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Montevideo, April 11th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

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  • Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Machado urges US to recognize González Urrutia as as President-elect of Venezuela

    “We need to move forward,” Machado argued

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insisted Thursday that the United States should recognize Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the July 28 elections at which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro claims to have prevailed despite producing no evidence to support these allegations other than a declaration from the pro-Government National Electoral Council (CNE) and a ruling validating it from the subservient electoral branch of the Supreme Court (TSJ).

  • Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    US seizes aircraft belonging to Maduro's fleet

    Maduro's Dassault Falcon 900EX can seat up to 16 people

    Venezuela's Chavista Government Tuesday argued that the seizing in the Dominican Republic by US authorities of an aircraft occasionally used by President Nicolás Maduro constituted a “criminal” act of “piracy.”

  • Friday, August 30th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    De Moraes now freezes Starlink's accounts to collect fines on X

    ”De Moraes' colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unable or unwilling to confront him,” Musk's X argued

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Thursday froze internet supplier Starlink's accounts to guarantee the payments of the fines he imposed on the social media platform X, Agencia Brasil reported. Both X and Starlink are owned by South African-born tycoon Elon Musk, who has repeatedly dubbed the magistrate “a dictator.”

  • Friday, August 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Foundation stone laid for Google's data center in Uruguay

    Google's data center will cost US$ 850 million and be ready in 26 months, it was explained

    Representatives of technology giant Google and the Uruguayan Government, including President Luis Lacalle Pou, took part Thursday in the ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone for the company's future data center in Pando, in the department (province) of Canelones, within Montevideo's Metropolitan Area.

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Harris accepts Democratic Party nomination for US presidency

    Harris thus became the first woman of non-white ethnicity to vy for such a high office

    US Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the Nov. 5 presidential elections where she will face former Republican President Donald Trump and nobody else, after independent runner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his bid to endorse the former head of state. Her acceptance speech ceremony also featured performances by Democratic Party supporters Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Pink.

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 08:50 UTC

    Eleven countries in the Americas not to honor Caracas' TSJ ruling

    In a separate declaration, Patel said that a ruling “by the Maduro-controlled Supreme Court of Justice has no credibility”

    Eleven countries in the Americas issued a statement Friday saying they would not be recognizing Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) ruling declaring Nicolás Maduro the winner of the July 28 elections without producing any of the voting minutes to back up such a claim.

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 08:08 UTC

    RFK Jr. sidesteps from presidential bid to support Trump

    “He is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country,” Trump said of RFK Jr. during their joint appearance

    Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) Friday dropped his campaign and joined forces with former Republican President Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 5 elections in the United States as both made a joint appearance at a rally in Arizona to announce the news.

  • Friday, August 23rd 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    US Embassy in Buenos Aires issues “black widow” travel alert

    Tourists were also suggested to trust their instincts and not hesitate to walk away from any awkward situation

    The United States Embassy in Buenos Aires Thursday issued an alert to American travelers willing to visit the Argentine capital given an increase in cases of “black widows,” women who drug their occasional partners to steal their belongings, particularly at bars and among users of dating apps.

  • Friday, August 23rd 2024 - 09:05 UTC

    Clinton and Lula hold telephone conference

    The Brazilian President congratulated Clinton for his speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of Kamala Harris

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his former US colleague Bill Clinton held a 35-minute telephone conversation Thursday to discuss climate change, energy transition, and the protection of forests, among other environmental issues.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 15:43 UTC

    US sanctions former Haitian president for alleged drug trafficking

    Martelly is believed to have been involved in drug trafficking to the US, money laundering, and other illegal activities

    The United States' Treasury Department Tuesday imposed a series of sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly (2011-2016) for allegedly abusing his influence to facilitate drug trafficking. The former head of state is also accused of perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the Caribbean country.