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Montevideo, January 7th 2026 - 03:51 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Caracas releases 71 political prisoners

    Sixty-five men were released from the Tocorón prison

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime released on Thursday 71 political prisoners who had been detained during the wave of protests following the controversial July 2024 presidential elections, which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite producing no supporting evidence.

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    CFK remains hospitalized with postoperative complication after emergency appendectomy

    The former president spent Christmas Eve at the clinic, and there is no date set for her discharge yet

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remains hospitalized at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires after developing postoperative ileus, a functional intestinal complication following emergency surgery for appendicitis earlier this week. She had been allowed to leave her house arrest for the procedure.

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    US launches second strike against ISIS in less than a week

    More terrorists will be killed if violence persists, Trump warned

    US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his country had conducted “deadly” precision airstrikes against ISIS (Islamic State) targets in northwestern Nigeria, which was later corroborated by local authorities. The operation marked a significant escalation in Washington's involvement in Africa to stop what the Republican leader acknowledged was a “massacre of Christians.” The second major US offensive against the terror group this month followed a massive strike on 70 targets in Syria on December 20.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Kast and Noboa discuss “humanitarian corridor” for Venezuelan immigrants to return home

    Kast spoke of the “negative effects generated by the dictatorial government of Venezuela”

    Following a high-level summit at the Carondelet Palace in Quito on Tuesday, Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast and Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa have signaled a unified front on the South American migration crisis. Both leaders discussed Kast's proposal to establish a “humanitarian corridor” to facilitate the return of undocumented Venezuelan migrants to their home country.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Brazil: No Xmas pardon for Jan. 8 rioters

    Lula has positioned the executive branch as a bulwark against what he described as “democratic rupture”

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed his traditional Christmas pardon decree, granting clemency to thousands of inmates. However, for the second consecutive year, the president has explicitly excluded those convicted of attempting to overthrow the democratic order during the January 8, 2023, attacks in Brasília.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Colombia: Petro declares 30-Day “economic emergency”

    Petro warned that the Constitutional Court repealing his measure would trigger a “serious economic crisis”

    In a move to bypass Congress on his proposed tax hikes, Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared a 30-day “economic emergency” on Tuesday. The measure, enacted via Decree 1390 of 2025, grants the head of State extraordinary powers for 30 days to circumvent Parliament and impose new taxes on the country’s wealthiest citizens.

  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Bolsonaro cleared for Xmas Day surgery

    No cell phones, computers, or electronic devices will be allowed into Bolsonaro's room, De Moraes ruled

    Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Tuesday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to be hospitalized on Wednesday to undergo hernia surgery recommended by private doctors and Federal Police experts.

  • Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 - 11:43 UTC

    Uruguay's Economy Minister worried by too much success

    Falling below the Central Bank's target can be as “undesirable” as exceeding it, Oddone explained

    Uruguay's Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone announced Monday that his country's GDP was projected to expand by 2.3% this year. While the figure is slightly lower than initial government forecasts, Oddone emphasized that it represents more than double the average growth rate seen over the past decade.

  • Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 - 11:39 UTC

    Argentine Appellate Court orders Central Bank to disclose details of gold shipments abroad

    The BCRA must now provide the requested documentation or submit an exhaustive, itemized justification for any data it continues to withhold

    The Buenos Aires Federal Administrative Court of Appeals has dealt a significant legal blow to the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA), ordering it to release detailed information regarding the shipment of national gold reserves overseas.

  • Tuesday, December 23rd 2025 - 11:33 UTC

    Brazil: General Augusto Heleno granted house arrest

    De Moraes warned that the general would return to a detention facility should he break the conditions for his house arrest

    Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted house arrest to General Augusto Heleno, the Minister of Institutional Security (GSI) under former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was among those convicted for the Jan. 8, 2023, coup attempt.