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Montevideo, October 25th 2025 - 07:54 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:08 UTC

    French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy

    The demonstrators were reacting to statements from President Emmanuel Macron

    Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts reading “Beef producers furious!” as the National Beef Federation (Federation Nationale Bovine - FNB) demonstrated its strong opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil to look elsewhere in light of Trump's tariffs

    Fávaro said alternatives were being sought for profuts that would become unaffordable to US consumers

    Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) has been entrusted with seeking new markets to replace placements that may be affected by US President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs, in a move to minimize the measure's impact, Minister Carlos Fávaro confirmed Thursday.

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Bolsonaro respects and admires Trump's government

    Bolsonaro claimed that such a measure would not have occurred under his administration

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his “respect and admiration for the United States Government” after Wednesday's announcement that all Brazilian exports would be slapped with a 50% tariff. The retired Army captain insisted that he took the news “with a sense of responsibility.”

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Nobel laureate claims Trump's tariffs on Brazil politically motivated

    In Krugman's opinion, the measures unveiled by Trump are also arguments for opening impeachment proceedings against him

    American Economist Paul Krugman, a New Keynesian expert who once received the Nobel Prize, has been heavily critical of President Donald Trump, saying that the Republican leader was “evil and megalomaniacal” after the 50% tariffs imposed on all Brazilian products and insisted the measure reverberated in his own country.

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández indicted in Insurance Scandal

    Fernández reportedly favored an insurance broker friend with most government policies, blowing up the commissions paid

    Buenos Aires City Federal Judge Sebastián Casanello Thursday indicted former Argentine President Alberto Fernández in the so-called “Insurance Case” for “negotiations incompatible with the exercise of public office.” In addition, Fernández was imposed a hefty fine. Casanello also indicted businessman Héctor Martínez Sosa and his wife, María Cantero, Fernández's longtime secretary.

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Paraguay reviews options regarding refueling along Paraná Waterway

    Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano will also be involved in a series of events marking 68 years of ties with Taiwan

    Paraguay's Foreign Ministry and private sector associations regarding fuel bunkering operations at kilometer 171 of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway started a round of discussions Thursday in Asunción after Argentina's customs authority announced a potential suspension of these operations.

  • Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 20:46 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities summon German, French ambassadors over passport crisis

    France admits Uruguayans normally, but is unable to process visa requests for stays exceeding 90 days

    Uruguay's Acting Foreign Minister Valeria Csukasi and Undersecretary of the Interior Gabriela Valverde on Thursday summoned the French and German ambassadors for consultations regarding the crisis stemming from the new passport format hindering entry and visa applications.

  • Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 19:19 UTC

    Uruguay signs TAC with ASEAN countries

    Lubetkin advocated for “establishing concrete collaboration between ASEAN and Mercosur”

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Mario Lubetkin, signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, thus bolstering the South American country's diplomatic and economic ties with the region.

  • Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Trump slaps 50% tariffs on all Brazilian products

    These tariffs can be modified, up or down, depending on the relationship with your country, Trump told Brasília

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a letter to his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announcing a 50% tariff on all products from the South American country and criticizing the judiciary's procedures against former President Jair Bolsonaro. The tariffs will take effect on August 1, Trump noted.

  • Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    CFK questions Argentina's Independence if subjected to IMF rules

    CFK further regretted that Argentina was currently the IMF's largest global debtor

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) warned that her country was facing a “real structural problem,” not merely an adjustment or crisis. In a recorded message from the apartment where she is serving a six-year prison sentence for corruption under house arrest played to her followers at the nearby Parque Lezama, she urged Peronists to “defend independence” and seek electoral support to regain power.