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Montevideo, March 2nd 2026 - 08:55 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    China and Uruguay launch joint agri-science cooperation project

    Carámbula underscored that the joint laboratory “strengthens the country's science, technology, and innovation”

    Scientific and educational institutions from China and Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a groundbreaking Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, aiming to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in agricultural innovation under China's Belt and Road Initiative.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina and Paraguay expedite OECD membership applications

    Argentina had been invited to join the organization in 2022 but declined under then-President Alberto Fernández

    Argentina has formally initiated the technical phase of its bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), submitting its “initial memorandum” to the Paris-based body. The document, a preliminary self-assessment of the country's alignment with international standards, was delivered by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, who is currently visiting Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 23:22 UTC

    No clear winner in Chile's last debate before Nov. 16 presidential elections

    Jara and Kast remained the most likely contenders to advance to the runoff

    The last debate between Chile's eight presidential candidates late on Monday had no clear winner, but there was some sort of consensus regarding a clear loser: Eduardo Artés of the Proletarian Action Communist Party.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 20:45 UTC

    Bolsonaro's inner circle fears imminent imprisonment of former Brazilian President

    The former President completed 100 days under house arrest on Tuesday

    Allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fear the former head of State, who has been sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to 27 years and 3 months in jail for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, will soon be transferred from his house arrest to a detention facility.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 15:25 UTC

    Armistice Day To Be Marked With Two-Minute Silence

    Dr. Andrea Clausen, Governor Colin Martin-Reynolds and BFSAI Brigadier Charile Harmer

    A two-minute silence will be observed this Tuesday, 11 November 2025, to mark Armistice Day. The silence began at 11am and will be signaled by the firing of the saluting guns on Victory Green.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    COP30 starts in Belem with a focus on accelerated global warming

    Some 50 presidents and heads of state will participate at the meeting in the coming days

    The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in the city of Belém (Brazil), marking the first time the global climate summit has been held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, set to run for two weeks, brings together world leaders from 163 countries to address the urgent crisis of global warming.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

    Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

    Al-Sharaa wants Trump to help Syria transition to an ally in the Middle East

    US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

    The Court’s denial of the case temporarily leaves the Obergefell precedent intact

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    Colombian prosecutors file new charges against President's son

    The new charges add to an already existing case against Petro Burgos

    Six new criminal charges were filed on Monday against Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, stemming from an alleged corruption scheme during his tenure as a deputy in the Atlántico Departmental Assembly.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    Chinese competition authorities greenlight joint lithium venture in Chile

    “This is a very important achievement,” Chile's Mining Minister said

    China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved the partnership between Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and private miner SQM to develop lithium resources in the Salar de Atacama, prompting Chile's Mining Minister Aurora Williams to hail the decision as “good news.”