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Montevideo, April 21st 2026 - 07:08 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:04 UTC

    “Threats to British Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”

    The Falklands team that participated at the JMC conferences and events in London, together with Governor Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG

    The UK and Overseas Territories reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting the right of self-determination for the peoples of the Territories, and “recognize that threats to the Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”, so reads the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, communique chapter on “Security, Sovereignty and Resilience”, made public last week following November’s meeting in London.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Trump's candidate leads vote count in Honduran presidential elections

    The former mayor of Tegucigalpa was slightly ahead, but the winner is yet to be announced

    Conservative Candidate Nasry Asfura, who has been endorsed by US President Donald Trump, leads Honduras' presidential race with 43% of the vote counted early Monday. Asfura of the National Party was closely trailed by former TV host Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Joint Peru-Chile committee to be established to address northbound migration

    Monday's meeting between officials from both countries will result in a committee to address this issue henceforth

    Chilean and Peruvian authorities have agreed to set up a joint committee to address the overflowing northbound migration. High-level officials from both countries are to meet on Monday to lay out the body managing border security henceforth, it was announced Sunday after a gathering between Undersecretary of the Interior Víctor Ramos and Regional Governor Diego Paco.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    Change of British Ambassador to Chile: David William Concar

    In March 2026, David William Concar will assume the position of ambassador to the Republic of Chile.

    David William Concar has been appointed British Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, succeeding Ms Louise de Sousa, who will take up another post within the Diplomatic Service. Mr Concar is expected to assume his new role in March 2026.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 09:08 UTC

    Just a formality: Bullrich resigns as Argentina's Security Minister

    Bullrich thanked Milei for the trust placed in her, the Senator-elect wrote in her resignation letter

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich turned in her resignation effective Monday to President Javier Milei to prepare for her accession to the Senate on December 10, to which she was elected on Oct. 26 on behalf of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA). Alejandra Monteoliva is set to succeed her as the new head of the security portfolio.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:44 UTC

    UK Overseas Territories’ wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

    Fur seal in front of Mount Sugartop, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Credit - Vicki Foster Insta @vicki.foster

    For first time UK government and all our Overseas Territories unite behind a joint ambitious and actionable biodiversity strategy. This strategy is published as leaders from the UK Overseas Territories and UK Ministers gathered in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins. In total over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories.

  • Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:11 UTC

    Paraguay's population reported to be ageing

    In 25 years, Paraguayans “will no longer be so young,” the expert noted

    Paraguay faces an impending demographic transition that will see its adult elderly population double within the next 25 years due to the accelerated aging of its currently large youth segment, according to warnings from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 18:20 UTC

    Trump announces total closure of Venezuela’s airspace amid rising military tensions

    The White House described the airspace closure as a “security measure” aimed at preventing “illicit activity and threats to international aviation”

    US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the complete closure of Venezuela’s airspace, further isolating the country and marking the most severe escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas in decades.

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Trump and Maduro talked last week, says NYT

    The NYT cited people in the know as confirming the phone conversation

    US President Donald Trump reportedly spoke with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro last week to discuss a potential meeting, according to an article published by The New York Times (NYT) on Friday.

  • Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Uruguay approves mass culling of parakeets to save crops

    There is no time to implement more humane measures and avoid animal suffering, it was explained

    The Uruguayan government, under pressure from the agricultural sector over millions in crop losses, has approved a new emergency plan for the mass culling of parakeets, utilizing controversial methods like toxic baits and adhesives.