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Lucinda Elliott

Lucinda Elliott

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Uruguay shifts to center-left as Orsi takes office

Uruguay is set for a political shift to the center-left as Yamandu Orsi took office on Saturday as the country's next president.

Uruguay shifts to center-left as Orsi takes office
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|Political

Politician-linked meme coins backfire after Libra scandal

A cryptocurrency that briefly surged on Argentine President Javier Milei's support before crashing is the latest in a series of

Politician-linked meme coins backfire after Libra scandal
Americas|Economy|Finance|Political|Stock Markets

Argentina federal judge to probe Milei crypto scandal, stock index falls

An Argentine judge was assigned on Monday to investigate President Javier Milei's role in promoting a cryptocurrency that crashed, the

Argentina federal judge to probe Milei crypto scandal, stock index falls
Americas|Business|Economy|Political

How Argentina took a chainsaw to government, a year before Elon Musk's DOGE

At Argentina's Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation, two piles of laws to be streamlined or cut sit on a wooden desk near an Elon Musk

How Argentina took a chainsaw to government, a year before Elon Musk's DOGE
Americas|Crime|Political

Argentina gang crackdown has dried up cocaine exports, security minister says

Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, is on a mission to stamp out drug gangs in the South American nation that have driven rising violence and

Argentina gang crackdown has dried up cocaine exports, security minister says
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|Political

Argentina deregulation tsar: Milei's 'chainsaw' cuts to go deeper in 2025

Argentina's deregulation tsar Federico Sturzenegger, after a year spearheading one of the world's most aggressive attacks on the public sector and red tape,

Argentina deregulation tsar: Milei's 'chainsaw' cuts to go deeper in 2025
Americas|Business|Economy|World

Argentina negotiating gas imports from Bolivia, Chile as heat wave stokes demand

Bolivia and Chile are in talks to restart gas exports to Argentina amid a surge in demand spurred by a summer heat wave,

Argentina negotiating gas imports from Bolivia, Chile as heat wave stokes demand
Americas|News|Technology

Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA help

Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads.

Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA help
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|News

Analysis-Paraguay on track for record soy crop, but low river levels slow exports

Paraguay is headed for a record soybean harvest but exporters are worried about low river levels that are slowing shipments along the key

Analysis-Paraguay on track for record soy crop, but low river levels slow exports
Americas|News

Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say

A diplomatic crisis in Ecuador and uncertainty over Venezuela's political future have divided South American nations and

Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say
Americas|Health|News|World

Uruguay ex-president Jose Mujica diagnosed with 'challenging' cancer

Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former president and one of Latin America's best-known leaders, announced a cancer diagnosis on Monday that doctors say will be

Uruguay ex-president Jose Mujica diagnosed with 'challenging' cancer
Americas

Paraguay pushes rival bid for $1.5 billion Argentina-Brazil gas connector

Paraguay is advancing talks with energy firms and high-ranking government officials from Argentina and Brazil over a potential $1.5 billion gas pipeline to

Paraguay pushes rival bid for $1.5 billion Argentina-Brazil gas connector
Americas|News

Thousands of Argentine builders laid off as Milei slashes state spending

Argentine laborer Pablo Vazquez was finishing a day's shift laying track for a train line near La Plata on the outskirts of Buenos Aires when the

Thousands of Argentine builders laid off as Milei slashes state spending
Americas|News|Opinion|Political

From rebel to prisoner and leftist Latin American icon, Pepe Mujica reflects

José Mujica, a one-time guerrilla, prisoner and later president of Uruguay who has cemented himself as an icon of the Latin American left, maintains that he

From rebel to prisoner and leftist Latin American icon, Pepe Mujica reflects
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance

Argentina's 300% inflation and propped-up peso spawn Paraguay border ghost town

Paraguayan shoppers used to flock in their droves to the border town of Nanawa to buy cheap imports from Argentina, where the weak

Argentina's 300% inflation and propped-up peso spawn Paraguay border ghost town
Americas|Business|Economy|Food

Paraguay soy exports pick up pace as prices bounce, data show

Paraguay's exports of its soybean crop, delayed by low river levels and weak prices earlier in the year, are gaining momentum, shipment

Paraguay soy exports pick up pace as prices bounce, data show
News|World

Bolivia president denies prior intelligence of coup planning

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied any involvement or prior knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by the country's former top

Bolivia president denies prior intelligence of coup planning
Europe|Sports|Travel

Olympics-Smaller South American nations defy financial odds to reach Paris

For Uruguayan sailor Dolores Moreira, renting a boat and towing it across Europe to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics is all part of the money-saving process

Olympics-Smaller South American nations defy financial odds to reach Paris
Americas|News|World

Bolivia's President Arce finds new strength after seeing off military coup

Bolivian leftist President Luis Arce told Reuters on Friday support on the streets had strengthened his government after a failed

Bolivia's President Arce finds new strength after seeing off military coup
Americas|Election|News

Uruguay chooses presidential contenders as left gains ground

Uruguayans on Sunday chose the presidential contenders who will contest October elections, as opinion polls show the left-wing opposition edging ahead with

Uruguay chooses presidential contenders as left gains ground
Americas|Election|World

Venezuelans abroad say they are struggling to register to vote

Venezuelan migrants in South America and Europe say they have struggled to register to vote in their country's

Venezuelans abroad say they are struggling to register to vote
Americas|News|World

Bolivians strike and block roads over fuel shortages

Transport unions in Bolivia started a national strike on Wednesday to protest fuel shortages, as diesel supplies shipped from Russia fail to arrive and pressure

Bolivians strike and block roads over fuel shortages
Americas|Business|Economy|News

Paraguay president says economy should grow faster 4% in 2024 despite soy price slump

Paraguay's economy is on track to grow a faster-than-expected 4% this year, President Santiago Pena told Reuters on Wednesday, a bullish

Paraguay president says economy should grow faster 4% in 2024 despite soy price slump
Americas|Economy|News|World

Paraguay open to China trade deals despite Taiwan ties, Pena says

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said on Wednesday he was "fully open" to trade deals with China via the South American trade bloc

Paraguay open to China trade deals despite Taiwan ties, Pena says
Americas|News|World

Bolivian farmers pack up and flee as wildfires burn woodland

In Bolivia's lowland region of Santa Cruz, farmer Mario Guasasi packed up his belongings this week, putting mattresses, food,

Bolivian farmers pack up and flee as wildfires burn woodland

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