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Montevideo, December 5th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana

    Ali got 242,498 votes to win eight of the country's ten regions

    The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). with 242,498 votes after winning eight of the country's ten regions.

  • Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:26 UTC

    Bachi Núñez's term as Paraguayan Senate Speaker extended

    The loyal Bachi Núñez will be in line for the presidential succession almost throughout Peña's entire term

    Senator Basilio “Bachi” Núñez of the Colorado Party's (ANR) Honor Colorado faction was re-elected on Wednesday as Upper House Speaker until June 30, 2028, following a procedural change to internal regulations, pushed through by the Cartista bloc [of former President Horacio Cartes] and its allies.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 21:03 UTC

    European Commission gives nod to Mercosur FTA

    “European Union companies and the agri-food sector will benefit from lower tariffs and reduced costs,” Von der Leyen wrote

    The European Commission has validated the free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed on Wednesday, calling it “excellent news” for his country.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 13:07 UTC

    Brazil and Paraguay join forces against syphilis

    “Syphilis is detected, treated, cured” was the gathering's motto

    Brazilian experts joined Tuesday a working meeting in Asunción between local representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Paraguay's National Program for the Control of HIV/AIDS and STIs (Pronasida), and the General Directorate of Health Surveillance to further discuss the elimination of congenital syphilis and acquired syphilis through a project called Cooperation Among Countries for Health Development (CCHD).

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:30 UTC

    US sinks alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean, killing 11

    “Let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the US,” Trump warned

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “kinetic strike” on a vessel from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. The attack, the first of its kind since the US deployed warships to the southern Caribbean, resulted in the deaths of 11 people.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:09 UTC

    Caracas claims video of exploding boat was AI-created

    Náñez based his allegation on an alleged Gemini assessment

    Venezuela's Communication and Information Minister Freddy Ñáñez on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of using a video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to fabricate a war narrative. “While I cannot confirm with certainty the exact tools used, several elements suggest that it was generated by AI,” he stressed.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:00 UTC

    Uruguay: PepsiCo opens new storage plant in Colonia complex

    “This venture is everything that is right in terms of investment for Uruguay,” Oddone said

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi participated on Tuesday in the inauguration of a new PepsiCo beverage concentrate storage plant in the Colonia free-trade zone after an investment of over US$100 million. The facility, which has been in continuous operation since 1993, will supply 24 markets in Latin America and other regions.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 00:16 UTC

    Falklands archivist wins Record Keeper of the Year in UK & Ireland

    The ARA awards aim to highlight excellence and innovation in the archives sector across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced that Chloe Anderson-Wheatley, Corporate Records and National Archives Manager, has been named Record Keeper of the Year by the Archives & Records Association UK & Ireland (ARA).

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

    Uruguay signs Council of Europe’s Global AI Treaty

    The treaty was signed in Strasbourg by Montevideo's Ambassador to Paris, Enrique Emilio Loedel Soca

    Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 18:47 UTC

    Guyanese forces on election day alert after gunfire from Venezuelan bank of Essequibo

    Ali focused on celebrating “our democratic values as we open another chapter in the development of our beautiful country”

    Guyanese President Irfaan Ali confirmed Monday that the country's security forces were on high alert following recent incidents near the Venezuela border while his country went to the polls.