    FIFA's U20 World Cup in Argentina and a toponymy controversy over “Malvinas” stadium

    The Malvinas stadium in Mendoza will be named simply Mendoza

    The FIFA Council has confirmed Argentina as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023. The decision follows the removal of the original tournament host, Indonesia, as well as a subsequent bid submitted by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and an on-site inspection by a FIFA delegation to the South American country last week.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

    None of the obstacles is insurmountable, Elias explained

    Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Portugal and Brazil do not think alike regarding Ukraine

    “Portugal's position is different,” President Rebelo de Sousa told Lula. Photo: Paulo Novais / AFP

    While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted in Lisbon on the need for a “negotiated” peace between Russia and Ukraine, his Portuguese hosts were quick to show their disagreement with an initiative that could “benefit the offender.”

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Toledo taken to Barbadillo prison in Lima

    Prosecutors are requesting Toledo, 77, be sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison

    Alejandro Toledo is already sharing the Barbadillo Prison facilities with fellow former Peruvian Presidents Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo after his extradition from the United States was completed Sunday. He is to stand trial for allegedly receiving bribes worth US$ 35 million from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte undergoes cabinet reshuffle

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Sunday took the oath of office from four new ministers. Particularly striking was the appointment of Daniel Maurate to replace José Tello on the same day that former President Alejandro Toledo was brought in from the United States to stand trial for influence peddling and money laundering in a spinoff of the Odebrecht scandal. Tello had dubbed Toledo a “criminal.”

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Ruling coalition welcomes President Fernández's announcement

    For Máximo Kirchner's La Cámpora, the President's message was long overdue

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández's announcement that he would not seek reelection was welcomed within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition, which now has the opportunity to submit several candidacies to be decided upon at the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Why was Lula not quite welcome in Lisbon?

    Brazil's President landed in Portugal on an official visit seeking to reverse the isolation from the Bolsonar years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday landed in Lisbon for the first stop of his European tour seeking to overcome the isolation the South American country sank into under Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was not all cheers and smiles following his remarks regarding Ukraine and Russia, whom he both blamed for starting the current war.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Uruguayan banks and transport announce 24-hour strike for when?

    The proposed reforms are “a mere patch that the new technological realities and the labor world will make obsolete in a very short time,” AEBU argues

    Uruguayan public transport drivers and bank clerks will stage a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest against President Luis Lacalle Pou's attempt to reform the country's pension system and increase the retirement age, which is causing concern, particularly when such a move was something the head of state had vowed during his campaign that he would not seek.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Brazil: No secrecy on Jan. 8 riots footage, De Moraes rules

    De Moraes insisted the investigation involves all rioters and also all civilian and military public agents who looked the other way

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ruled to lift the seal of secrecy from images of vandalism recorded during the Jan. 8 riots in the Planalto Palace, Agencia Brasil reported. The magistrate's decision is part of the STF investigation into the coup d'état investigation.