Politics● LowSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 1:34 PM
Falklands: Uruguay denied that an underwater cable would be laid to connect its territory with the islands
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Clarín · South America
"We never had any proposal, it's fake news," assured the president of the neighboring country, Yamandú Orsi. In turn, he reaffirmed the position regarding the sovereignty dispute in the South Atlantic, stating that "Uruguay has a fixed position that the Malvinas are Argentine."
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