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Montevideo, November 15th 2025 - 14:40 UTC

United States

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    González Urrutia recalls that his inauguration would make him commander-in-chief of Venezuela's armed forces

    The retired diplomat is meeting US President Joseph Biden on Monday

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia who insists he won the controversial July 28 elections and will be sworn in next Friday in Caracas warned his country's armed forces that, as of that day, he will become their “commander in chief.” As such, he demanded absolute loyalty, which has nonetheless been pledged to the incumbent Nicolás Maduro.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Messi gets US Presidential Medal of Freedom but skips awarding ceremony

    Messi was chosen for “supporting health care and education programs for children through the Leo Messi Foundation and serving as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador”

    Argentine footballing legend Lionel Messi was among the recipients of the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom but skipped the awarding ceremony Saturday at the White House citing previous engagements.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Meloni pays visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence

    Meloni is a fantastic woman who has taken Europe by storm, Trump argued

    US President-elect Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni met at the former's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after their encounter was arranged in the utmost secrecy. The gathering consisted of a private dinner, the screening of a documentary, and an exchange of views on bilateral matters.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 22:00 UTC

    Suspicious connection detected in recent US criminal events

    The perpetrators of the two New Year's attacks plus the man who allegedly tried to kill Trump last year had been tracked down to his military compound

    Theories that both the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump Tower in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the ramming of New Year celebrating pedestrians on New Orleans' Bourbon Street were connected terrorist attacks gained strength as it was determined that the two perpetrators had a military background, including a past at the Fort Liberty base in North Carolina, formerly known as Fort Bragg.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    “Possible connection” between New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks under probe

    The FBI will be involved in both cases, it was explained

    US President Joseph Biden said in a broadcast message late Wednesday that federal law enforcement officers would handle both the attack that left at least 15 dead in New Orleans and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump Tower in Las Vegas to find out whether both incidents are linked. He also warned against drawing premature conclusions.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Truck explosion leaves one dead in front of Las Vegas Trump Tower

    The Tesla Cybertruck and the Ford F-150 pickup truck involved in the New Orleans incident were both rentals from the same agency

    One person was killed and seven others were injured Wednesday after a Tesla electric vehicle known as a Cybertruck model filled with fireworks exploded at about 8:40 am local time in front of a Trump Tower building in Las Vegas, Nevada. One fatal victim and “seven minor injuries” were corroborated by a Clark County Fire Department spokesman. The person killed was inside the Tesla vehicle, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters. There was smoke coming from the vehicle before a “large explosion,” he added.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 06:19 UTC

    At least 15 killed in suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans

    “We are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism,” the FBI said in a statement

    At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in a mass ramming and shooting during New Year's celebrations in New Orleans in the US State of Lousiana at around 3.15 am local time. Some 35 others were reported injured after a US national with Muslim ties ran over them on Bourbon Street and later opened fire on survivors. The perpetrator was eventually gunned down by law enforcement officers, two of whom were wounded but reported stable. The FBI has taken over the investigation.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Former US President Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

    Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States

    Former US President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (1977-1981) died Sunday in the State of Georgia, The Carter Center confirmed on social media. He was 100. He had been in hospice care in Plains, Georgia, since February 2023. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter died on Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Trump’s long late and lost attempt to take over Greenland

    In November 2017 Greenland’s premier, Kim Kielsen, led a government delegation to Beijing to seek Chinese investment.

    By Gwynne Dyer - From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing. The United States could probably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danes), but he’s a century too late now.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Trump picks Claver-Carone for State Dept. Latin American branch

    Claver-Carone has spoken the truth about Milei's “miraculous” recovery

    US President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday he had chosen former Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mauricio Claver-Carone as his future State Department's Envoy to Latin America. The Cuban-born Claver-Carone was appointed to the IDB at Trump's request in 2020 but was dismissed amid an affair with a subordinate whom he had given a pay raise.