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Montevideo, August 13th 2025 - 16:51 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

    IACHR requests Peru refrains from freeing Fujimori

    Releasing the former head of state would be against the victims' right to justice, the IACHR believed

    The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a ruling telling the Peruvian State to refrain from releasing former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) from jail as ordered by the country's Constitutional Court (TC).

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:16 UTC

    Brazil's military brass praise 1964 coup

    The joint declaration of the Minister of Defense and the Armed Forces chiefs is to be read at all military units on the 58th anniversary of the uprising

    Brazil's Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto, who is most likely to run for the vice-presidency behind Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections, has signed a document together with the Armed Forces chiefs saying the 1964 coup d'état strengthened the country's democracy.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

    UK commandos hope to raise £56,000 in memory of comrades who fought in Falklands' war

    Back in 1982, Royal Marines yomped 56 miles across East Falkland to liberate the Islands from Argentine occupation.

    British Commandos hope to raise £56,000 in memory of comrades who fought in the Falkland Islands war. They’re organizing a four-day physical challenge – and hope the public will join them for the final leg.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

    Malvinas Families Commission needs funds to finance a mass on Saturday at Buenos Aires cathedral

    The Malvinas Fallen Combatants Families Commission is planning a mass next Saturday at 17:30 at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral

    With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War only a couple of days away, relatives of the Argentine fallen regret they have been forced to request donations to finance a homage mass to the heroes that lost their lives fighting for Argentine sovereignty over the Islands in 1982.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:08 UTC

    Uruguayan Economy Minister “the best in the world”

    Azucena Arbeleche received her distinction during the WGSO's annual meeting in Dubai

    Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance Azucena Arbeleche has been singled out by the World Government Summit Organization (WGSO) for her “excellence in her performance in the public sector and leadership at the international level,” due to which she was recognized as the “best minister of state” in the world.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:06 UTC

    Old river service between Argentina and Uruguay returns

    The service Cacciola used to provide will be resumed by Líneas Delta Argentino on behalf of Buquebus

    Travelers interested in crossing rivers separating Argentina from Uruguay will have a new choice as of Friday when the Tigre (Argentina)-Carmelo (Uruguay) route is to be resumed, this time around by Buquebús, which has taken over the service previously offered by Cacciola until 2019.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 09:11 UTC

    Brazil: STF's stance on “green agenda” awaited Thursday

    If the STF rules against the Government, it will have to warn the National Congress

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) is expected to make announcements Thursday on the multi-front environmental case known collectively as the “green agenda.” The STF magistrates are to make their stances known after an opening statement from the Prosecution, Chief Justice Luiz Fux told reporters.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 08:59 UTC

    More UK sanctions on Russian oligarchs and their businesses

    Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said “there is no doubt that Putin and his elite have been surprised by the strength of our sanctions” (Pic AP)

    The UK on Wednesday made new legislation to prohibit maintenance on aircraft or ships belonging to specific sanctioned Russian oligarchs or their businesses. Through these new powers, laid in parliament through a Statutory Instrument (SI), the UK can now prohibit sanctioned oligarchs from benefiting from the UK’s world-leading aviation and maritime industries and engineers.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 22:31 UTC

    French branch of fast-food chain on notice over Brazilian supplies

    Brazilian firms supplying coffee and other inputs were said to be involved in deforestation and even slave labor

    French labor unions CGT, the UGT, and CUT Wednesday put McDonald's France “on notice” that it needs to submit a vigilance plan attesting to its compliance with local laws, while the company's Brazilian suppliers have been placed under scrutiny for their alleged poor social and environmental practices.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

    Brazilian lawmaker hides in Congress to avoid court order

    Silveira was arrested last year after he released a video through social media with serious threats and insults against the STF judges

    Bolsonarist Deputy Daniel Silveira Wednesday tried to avoid a court order by stonewalling law enforcement agents at Brasilia's Parliament building. The officers were there to enforce him wearing a tracking anklet because he is under judiciary probe for threatening democratic institutions and making statements that were construed as an apology for dictatorships.