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Montevideo, December 4th 2025 - 19:03 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:07 UTC

    So far, 7 airlines halt services to and from Venezuela

    Venezuelan carriers are keeping business as usual

    Seven international airlines suspended their connections with Venezuela over the weekend after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a security warning concerning potential risks in the South American country's airspace.

  • Sunday, November 23rd 2025 - 04:04 UTC

    Bolsonaro taken to detention facility for posing concrete flight risk

    Bolsonaro admitted to tampering with his electronic ankle tracking device

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was under house arrest serving a 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, was transferred Saturday to a detention facility after he tampered with his ankle tracking device. According to some local outlets, he had planned to seek asylum in an Argentine or US diplomatic mission.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Falklands Election, 19 candidates will dispute the 8 seats of Legislative Assembly

    In the evening of 11 December the names of the new members for the Legislative Assembly will be made public

    Friday 21st November was the deadline for candidates for the 2025 Falkland Islands General Election. A total of 19 hopefuls have registered for the 8 seats of the Legislative Assembly.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentina and US sign strategic customs agreement

    Pazo signed the document on behalf of Argentina

    Argentina's Customs Revenue and Control Agency (ARCA) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signed an agreement in Washington on Friday to deepen bilateral cooperation, improve border security, and streamline trade through smart controls and 100% digital processes involving automation and digitization of passenger and cargo traffic.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Arrest warrant against Betssy Chávez escalates Mexico-Peru standoff

    Chávez remains inside the Mexican embassy in Lima, waiting for a safe conduit to leave Peru

    Peruvian Supreme Court Justice Juan Carlos Checkley issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who is currently seeking asylum inside the Mexican Embassy in Lima. The move comes as the Peruvian government delays issuing the safe conduct pass required for her departure to Mexico, heightening diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:04 UTC

    Trump and Mamdani agree to cooperate for the sake of New York

    Both leaders pledged to work together

    US President Donald Trump met with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday, putting aside weeks of fierce public antagonism to promise cooperation on an agenda focused on affordability and public safety for the city.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Gigantic, sustainable ship makes landmark call in Montevideo

    The ONE Strength is due in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday afternoon

    The Port of Montevideo achieved a major operational milestone on Friday by receiving the largest vessel ever to arrive in Uruguay's history, reaffirming the port's strategic importance as a regional hub.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Orsi praises Uruguay's global trade State policy

    Lacalle Pou “always told me that [the CPTPP] was a good tool and that it was good to move forward with it,” Orsi explained

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi celebrated his country's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), emphasizing that the achievement was the result of sustained diplomatic effort and represents a crucial “state policy” that transcends party lines.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:54 UTC

    Embarrassing: Paraguayan gov't builds bridge inside private property

    The matter was settled when local authorities made the owner a compensatory offer

    Paraguay's Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) was involved in a shameful scandal after one of the bridges of a road under construction wound up within private property, it was reported Friday in Asunción.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 08:00 UTC

    No consensus yet at COP30

    COP30 has already delivered three landmark declarations, but no joint final statement as of Friday

    As the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) reached its scheduled closing time of 11:50 PM on Friday, negotiations for the final document, known as the Belém Package, had not concluded. Talks were expected to extend into the early hours of Saturday.