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Pepe and Lucía: Uruguay's legendary revolutionary power duo

15-05-2025 00:30 The death of former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America.

Uruguay bids fond farewell to popular ‘Pepe’ Mujica

15-05-2025 00:19 Thousands line streets of Montevideo to bid farewell to deceased former leader José ‘Pepe’ Mujica.

José 'Pepe' Mujica, icon of Latin American left, dead at 89

13-05-2025 16:39 José 'Pepe' Mujica, the former guerrilla fighter who governed Uruguay with an anti-consumerist discourse that made him a giant of the Latin American left, dies at the age of 89; Ex-president had been receiving palliative care after battling cancer.

Uruguay's ex-president Mujica receiving palliative care

12-05-2025 18:00 Former Uruguay president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica is in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care, his wife confirmed Monday.

Uruguay's Orsi calls for Latin American unity in face of economic uncertainty

08-04-2025 17:23 Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi calls for regional integration in the face of economic uncertainty from the United States.

Déjà vu? Another libertarian politician promotes ‘$LIBRA’ crypto token

20-03-2025 01:03 La Libertad Avanza lawmaker José Luis Espert says his account on the X social network was “hacked”; Post promoting ‘$LIBRA V2’ token made, just weeks after President Milei pushed same scam cryptocurrency.

Rubio lays down ultimatum to Panama over canal

03-02-2025 09:28 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes real on Donald Trump's threats and warns President José Raúl Mulino he must make immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the Panama canal.

Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

22-01-2025 10:10 Panama rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control.

Mujica: Left’s return to power in Uruguay is ‘a farewell prize’

29-11-2024 11:40 José ‘Pepe’ Mujica is perhaps the most famous Uruguayan in the world, but that doesn't faze him. “I'm not a phenomenon; I'm an ordinary guy with some eccentricities,” says the 89-year-old former president.

Orsi, Uruguay's president-elect, visits mentor Mujica after run-off win

25-11-2024 22:22 Frente Amplio leader Yamandú Orsi, who won last Sunday's presidential run-off plays up ties to ex-president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica ahead of taking office.

Costantini pays US$11.4 million for Carrington sculpture

19-11-2024 13:49 Collector behind MALBA, Eduardo Costantini, pays more than US$11 million for ‘La Grande Dame,’ which now becomes artist Leonora Carrington’s second-most expensive work.

Chile's 'transplant' footballers champion organ donation

13-11-2024 10:46 Twenty transplant recipients, most of them kidney organ recipients, make up an amateur football team known as the "Chilean Transplant Team."

Untidily Crumbling Radicals

28-09-2024 06:05 The Unión Cívica Radical crisis perhaps stems from standing or falling from being the men in the middle in many senses – representing a middle class facing extinction and a middle ground squeezed out by polarisation.

by Michael Soltys

Brazil, Spain struggle to shake criticism as Maduro enablers

25-09-2024 18:06 At a recent United Nations gathering, Brazilian President Lula and Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez faced scrutiny for their ambiguous stance on Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela.

José Torres wins BMX Freestyle gold medal at Olympics

31-07-2024 15:54 Argentine José Torres Gil wins a gold medal in BMX Freestyle, the opening medal for Argentina at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

New claim for justice on 30th anniversary of AMIA attack

18-07-2024 14:14 On Thursday, AMIA president Amos Linetzky headed the rally for the victims of the attack on the Jewish association on its 30th anniversary, and questioned courts’ failure to progress in the sentencing of those responsible. 

From attempted murder to an attempted coup

29-06-2024 04:52 Fernando Sabag Montiel is a consequence of an exhausted political and economic system in Argentina, while Milei has emerged as a response to that same failure.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Caputo’s number two at Economy Ministry quits government

17-06-2024 16:09 Economic Policy secretary Joaquín Cottani resigns for personal reasons; Likely replace is Argentine-born Chilean economist José Luis Daza, who worked with Luis Caputo at JP Morgan and Deustche Bank.

Energy mogul makes 100-year bet on Argentina’s mineral wealth

20-05-2024 13:45 Through his holding company Integra Capital, José Luis Manzano is going all in on mining and mineral wealth.

Elon Musk meets José Mayans

11-05-2024 06:27 RIGI is the most beneficial regime ever created in the country for foreign investors and it is causing a divide among foreign and local businesses.

by Marcelo J. García