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Montevideo, August 4th 2025 - 05:39 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 23:56 UTC

    Luis Lacalle Pou won’t attend UN General Assembly

    In the last assembly, Lacalle Pou referred to how the pandemic changed countries all over the world

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will not attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations to be held in New York. Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo will attend in his place, reported El Observador and confirmed MercoPress with sources from the Foreign Ministry.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 23:13 UTC

    Tories pick Liz Truss to become UK's next PM

    The current Foreign Secretary was full of praise for her departing friend: Boris Johnson

    Foreign Secretary Liz Truss beat former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399 and will thus become the British Conservative Party's New Leader who is to be appointed Prime Minister Tuesday by Queen Elizabeth II in Balmoral Castle.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 18:07 UTC

    ECLAC's new boss appointed

    Salazar was described as being an enthusiast for public policy and economic developments.

    Costa Rican economist José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs has been chosen to replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena at the helm of the ECLAC after 14 years on the job, it was announced. Salazar took the oath of office before UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 17:54 UTC

    Santiago's Stock Exchange booms after Rejection won

    Chile's left-wing government will make another attempt to get a progressive Constitution passed

    Santiago's Stock Exchange reached peak figures Monday after Rejection prevailed in Sunday's referendum, which meant the welfare state failed at least for now to become a reality that would have also included differentiated judiciary systems for native groups.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

    Foreign Office update travel advice for Chile: protests can turn violent

    Street demonstrations, protests and strikes are common across all of Chile, Santiago in particular. Although most are peaceful, they can turn violent. IMAGO/Aton Chile

    The latest Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice for Chile, which includes entry requirements, safety, and security, and local laws and customs warns of potential deportation if foreign nationals are involved in protests and demonstrations.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

    Petro links FARC groups to bomb trap that killed 7

    A former guerrilla fighter himself, Petro said he believed FARC groups were to blame for the attack

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this weekend that it was very likely that dissident FARC groups were behind the bomb trap attack that killed 7 police officers last week.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    Chile: New Constitution rejected

    Boric will insist on having a new, more progressive Magna Carta

    Nearly 62% of Chilean voters chose to reject the Constitution drafted by an Assembly called on after the 2020 incidents that led to President Gabriel Boric Foont's election.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

    Uruguayan President stopping for a bite goes viral

    The President stopped at a bar on his own and ate undisturbed by patrons

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was photographed while caught by a patron as he sat at the bar of a Montevideo restaurant in the exclusive Carrasco area Saturday to have a “Hungarian” sandwich and a beer.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

    CFK case: Assailant's phone reported restored to default values

    CFK's lawyer admitted there was no certainty that this [tampering with the suspect's mobile phone] had actually happened

    Argentine Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, who is in charge of the case of attempted murder Thursday evening against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), Sunday imposed the seal of secrecy on the entire dossier after it was leaked to the press that the assailant's cell phone had been reset to default values.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 08:33 UTC

    IMF Approves Two-Year US$18.5 Billion Flexible Credit Line for Chile

    Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, said that “After an impressive recovery from the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chile is facing a marked increase in global risks”

    The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a two-year arrangement for Chile under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in the amount of SDR 13.954 billion (about US$18.5 billion; 800 percent of quota).