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Montevideo, April 7th 2026 - 13:51 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 20:51 UTC

    Machado traveling to Oslo for Nobel Prize ceremony

    Machado is living in hiding in her country

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has confirmed she will be traveling to Oslo to receive her Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, according to newswires circulating during the weekend, which gave no further details about the arrangements, citing security concerns.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Poll shows Lula would easily beat Bolsonaro's son in runoff

    Lula's opposition would rather pick someone not from the Bolsonaro family, such as Flávio, Datafolha found

    A Datafolha poll released this weekend showed that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, -a son of the incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro- by at least 15 percentage points in a potential runoff: 51% to 36%.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader dies in detention facility

    There are currently at least 887 political prisoners in Venezuela

    Former Nueva Esparta Governor Alfredo Díaz has died while in the custody of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) at the El Helicoide detention center, his family and human rights organizations confirmed this weekend in Caracas. Díaz, 56, had been detained since November 2024 and was facing judicial proceedings on charges of “terrorism” and “incitement to hatred.”

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Still no winner in Honduras after one week

    Modernization reforms are badly needed for future elections

    No candidate has yet been named the winner of Honduras' presidential elections, one week after the polls, with vote counting halted several times due to glitches amid flipping leaders.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Motorbike bomb hits Colombian town of Balboa

    Sánchez offered a reward of over US$50,000 for data leading to the capture of the perpetrators

    A motorbike laden with explosives was detonated near the main park and police station in the municipality of Balboa on Saturday afternoon, December 6, causing widespread chaos and injuries in the Colombian province of Cauca.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

    Milei touts F-16s as Argentina's new “Guardian Angels”

    “Today more than ever, we can say that the forces of heaven are with us,” Milei underlined

    Argentine President Javier Milei officially presented the first six F-16 fighter jets acquired from Denmark on Sunday, calling the multimillion-dollar purchase “the most important military acquisition in the last 50 years of Argentine history.”

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Trump gets first edition of FIFA Peace Prize

    The Peace Prize marks a significant departure from FIFA's focus solely on sport

    US President Donald Trump was awarded the newly created FIFA Peace Prize on Friday during the high-profile draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, during which the 12 groups to compete across the United States, Mexico, and Canada next year were determined.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Groups set for 2026 Football World Cup

    Teams were divided into four pots based on the FIFA ranking

    
The groups for the expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup were finalized on Friday following a high-profile draw held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentina: Welcome ceremony for F-16s rescheduled due to weather

    The training of Argentine pilots is not expected to be fully completed until after 2030, when all 24 total aircraft are scheduled to arrive

    Weather conditions have forced Argentine President Javier Milei to move forward the reception ceremony for the first batch of US-built F-16 fighter jets bought from Denmark, following their 12,000 km delivery journey.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    Argentina: Dollar keeps falling after new debt plan announcement

    Caputo announced the issuance of new dollar-denominated bonds

    Argentina's official exchange rate and key financial dollar segments registered declines on Friday, after Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo announced plans for a new dollar-denominated bond issuance aimed at refinancing maturities and strengthening foreign currency reserves.'