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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Chile's Boric also finds attack on Iran disrespectful of international law

    “We will defend respect for international humanitarian law in all instances,” Boric argued

    Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font expressed his utmost rejection to the United States' bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities (Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan), which – he claimed – violated international law.

  • Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Uruguay condemns Saturday's US strikes on Iranian soil

    Montevideo also warned of the increased risk of radiological leakage affecting the population

    Uruguay's government of President Yamandú Orsi expressed deep concern over the recent US airstrikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, citing a dangerous escalation of violence in the Middle East. Montevideo's Foreign Ministry condemned actions threatening international peace and security, noting that the use of force is regulated by international law and the UN Charter, while highlighting the risk of radiological leakage. Hence, all parties were urged to cease hostilities, protect civilians, and resume dialogue for a peaceful resolution.

  • Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil against attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities

    Brazil underscores the urgent need for a diplomatic solution that interrupts this cycle of violence, Itamaraty said in a statement

    The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly condemned the recent military attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian nuclear facilities, labeling them as violations of the Asian country's sovereignty and international law.

  • Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Bolivia says US attacks on Iran were “arbitrary”

    Bolivia's links with Iran go beyond a mutual friendship

    Bolivia's President Luis Arce Catacora and the South American country's government condemned the US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, calling them an “arbitrary attack” that violates international law and the UN Charter.

  • Sunday, June 22nd 2025 - 07:26 UTC

    US obliterates Iran's nuclear capabilities, Trump says after attack

    If peace does not come quickly, we can take out Iran's other targets in a matter of minutes, Trump insisted

    US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that warplanes from his country, including B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, conducted “massive precision strikes” that “obliterated” three Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. The operation, carried out at about 2.30 am Iranian time on Sunday, involved bunker-buster bombs to penetrate the heavily fortified Fordow site, located 300 feet underground.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Flag Day showcases rift between Milei and Vilarruel

    Milei spoke from the polo field in Buenos Aires, citing agenda problems to go to Rosario

    The June 20 National Flag Day commemorating another anniversary of General Manuel Belgrano's passing further showcased the rift between Argentine President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who appeared at different celebrations hundreds of kilometers apart.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Uruguayan troops returning from Congo on July 3

    Lubetkin returned from the United States on Friday after taks with Guterres and other UN officials

    The Uruguayan Government of President Yamandú Orsi arranged with the United Nations (UN) that the peacekeeping troops from the South American country, numbering between 190 and 200, would be returning from their mission in Congo on July 3, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced Friday in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    CFK sends crowds away from her home and delivers a recorded message

    Milei's is an “unsustainable model,” CFK argued

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers Friday in a recorded message from her house arrest in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución that Security Minister Patricia Bullrich was seeking “to provoke chaos” and insisted that Javier Milei's policies could collapse sooner or later.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Brazil's intelligence community wants Chief Spy sacked

    The Intelligence Officers' guild seeks to restore the Abin's credibility

    At least 17 civil servants working for the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) want General Director Luiz Fernando Corrêa dismissed after he was indicted by the Federal Police. In a note released Friday, they summoned their colleagues to convene next Monday to discuss the issue or call for a strike.

  • Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    US Embassy in Paraguay resumes visa appointments

    A US visa is a privilege for those granted one, the Embassy recalled

    The United States' Embassy in Asunción announced Friday the resumption of appointments with applicants seeking a visa. The diplomatic mission also requested that those interested switch their social media account configurations to “public” for deeper vetting.