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Montevideo, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Lawmakers of the Uruguayan ruling party on Tuesday promote a bill about shared child custody in the case of separation of couples, which faces objections for focusing more on adults than children.

By Maria M. Mur Santiago, Jul 6 (EFE).- The campaign for the Sept. 4 plebiscite on the new constitution officially kicked off on Wednesday in Chile, a country divided between those who yearn for social changes and those who have no trust in the newly prepared constitutional draft. Early Wednesday morning, various organizations and political …

Rocco Morabito, a convicted Italian drug lord linked to the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, has been successfully extradited from Brazil to Italy, accompanied by Italian law enforcement officers belonging to the Interpol Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta (I-CAN) project.

Democracy: Former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas calls for a national referendum on the electoral system 'to define the way forward'.

The Uruguayan parliament is expected to make a legislative declaration relative to the Falkland Islands conflict and the 40th anniversary of the war during the first week of July. The initiative was presented by the opposition catch-all coalition (Broad Front) in April, but the final decision has been delayed since the senior member of the ruling coalition which supports president Luis Lacalle Pou, does not agree with the wording.

The country’s first national miners’ strike in 20 years is an industrial rebellion against Gabriel Boric and his pseudo-left-backed government.

Chile’s women are on the brink of winning their fight as the region’s ‘green wave’ gains momentum

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta at the Suárez y Reyes residency, in Montevideo, in a meeting during which they discussed the conditions for updating and relaunching Mercosur, to make it a dynamic, modern, and integrated to the world bloc.

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has reached an all-time high disapproval rating since taking office in March of 2020, according to a study from the consulting firm Cifra released Wednesday.

Uruguays Air Force (FAU) will assist the Human Rights Institute in tracing possible burials of people forcibly disappeared during the military dictatorship using state-of-the-art laser technology, Defense Minister Javier García announced Wednesday.