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Montevideo, January 5th 2026 - 12:46 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, December 22nd 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Venezuela reactivates Panama flight despite US “airspace closure”

    Rutaca is reportedly capitalizing on surging ticket prices, given the restrictions

    In a move to preserve international connectivity amid escalating regional tensions, Venezuelan carrier Rutaca Airlines officially resumed commercial service between the city of Barquisimeto and Panama City on Sunday.

  • Monday, December 22nd 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Trump picks Special Ops Veteran for Southcom Chief post

    If confirmed by the Senate, Donovan will oversee a massive regional deployment

    US President Donald Trump has nominated Marine Corps Lieutenant General Francis “Frank” L. Donovan to head the US Southern Command (Southcom), the Pentagon confirmed Friday.

  • Monday, December 22nd 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    CFK recovering after emergency surgery

    CFK was expected to be discharged early Monday

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is recovering at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires following successful emergency surgery for acute appendicitis. The 72-year-old Peronist leader, who is currently serving a six-year sentence under house arrest, was rushed to the medical facility on Saturday afternoon after experiencing severe abdominal pain.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Mercosur leaders shift to “constructive patience” after EU FTA delay

    Ramírez Lezcano warned that these delays would not result in any renegotiation of terms already finalized in late 2024

    Following decades of negotiations and a high-stakes “now or never” deadline set for this week, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) bloc has officially adopted a stance of cautious optimism after the European Union (EU) failed to secure the necessary internal mandate to sign the historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Saturday.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Bolivia faces indefinite strike to protest end of fuel subsidies

    “The decree will not be changed because it is a starting point,” Paz asserted

    Bolivia's powerful labor and transport unions confirmed they would launch an indefinite national strike starting Monday after President Rodrigo Paz Pereira vowed that Supreme Decree 5503, eliminating decades-old fuel subsidies, was a “non-negotiable” starting point for his administration.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Falklands Fire and Rescue Service member attends top specialized training in UK

    Marc during the 3-day Road Traffic Collision phase of his training at The Fire Service College in Moreton in Marsh

    The Falkland Islands Fire and Rescue Service welcomed back Marc from his 8-week Firefighter Development training program at The Fire Service College in Moreton in Marsh a few weeks ago.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:58 UTC

    De Moraes okays Bolsonaro's surgery, but not at home recuperation time

    Bolsonaro's past actions render him a flight risk, De Moraes found

    Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Friday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily leave prison to undergo surgery. However, the magistrate flatly denied a request for the former president to serve the remainder of his sentence under humanitarian house arrest, citing a history of non-compliance and a high flight risk.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Integration Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil opened to traffic

    Lula presided over the ceremony as Peña was kept in Asunción due to personal issues

    The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened to vehicle traffic on Friday during a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. His Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, intends to hold a separate event on Saturday on his country's side of the structure linking Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) to Presidente Franco (Paraguay).

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra hospitalized

    Vizcarra was treated at a hospital he had inaugurated as president

    Former Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra was rushed from the Barbadillo prison to the Ate Vitarte - EsSalud hospital on Friday after suffering a severe hypertensive crisis and physical decompensation. The medical emergency occurred just days after Vizcarra began serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 21:46 UTC

    Ecuador: Three days of mourning after death of former President Rodrigo Borja

    Rodrigo Boja was a founder and the main leader of Izquierda Democrática (ID) well into the early 2000s

    Former Ecuadorean President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the age of 90. In response to the loss of one of the 20th century’s most influential political figures, President Daniel Noboa has declared three days of national mourning to be observed from December 19 to 21, with the flag flying at half-mast.