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Montevideo, May 23rd 2025 - 14:25 UTC

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  • Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 07:28 UTC

    US Senate bipartisan measure to bolster response to IUU fishing

    Former US Southern Command General Richardson meets with defense leaders from Argentina

    The Unites States Senate has introduced legislation designed to tackle the problem of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The bipartisan measure is geared “to deter IUU fishing by China and othe bad actors, and bolster US international response to these illegal activities”.

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    IMF revises region's growth downwards amid US tariff war

    The IMF adjusted its GDP growth forecast for Brazil downward for 2025 to 2.0% from 2.2%

    The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) April 2025 Global Economic Outlook, released Tuesday in Washington, revised global and regional economic forecasts downward due to the US-initiated trade war and associated uncertainties.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Stolen 16th-century manuscript returned to Paraguayan authorities

    The Manuscript contains a compendium of the laws that governed the daily life of the indigenous peoples during colonial times

    The US justice system returned the so-called “Hernandarias Manuscript,” a 16th-century document penned in 1598 by Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first Creole governor in the Americas.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    A brand-new Boeing 737 MAX intended for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to the aircraft manufacturer due to escalating trade tensions driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to impose 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, making delivery of these aircraft financially unviable for Chinese airlines.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Bukele says he will expand Cecot capacity

    Trump encouraged Bukele to pursue the road of maximum security prisons to tackle gang crime and terrorism

    Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced plans Thursday to double the capacity of the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), Latin America's largest prison, which currently holds over 15,000 inmates, including more than 200 migrants deported from the United States.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

    China comparing Trump with an Empress who is 1900 succumbed to foreign powers and ended the empire

    Trump is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China.

    By Wang Wen for South China Morning Post (*) - A viral political cartoon circulating in China shows US President Donald Trump dressed in the imperial robes of the Qing dynasty. He is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires rebukes Bessent's remarks

    Some people with ulterior motives are trying to sow discord in Sino-Argentine and Sino-African relations,” the Chinese Embassy underlined

    The Chinese Embassy in Argentina issued a strong rebuke against US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for his statements during his visit to Buenos Aires on Monday, accusing him of “maliciously slandering” China by labeling its bilateral swap agreement with Argentina as “rapacious” and debt-heavy.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei's Argentina closes ranks with Trump's US

    “Thanks to President Milei's bold agenda, we see signs of a historic turnaround,” Bessent highlighted

    Argentine President Javier Milei met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at Casa Rosada to discuss strengthening bilateral ties, focusing on a potential trade agreement aligned with US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs proposal.

  • Monday, April 14th 2025 - 18:56 UTC

    Bukele becomes first LatAm leader Trump welcomes at White House

    Bukele insisted he does not have the authority to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States

    Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Nayib Bukele of El Salvador got together Monday morning at the White House, marking the Central American visitor the first Latin American leader to he hosted by the Republican head of State since his return to office. It was also the first visit by a Salvadoran president since 2014, when Barack Obama welcomed Salvador Sánchez Cerén.

  • Saturday, April 12th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Lula enacts Reciprocity Law in reaction to Trump's tariffs

    With the new law, Brazil's Camex will have the power to apply proportionate retaliatory measures

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enacted the so-called Reciprocity Law on Friday, whereby the federal government can react whenever countries or economic blocs create measures restricting Brazilian exports, be it in the form of surcharges or objections to the origin of the product. The measure is to be published in Monday's issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Federal Official Gazette).