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Montevideo, April 25th 2026 - 04:23 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    What are the conditions Maduro offered Trump? The keys behind US president’s ultimatum

    The Venezuelan president was reportedly willing to step down, but only under a set of political and judicial guarantees that Washington deemed unacceptable

    Amid an unprecedented military buildup and the formal designation of Venezuela’s so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Nicolás Maduro “will do it,” when asked whether the Venezuelan leader had offered to step down. At the same press conference, Trump announced that US ground operations against “narcoterrorists” in Venezuela would begin “very soon,” adding: “We know where they live. We know where the bad guys live.” His comments come as more details emerge of a phone call in which, according to Reuters and France 24, Maduro reportedly laid out specific conditions for leaving office.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Vote count flips in Honduras after interruption

    Nasralla (in the pic) is now slightly ahead of Asfura

    Honduras' presidential race saw a lead change Tuesday as election officials resumed counting votes following accusations of US interference and the highly controversial pardon of a former Honduran president by Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:06 UTC

    Argentine gov't undertakes cleansing of second-tier officials

    Adorni's grip in Milei's administration is expanding

    Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni undertook a significant restructuring of second-tier officials following recent cabinet changes, it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Only 10 of Boliviana de Aviación’s 20 aircraft operational

    Despite rumors, BoA will not be privatized, it was explained

    Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) General Manager Juan José Galvarro confirmed Tuesday that the state-owned airline is operating with only half of its fleet, leading to severe disruptions across its domestic and international network.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 08:35 UTC

    UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035, next decade Policy Paper

    The Discovery Building at the BAS Rothera Research Station (Pic BAS)

    The strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade, It can be read at,UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:27 UTC

    Peru: Presidential candidate Belaúnde survives armed attack

    Belaúnde said his survival was nothing short of a miracle

    Peruvian Presidential candidate Rafael Belaúnde of the Popular Freedom party survived an armed attack on Tuesday in Cerro Azul, a town 147 kilometers south of Lima, sustaining only minor scratches from broken glass.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC

    Colombian prosecutors want President's son arrested

    The president's son has previously faced judicial restrictions, including a ban on leaving his city of residence

    Colombian prosecutors formally requested on Tuesday that Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, be placed in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 19:02 UTC

    Venezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from US despite Trump’s airspace closure claim

    Venezuela has regularly accepted repatriation flights in recent months, even as the US military has carried out strikes on small boats in the Caribbean, claiming they were involved in drug trafficking

    The Venezuelan government announced on Tuesday that it had approved a US request to operate a migrant repatriation flight, just days after President Donald Trump declared that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” The move, reported by The New York Times, highlights that communication between Washington and Caracas remains active despite escalating tensions over Trump’s military campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Maduro stays in Venezuela, rejects Trump's offer to resign

    Maduro, who is running out of options to resign and leave his country, reportedly asked for another call with Trump

    Venezuela's Bolivarian leader Nicolás Maduro was reported on Monday to have stayed in his country despite US President Donald Trump's offer to step down in exchange for immunity. During a private telephone conversation on Nov. 21, Washington rejected Maduro's terms and set a deadline for his departure, which has now expired.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914

    The wreck was located upright on the seabed, around 100 miles southeast from Stanley

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following the centenary commemoration of the great naval battle and defeat of the Imperial German navy, held in 2014, both the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion globally concluded the practice of marking the 8th December as a separate remembrance event.