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Montevideo, November 23rd 2025 - 08:25 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC

    Trump in the Falklands

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to President Trump that Europe will buy additional US energy and invest UD$600 billion in the US

    By Barry Eichengreen (*) - US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 20:27 UTC

    US$600 million treasure discovered in Colombian farm

    Authorities suspect that the money could be linked to the late drug lord Pablo Escobar and his Medellín cartel

    A farmer in the Colombian region of Antioquía region of Colombia has unearthed an astonishing US$600 million in cash. The money was found buried in rusty metal drums while the rural worker, who remains anonymous for security reasons, was doing some digging to expand his crop area.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 19:48 UTC

    Uruguay and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements

    Noboa (L) and Orsi agreed to focus on common interests beyond ideological differences

    Presidents of Ecuador and Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay on Tuesday signed two bilateral agreements in Montevideo, increasing cooperation and intelligence sharing. The understanding involves the two countries' Ministries of Interior and Defense.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 11:18 UTC

    Uruguay announces economic measures to boost growth

    Uruguay will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, Oddone explained

    Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has announced a new set of measures to “prioritize” and “streamline” investment to boost growth by making things easier for both national and foreign investors. “There is a political idea of what we want to do,” Minister Gabriel Oddone explained.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    US deploys destroyers off Venezuela in operation against narco-terror groups

    The strategy aligns with President Donald Trump’s policy of ramping up military pressure on drug cartels, including Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, and the Cartel of the Suns

    The United States will deploy three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers off the coast of Venezuela within the next 36 hours as part of an operation targeting criminal organizations classified as narco-terrorist groups. According to Reuters, the vessels are the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Sampson, all equipped with the Aegis defense system for air, submarine, and surface warfare.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Brazil: Meta ordered to remove controversial content from platforms

    The “eroticization of children” is on the rise, it was argued

    Brazil's Attorney General's Office (FGR) has formally requested that Meta - owner of social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook - immediately remove chatbots that use childlike language and appearances to engage in sexual conversations. These chatbots, created using the “Meta AI Studio” tool, are considered a “concrete risk to the psychological integrity of children and adolescents.”

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Tsunami ruled out in Chile after earthquake

    The SHOA ruled out the chance after properly monitoring the events in the Drake Sea

    A 5.7-magnitude earthquake was reported early Tuesday in the Drake Sea, with its epicenter located 249 kilometers south of Puerto Williams, in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. Following the seismic event, the Chilean Navy's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) ruled out any possibility of a tsunami affecting the Chilean coast.

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 09:16 UTC

    Fishing conflict in Uruguay: armed assemblies and threats amid industry crisis

    The dispute began over the union’s demand to hire an additional crew member on coastal vessels, a measure rejected by companies due to higher costs

    After nearly 80 days of strikes that paralyzed the fishing season and caused losses of up to US$50 million, Uruguay’s fishing union (Suntma) decided to call off its protest — but in an atmosphere of extreme tension. In recent assemblies, armed workers confronted each other and issued direct threats. “If you want bullets, you’ll get bullets,” one participant warned union leaders, according to El País.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    After meeting Zelensky, Trump sees three-way summit with Putin possible

    This time around, Zelensky at least wore a dark suit, albeit no tie

    US President Donald Trump met Monday with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders following his encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin to keep working towards a solution to the ongoing crisis.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

    Lula and Noboa discuss trade beyond ideological discrepancies

    Noboa is on a tour that will also include Uruguay and Argentina

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa at the Planalto Palace for a meeting during which both leaders set aside their ideological discrepancies and focused on strengthening trade and cooperation, particularly after Washington's tariffs.