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Montevideo, May 13th 2026 - 05:19 UTC

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  • Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 20:29 UTC

    Trump picks golfing friend with Uruguayan past for Montevideo Embassy

    Rinaldi was born in Italy and lived in Uruguay for 15 years

    US President-elect Donald Trump chose his golfing friend Louis Rinaldi as his incoming administration's future Ambassador to Montevideo. The Italy-born Rinaldi grew up in Uruguay since he was 4 before moving to the United States. Trump has announced that a series of ambassadorial positions would be filled businessmen such as Rinaldi rather than career diplomats.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    US denounces Hezbollah's presence in Chile to seek funding

    In June this year, Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich had to apologize to the Chilean government for mentioning Hezbollah's presence with no corroborating evidence

    The US State Department said this week that the Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah had been operating in Chile and other Latin American countries to obtain funding for its activities in a report that also mentioned Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, dissidents of the defunct FARC and Peru's Shining Path as the biggest threats in the region.

  • Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 20:54 UTC

    Trump picks successful Fla. physician for BA Embassy

    The Cuba-born Lamelas has been full of praise for Argentine President Milei

    US President-elect Donald J. Trump chose Peter Lamelas for the position of Ambassador in Buenos Aires during his administration to be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025. The Cuban-born physician has already met President Javier Milei.

  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Orsi tells US Ambassador: “We will continue working together”

    Fulton said there is no date yet for Uruguayans to be included in the US visa waiver program

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi promised US Ambassador Heide Fulton that “we will continue working together” after his March 1 inauguration. During their meeting Tuesday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Montevideo where Orsi set up his transition offices, the diplomat replied that her office would keep working to add Uruguayan nationals to the visa waiver program.

  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    Brazil becomes world’s leading cotton producer and exporter, ahead of US

    Brazilian cotton exports for the crop year 24/25 are forecasted at 12.6 million bales, supported by global demand and reduced Indian output.

    Brazil has become the world’s leading producer and exporter of cotton, the preeminence of United States. Brazil’s s cotton planted area reached a record 1.97 million hectares, driven by favorable prices and reduced production costs.

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Paraguay's antidrug agency parts ways with DEA

    “The results will be seen over time,” Abdo warned

    Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) decided to break off from its partnership with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a note sent by Minister Jalil Rachid on Dec 6, which went public Tuesday in Asunción. Rachid said the move stemmed from the need to optimize resources and strengthen operational areas.

  • Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    Western military pressure has been unable to stop Houthis attacks along the Red Sea, IISS report

    However despite the effort, since November 2023 the number of transits of merchant ships through the Red Sea has decreased by roughly 50%.

    The Houthis are growing in strength and trade through the Red Sea is declining despite ongoing international military pressure on the rebel group, a study has warned. The report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said missions such as Operation Prosperity Guardian, Operation Poseidon Archer and EUNAVFOR Aspides had made little impact.

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Milei pushes for trade flexibility at Mercosur Summit, eyes U.S. agreement

    Milei’s push for individual trade autonomy aligns with Lacalle Pou’s vision

    Argentine President Javier Milei will attend the Mercosur summit in Montevideo on December 5-6, advocating for the bloc’s members to gain the freedom to sign independent trade agreements. This marks a departure from Mercosur’s traditional collective bargaining stance but stops short of proposing an exit from the bloc.

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:42 UTC

    Biden pardons son on arm and tax evasion charges

    Biden claimed he was targeted vicariously through his son and therefore the pardon was justified

    Backtracking on his own words, US President Joseph Biden Sunday announced he had pardoned his son Hunter on two criminal charges, claiming they were politically motivated.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 08:22 UTC

    US CDC calls for more testing of dairy workers given the spread of avian flu

    Blood tests for 115 farmworkers in Michigan and Colorado showed eight workers — or 7% — had antibodies indicating previous infection with Type A H5N1 virus

    United States health officials have called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick.