Uruguay headlines
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-19T09:32:00+00:00
Britain's Minister for the Overseas Territories, Uma Kumaran, on Friday described as “unacceptable” and carrying “no legal justification” the proceedings Argentina has opened against companies and individuals linked to economic activity in the Falklands, and said the United Kingdom's diplomatic network fully backs those targeted.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-19T09:22:00+00:00
As is traditional in the Falklands, the Governor and the elected Legislative Assembly extended their congratulations and celebrated with great enthusiasm Chile's Fiestas Patrias, and in particular September 18, Independence Day.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-19T06:23:00+00:00
US President Donald Trump will meet on Tuesday with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, in what will be the first encounter between a US president and a Venezuelan leader in more than eleven years, since the brief meeting between Barack Obama and Nicolás Maduro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama in 2015.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-19T06:00:00+00:00
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House "effective immediately," though by the end of the day there was no indication his administration had taken any step to implement it and reporters from the three outlets were still working at the presidential complex.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-18T08:03:00+00:00
Argentina's government sent Congress a National Sovereignty Defense Bill on Thursday, presented by President Javier Milei as “a milestone in the process of recovering” the Falklands, a text that toughens penalties for exploiting natural resources in the disputed area and also creates a registry of people linked to terrorism that does not require a prior criminal case.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-18T00:01:00+00:00
The Government of the Argentine president Javier Milei included in the draft 23027 budget a historic initiative to advance in the acquisition of submarines and all purpose firgates for the Navy as part of his policy to reequip and modernize the armed forces.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T17:51:00+00:00
With presidential elections in two weeks’ time, Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fifth straight time. The bank lowered the so-called Selic rate from 14% to 13.75%, and is part of a cycle that began in March after almost two years of rate hikes.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T17:23:00+00:00
Rockhopper Exploration has completed a plan to raise fresh funds from shareholders, expecting to bring in around US$200 million to fund its investment in the Sea Lion prospect in the Falklands. The AIM-listed firm announced the results of its open offer to shareholders on Wednesday, which raised total gross proceeds of around US$ 20m.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T15:01:00+00:00
President Donald Trump said he has confidence in the recerntly appointed Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh and found a way to justify the central bank’s decision to increase the benchmark interest rate to 4%, the first since 2023.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T14:07:00+00:00
Brazil is expected to harvest a record 361.7 million metric tons of grains and fibers in the 2025/26 crop year, according to the latest estimate from Conab, the country’s food supply and crop agency.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T08:45:00+00:00
A member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly said the archipelago's current defenses are sufficient, in response to questions raised in Westminster over the maintenance of the armed forces and the equipment deployed in the islands.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-17T08:35:00+00:00
The United States government removed Venezuela and Bolivia from the category of countries that Washington says have failed to demonstrably combat international drug trafficking, while keeping Colombia, Afghanistan and Myanmar on that list. The determination, sent to Congress on Tuesday and released by the State Department on Wednesday, is part of the annual assessment of the 23 countries deemed major drug transit or producing states, five of which had been designated last year as having "failed demonstrably."
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-16T17:23:00+00:00
Argentina's foreign ministry expressed its "strongest rejection" on Tuesday of the guidance the British government published the previous day for companies conducting economic activity in the Falklands, and said it would continue applying its legislation against firms operating hydrocarbons in the area without Argentine authorization.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-16T17:12:00+00:00
Lawyers for former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said on Tuesday they have added a new element to the petition they are pursuing before the UN Human Rights Committee, seeking to overturn her final conviction in the Vialidad case and, more immediately, to set aside the lifetime ban from public office that prevents her from running in next year's presidential election.
MercoPress · Uruguay · 2026-09-16T17:07:00+00:00
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Wednesday that Canada become the European Union's first "associate member," a status not provided for in the bloc's treaties and whose details have not been defined.
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