The Revised EU-Mercosur Trade Deal: Does it Adequately Address Trade-Environment-Development Interlinkages?

The EU has been at the forefront of efforts to consider environmental and development issues in trade agreements. EU new generation agreements include a ‘Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Chapter’ as a standard element whereby parties agree...

Orsi planning to highlight Uruguay's openness to multilateralism at UN

Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 09:29 UTC “Uruguay has unbeatable conditions to take off and insert itself into the world,” Orsi said in New York During his speech scheduled for Tuesday at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York,...

Farmers call Paris protest against EU-Mercosur free-trade deal

Agricultural producers in France have called a protest next month in rejection of the sweeping free-trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur trade bloc. The Confédération Paysanne agricultural union, the third=largest...

Online pixel art map transforms Boston into whimsical canvas

This is how the Boston area appears in wplace, a collaborative pixel art project by Brazilian developer Murilo Matsubara that launched in late July. The concept of wplace is simple: a pixel grid with roughly 4 trillion slots superimposed over a...

How Uruguay Chose Clean Power and Won the World’s Attention

Uruguay didn’t stumble into clean power; it chose it, relentlessly. Under Ramón Méndez Galain, the country reengineered policy, markets, and hardware to run almost entirely on renewables. The Washington Post chronicles his next act: exporting a...

Solo exhibition for local artist

Martin Dominguez of Warwick will bring his solo show to Orange Hall Gallery starting during Hispanic Heritage Month and continuing through autumn (Sept. 26 through Nov. 21, 2025). As appropriate an exhibit this is to give attention to Hispanic...

Corporate Metamorphosis of Latin American Organized Crime

They are no longer simple drug trafficking networks, Latin American cartels have mutated into transnational criminal corporations (TCCs): global empires with diversified operations, sophisticated business structures, and immense technological...

Fitch praises Uruguay's economy, but points out some risks

Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 10:19 UTC Fitch acknowledged Uruguay's strengths but warned about long-standing issues threatening its financial stability Fitch Ratings held Uruguay's grading as “BBB” with a “stable” outlook, but pointed out some...

As EU Mercosur nears ratification: Luxembourg farmers fear meat price dumping, says MP Jeff Boonen

On Monday morning, Christian Social People's Party (CSV) MP Jeff Boonen visited the RTL studios to discuss the long-awaited ratification of the EU Mercosur trade deal. Labour costs are significantly lower in Latin American countries, and both...

Argentine outlet denounces Chilean and Uruguayan help to Royal Air Force

Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC The article also highlighted that the presence of A400M aircraft was not an isolated event and denounced other RAF maneuvers Argentine outlet criticized a Royal Air Force (RAF) transport Airbus A400M Atlas...

‘No guarantee’ Mercosur trade deal can be stopped, says Heydon

There is no guarantee Ireland will find enough allies around the European Union table to block the controversial Mercosur trade deal with South American countries, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said. The Government was working with...

SFYou: Dr. María Ignacia Barraza

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer María Ignacia Barraza is an assistant professor in the department of world languages and literatures in the faculty of arts and social sciences at SFU. This semester, she’s teaching “Modern World Literatures...

Europe’s economic decline: Historical and structural fault lines

Europe, once hailed as a bastion of prosperity, democracy, and sophistication, now teeters on the edge of strategic vulnerability. A series of decisions, from commerce to defence, has led the European Union into a protracted economic malaise. The...

Brazil eagerly awaits free trade agreement between Mercosur and the United Arab Emirates

Brazil hopes that Mercosur and the United Arab Emirates will reach a trade agreement by the end of the year. That is the expectation of Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. He also said that Mercosur hopes to advance negotiations with Canada,...

Tether’s Uruguay Mining Operations Stall Due To $5-M Energy Debt — Details

Tether’s expansion into Bitcoin mining in Uruguay has run into a major setback after the state-owned electricity provider UTE suspended service to the stablecoin operator’s two mining facilities over unpaid bills of roughly $5 million. The...

IMF mission praises Uruguay's economy

Saturday, September 20th 2025 - 10:32 UTC The IMF also suggested making “further efforts to put the debt-to-GDP ratio on a downward path” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its annual review of the Uruguayan economy, praising its...

Green hydrogen project in Uruguay not quite environmentally friendly

Saturday, September 20th 2025 - 01:05 UTC HIF now needs to submit a more detailed environmental study before it can proceed A green hydrogen production plant planned for Uruguay by the company HIF has been classified as having a “significant...

‘A stone pounding artist — who exclaims in his sleep, “Think of me standing upon a pinnacle of the Andes — or sketching a Fuegian Glacier!!!”’

In August 1833, an English artist roamed the quays of Montevideo, Uruguay, looking for a British ship. Three months earlier, Conrad Martens, the son of a German merchant and his British wife, had boarded HMS Hyacinth in Falmouth, eager to capture...

‘We want Christians to be able to create their own political thinking based on biblical principles’

Xesús Manuel Suárez, secretary general of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE), announced the launch this September of the School of Political Training, a pioneering and innovative project in Spain and Latin America. Suárez is also the...

Amid farmer's concerns: Luxembourg sets 2026 timeline for parliamentary vote for Mercosur deal

Amid ongoing concerns from farmers and lawmakers over its potential impact, the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is slated for debate and ratification in the Luxembourgish parliament in early 2026. Foreign Trade Minister Xavier Bettel has informed MPs...