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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Paraguayan guerrillas EML subdued after two key arrests

    Despite the EML's elimination, the EPP is still active, Gen Acuña explained

    Paraguayan authorities considered this weekend that after Saturday's arrest of Lourdes Ramírez de Ramos, wife of the armed group Ejército del Mariscal López (EML) leader Alejandro Ramos, the illegal organization has been fully dismantled. The couple's daughter Lourdes Teresita Ramos has also been detained recently. They are all believed to have been involved in the kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of cattle rancher Félix Urbieta. Prosecutor Pablo Zárate confirmed that the two women had been placed under pre-trial detention.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    FAU Officer highlights the importance of Uruguay having a space agency

    Uruguay intends to have a rocket launching facility to become a regional hub in the field, García explained

    Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Captain Mariana García underscored in a TV interview this weekend the importance of the South American country having a Space Agency while developing a national policy in this regard.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Conservative coalition prevails over far-right AfD in German elections

    “My absolute priority now is to achieve unity in Europe,” said Merz, who is in favor of sending military aid to Ukraine

    Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the conservative coalition made up of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) prevailed with 28.5% of the vote in Sunday's elections in Germany, thus averting for now the access to power of the far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), for whom US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chief Elon Musk had strongly campaigned. The election saw an 83% voter turnout, the highest since German reunification in 1990.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 09:22 UTC

    China sells corn seeds to Argentina

    These seeds are known as the “chips of agriculture,” it was explained

    Citing sources in the eastern city of Qingdao, China's news service Xinhua reported Monday that 20 kilograms of corn seeds were shipped to Argentina in late January after being quarantined by the Asian country's customs. These seeds are known as the “chips of agriculture,” it was also explained as Chinese authorities deemed this export as a milestone.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 08:29 UTC

    Falklands: two Indian Navy women officers reach Stanley after successfully navigating Cape Horn

    The two Indian Navy “Cape Horners,“ with BFSAI representatives showing Falklands and India Flags.

    Completing their longest and most challenging leg, the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel, INSV, Tarini arrived safely in Stanley, Falkland Islands after travelling 10,400km from New Zealand.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 04:27 UTC

    Who are the women in the Falklands who inspire you?

    The poster inviting suggestions from the community on amazing Falklands’ women

    Ahead of International Women’s Day, the Legislative Assembly wants to celebrate the Inspirational Women of the Falklands, and we need your help!

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 19:17 UTC

    Body of Shiri Bibas handed over at last

    Shiri Bibas was murdered in captivity after being abducted during the October 7 massacre

    The pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas finally handed over the body of dual Israeli-Argentine national Shiri Bibas (née Silberman) who was killed early into the conflict stemming from the Oct. 7, 2023, raids from Gaza in which hundreds of Israelis were slaughtered and many others taken hostage. The L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir confirmed Saturday that the remains transferred to Israel on Friday night belong to Shiri Bibas, following extensive testing. The corpses of her two children had already been delivered alongside those of peace activist Oded Lifschitz and a woman originally believed to be Shiri but later determined to be someone else by forensics analysts.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Appointment of Argentine Ambassador to London causes stir among 1982 war veterans

    Mariana Plaza, Veterans of the 1982 War warned they would be on alert given the diplomat's appointment

    The Argentine Government's decision to promote Chargé d'Affaires Mariana Plaza to Ambassador in London has caused a stir among veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic War given the diplomat's stance in favor of dropping the country's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    New Uruguayan meat packing plant joins list of companies hit by uncertainty

    Basso's death unleashed a series of obscure deeds that keep sinking Uruguayan meat packing into uncertainty

    A new crisis in a meat packing plant in Uruguay left some 160 workers fearing for their livelihoods after the Paso de los Toros company halted operations, thus adding to the growing list of plants in crisis, which already included Scheneck, Casa Blanca, Lorsinal, and Rondatel, all of them in connection with the fraud scandal involving the financial company Conexión Ganadera, whose director, Gustavo Basso, died in a traffic accident amidst investor claims.

  • Saturday, February 22nd 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    CFK meets with Pepe Mujica and his wife “in farewell tone”

    CFK, Mujica, and Topolansky recognized themselves as “militants until the last day”

    Former Presidents of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Uruguay José Pepe Mujica met Friday at the latter's estate outside Montevideo in an encounter that made headlines for two reasons: First, because of what two progressive leaders getting together represents, with Mujica's wife and former Uruguayan Vice President Lucía Topolansky taking part. It was CFK's first visit to Mujica's farm.