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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 19:27 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 17:09 UTC

    Argentine VP calls for “re-Malvinization” process

    The cause of the Malvinas Islands unites Argentina, Villarruel argued

    Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel was the main speaker at a ceremony in Ushuaia marking the 43rd anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Her participation at an event separate from the one headed by President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires transpired internal differences within the once successful electoral ticket.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 16:46 UTC

    Milei wants Islanders to want to be Argentine

    Sovereignty is an Orwellian concept under which politicians have mascaraded their dirty business, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Wednesday during the main Malvinas War Veterans' Day ceremony that his government would work to turn his country into a serious one so that the people of the Falkland Islands would want to be a part of it.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Milei announces new trip to US to seek help

    Milei meeting with Trump to speed up negotiations with the IMF is expected but not confirmed

    Argentine President Javier Milei is set to travel to the United States again late Wednesday after the April 2 Malvinas Veterans' Day ceremony, probably to meet his local colleague, Donald Trump, at the latter's Mar-a-Lago residence. However, this encounter has not been confirmed.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Maduro defends Venezuela's claim to Guayana Esequiba

    Maduro claimed “Trojan horses” wanted to hand over what is Venezuela's over to imperialism

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro staunchly defended his country's claim to the Guayana Esequiba territory, asserting during his weekly broadcast show that the disputed area was an integral part of the nation inherited from Simón Bolívar and backed by over 90% of Venezuelans in a 2023 referendum.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 09:24 UTC

    Panama Canal announces preferential treatment for low-carbon emission vessels

    The initiative will become effective on Oct. 5, with a new phase scheduled for next year

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is launching a sustainability initiative by introducing the “NetZero Slot,” an exclusive transit quota for low-carbon emission vessels starting October 5, 2025, in a move to reduce the environmental impact of maritime trade.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 09:10 UTC

    Embraer announces sale of four C-390s to Sweden

    Operational since 2019, the C-390 can land on rough airstrips, combining cargo transport with medical evacuation and aerial firefighting roles

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced Tuesday at the LAAD Defence & Security 2025 event in Rio de Janeiro that it had clinched a US$ 710 million deal to sell four C-390 Millennium military transport units to Sweden.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    Falkland Islands, Dr Andrea Clausen begins work as FIG Chief Executive

     Dr Andrea Clausen last job was FIG Director of Natural Resources, responsible for Fisheries, Agriculture, Veterinary, Biosecurity, Maritime, and potential new area in Aquaculture.

    Dr Andrea Clausen officially begins her work today (1 April 2025) as the Falkland Islands Government’s (FIG) Chief Executive. She was appointed in October 2024 to be the next Chief Executive and is both the first female and the first Falkland Islander to take on the role. Previous to her new role, Andrea served as the FIG Director of Natural Resources following her previous experience in the private sector and as an Elected Member.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 20:33 UTC

    Bolsonaro sides with convicted French far-right leader Marine LePen

    It is up to the French people to decide who will be the next president in 2027, Bolsonaro argued

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that France's far-right leader Marine LePen's conviction and five-year disenfranchisement for embezzling public funds was politically motivated after she led all surveys for the 2027 presidential elections.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:55 UTC

    April 2 Malvinas Day to further showcase rift in Argentine gov't

    Villarruel has a separate agenda from that of the President, Malvinas or otherwise

    The April 2 Malvinas War Veteran's Day holiday will showcase the rift in the Argentine Government much more than it would highlight any question of sovereignty and patriotism. While President Javier Milei will head the ceremony in the Buenos Aires district of Retiro, where a cenotaph remembers thhose fallen in the 1982 conflict, Vice President Victoria Villarruel -who was not invited- is to attend an event in Ushuaia to join a group of former combatants, which her late father also was.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Milei celebrates official figures showing a decline in poverty

    “The drop in the number of poor people is more than ten million,” Milei noted

    Argentine President Javier Milei Monday boasted his administration's achievement of lowering poverty from 52.9% in the first semester of 2024 to 38.1% by the end of the year, compared to 41.7% at the end of 2023. Indigence (extreme poverty) also decreased to 8.2% from higher levels earlier in the year, according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).