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Montevideo, April 30th 2026 - 01:28 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Colombia: Petro moves on with drastic reforms

    “The agrarian reform is one of the most important, one of the fundamental policies of social change in Colombia,” Petro said in his Labor Day message

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Monday insisted that people in his country have no rights or freedom when introducing a new set of measures and appointing seven new cabinet ministers. Colombia “is a people without freedom,” Petro argued.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    FIDF members rehearsing in London, next to Commonwealth and UK soldiers for the Coronation

    Despite an 18 hour flight the group right away joined the rehearsing for the procession that will accompany the King and Queen Consort from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace.

    Members of the Falkland Islands Defense Force especially invited to participate in the coming Coronation of King Charles III are already in London and have been training daily alongside Commonwealth and UK soldiers.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:22 UTC

    Schools in Mar del Plata to be named after 1982 war fallen

    Mar del Plata City Council Speaker Marina Sánchez Herrero was very moved when making the announcement

    Public schools and kindergartens in the Argentine beach resort and port of Mar del Plata will be named after local combatants fallen in the 1982 Malvinas War, it was announced Monday. The initiative was approved unanimously by the City Council.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Lula sets up committee to work on legislating Uber-like work

    If these workers get sick they must have coverage, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration created a working group to draft labor rules for drivers and good deliverers using mobile applications. The initiative was published Monday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    LATAC renews regional commitment to Gender and Equalities

    Kirsty Hayes, UK ambassador to Buenos Aires and Gender and Equalities Champion

    Renewed commitment brings gender and equality at the heart of the UK’s work in the Latin American And Caribbean region, LATAC, as part of the UK government’s commitment to tackle inequalities around the world.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Bolivia finds new oil well, President Arce announces

    The finding will help Bolivians have “the dreamed country,” Arce said in his Labor Day message

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Monday announced the discovery of the YOPE-X1 hydrocarbon well in the municipality of Yapacani, in the department of Santa Cruz, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Fernández: Argentina has achieved the “lowest unemployment in decades”

    Fernández is to meet Lula in Brazil Tuesday

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday released a recorded Labor Day message in which he praised his administration for achieving “the lowest unemployment in decades.” There are also “many provinces having full employment,” he added.

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Illegal miners gunned down in Yanomami Territory

    Health Minister Nísia Trindade visited the wounded native Brazilians at the Roraima hospital

    Brazil's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change confirmed the death of four miners inside the Yanomami Indigenous Land late on Sunday, April 30, Agencia Brasil reported. They had reacted to a raid by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). According to the ministry, during the action, large-caliber weapons were seized.

  • Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Colorado Party's Peña wins Paraguayan elections

    Among his campaign promises, Peña pledged to maintain ties with Taipei

    Santiago Peña of the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, won Sunday's elections in Paraguay and will become the South American country's new president on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. Turnout stood at 63.11% despite voting being mandatory.

  • Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Falklands Veteran urges PM Sunak to declassify documents of the bombing of Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram

    Argentine jets in 1982 caused one of the deadliest days for UK forces, 56 losses, since the Second World War.

    Falklands war Veteran and hero Simon Weston has urged PM Rishi Sunak to declassify documents about the attack that left him disfigured and killed 56 British servicemen. According to a piece published in the Daily Express, Justin Stoneman recalls that when Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram were bombed in 1982 by Argentine jets, it was one of the deadliest days for UK forces since the Second World War.