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Montevideo, January 31st 2026 - 07:14 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

    Presidents of Colombia, Ukraine hold phone talk

    Colombia is the only NATO ally in this part of the world, Duque recalled

    Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodimir Zelensky. Duque offered Colombia's assistance to the European leader, given the South American country's long history of handling refugee crises, it was reported.

  • Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks

    Wallmapu encompasses parts of Chile and a large portion of Argentina

    Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the “Wallmapu,” the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge sovereignty over a large part of Patagonia.

  • Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

    Argentina back to pre-pandemic migration requirements

    Health insurance against COVID-19 will nevertheless be necessary

    The Government of Argentina has decreed a return to the prepandemic status regarding border controls. Travelers will have now the same requirements as before March 2020, Interior Minister Wado de Pedro and Migrations Director Florencia Carignano announced.

  • Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Paraguay's FM to resign his job and run for president

    Acevedo will turn in his resignation in the coming days

    Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Friday announced he will be stepping down shortly to run in the primary elections for the country's presidency. It will leave President Mario Abdo the task of appointing a fifth official to that post during his 4-year term.

  • Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Rodrigo Chaves becomes Costa Rica's President-elect

    Chaves was elected despite his reputation as a sexual harasser

    Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court Sunday confirmed Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party had won the Presidential elections with 52.9 % of the votes, against José María Figueres' 47.11%.

  • Sunday, April 3rd 2022 - 11:58 UTC

    Argentine President praises fortitude of 1982 war veterans

    “May those who fought be the source of inspiration for the future we deserve,” President Fernández longed for

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday delivered the main speech during the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Puerto Argentino / Port Stanley landing which triggered the South Atlantic armed conflict with the United Kingdom.

  • Sunday, April 3rd 2022 - 11:41 UTC

    Malvinas meant the end of the “military party” - Argentine VP stresses

    “The homeland is not a question of ideology. The homeland is defended from all sides, from the right, from the left, from below, from the center”, CFK explained.

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa presided over Congress' ceremony Saturday marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands / Malvinas war.

  • Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC

    “The saddest page of history between Argentina and Britain”, Ambassador Hayes

    Ambassador Hayes said “it was not the only page of shared history, nor the first and definitively not the last”

    Kirsty Hayes, current British ambassador in Argentina wrote a column, published in Buenos Aires main daily, La Nacion pointing out that April 2nd was the beginning of the saddest page of the wide history of relations between Argentines and British. A painful date that brings sad memories to many families and sensitizes us all who some way or another work to build bridges between our nations, Ambassador Hayes begins her column.

  • Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Argentina focused on ties with US

    “We worked to continue strengthening the development of economic cooperation opportunities between our nations,” Minister Guzmán said

    Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán met Friday with US Ambassador Marc Stanley at the Treasury Palace in Buenos Aires to discuss the bilateral agenda regarding cooperation between the two countries.

  • Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    IMF chief warns on consequences of the Russia/Ukraine conflict for poorer countries

    “When prices jump, and poor people cannot feed their families, they will be on the streets,” Georgieva said

    IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva fears that the current situation with the Russia/Ukraine conflict could lead to an explosive situation in many of the poor countries with inflated prices, less jobs and overwhelming debts and called for greater global cooperation.