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Reuters
2 hours ago
- General
- Reuters
Jose Mujica, former Uruguayan president and guerrilla, dies at 89
Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up old VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89. Syakir Jasnee reports.
BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
Worcester make Uruguay back Gonzalez latest recruit
Worcester Warriors have continued shaping their squad ahead of their return to professional rugby with the signing of Uruguay back Juan 22-year-old is a regular for his country in sevens and featured in the Olympic Games in Paris last scored four tries in Los Teros' three group has also played 15-a-side for Uruguay, making his Test debut against Spain last November before winning further caps against Japan and is expected to be part of the squad for July's Tests, at home to Romania and away to Argentina, before Uruguay's World Cup qualifier with Paraguay."Juan has a serious amount of exciting talent," said Warriors head coach Matt Everard."[He has] brilliant footwork, combined with a tough edge." Gonzalez is the latest in a number of new arrivals in the last few days as Warriors prepare for their return to the game in the new-look 14-team Championship, two and a half years after the former Premiership club went into addition to Leicester Tigers prop Tim Hoyt, former England Under-20 and Tigers hooker Archie Vanes, Exeter Chiefs prop Billy Keast and Cornish Pirates full-back/wing Will Trewin have all been signed for the 2025-26 season at Warriors legend Matt Kvesic became the first signing of the club's rebuild, former Wales scrum-half Lloyd Williams, Saracens prop Fraser Balmain and Dragons fly-half Will Reed followed.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Mexico vs. Uruguay: How to watch women's friendly, TV channel, live stream
Mexico vs. Uruguay: How to watch women's friendly, TV channel, live stream Show Caption Hide Caption FIFA announce Inter Miami will play in 2025 Club World Cup Inter Miami will play in the global tournament after breaking the record for most points in a MLS season Stats Perform Video The Mexico women's national team will face Uruguay on Friday in the first of two friendlies between the teams in Mexico. The sides will face off at the Estadio Universitario BUAP in Puebla before a rematch on Tuesday at the Estadio Tlahuicole in Tlaxcala. These will be the first ever meetings between the two teams, who are both looking to reach the 2027 World Cup after missing out in 2023. Mexico coach Pedro López has called a 23-player roster, including NWSL-based players Reyna Reyes (Portland), Rebeca Bernal (Washington), Diana Ordóñez (Houston) and María Sánchez (San Diego). The team will be led by Pachuca forward Charlyn Corral, who recently led her club to a Liga MX Femenil title and who López said this week may be the best women's player in Mexican history. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the match. Mexico vs. Uruguay (international friendly)
Forbes
a day ago
- Business
- Forbes
Stablecoin Giant Tether To Invest Billions In Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin mining on computer screen. Digital crypto currency, cyber money and digital banking concept ... More 3d illustration with glitch effect. Tether will invest billions of dollars in bitcoin mining over the next few years after chief executive Paolo Ardoino told the 'Bitcoin 2025' conference the company intends to surpass every operator by hashrate. On the Las Vegas main stage Thursday, Ardoino remarked that Tether will soon become the "largest bitcoin miner in the world." He went on to explain that profits from the $120 billion USDT reserve will continue to be reinvested 'heavily' into bitcoin. The company currently holds over 100,000 BTC on its balance sheet, acquired using profits not its stablecoin reserves. Back in 2023 Tether committed an initial $500 million build-out across Uruguay, Paraguay and El Salvador, a program that includes new substations and minority stakes in established farms. The round was the first tranche of a 'multi-billion' reinvestment pipeline, which has since continued. Engineering plans target 450 megawatts of installed capacity by the fourth quarter of 2025, enough to push the firm toward one percent of global hashrate. The war chest behind the strategy is substantial as public filings show bitcoin worth roughly $10.5 billion at current prices, and the issuer has pledged to continue to direct up to 15 percent of net realized operating profit toward additional coin purchases and hardware. Locating farms beside hydro in Paraguay, wind in Uruguay and geothermal in El Salvador allows Tether to pitch renewable generation to regulators tracking MiCA-style sustainability metrics while reducing power-purchase risk. The firm has also diversified through investments in other bitcoin mining companies such as its $100 million investment into Bitdeer. Internal projections put Tether's goal above its main competitors such as Marathon Digital's reported 25 EH/s and Riot Platforms' 21 EH/s, shifting the competitive map for public miners that rely on capital markets rather than cash reserves. Ardoino appears confident in this vision, he told the Vegas bitcoin crowd that 'by the end of this year, we may become the largest Bitcoin mining company in the world - surpassing all listed companies.' He confirmed Tether's rationale for bitcoin mining is routed in its desire to participate actively in the network. The stablecoin issuer, 'born from Bitcoin,' believes the top digital asset is 'perfect' and that gold is now the 'primitive bitcoin.' Ardoino opined, bitcoin is not 'digital gold' because gold 'does not compete with bitcoin, it competes with fiat currency.' Still, execution questions remain within Tether's strategy as ASIC supply is tight and power-purchase agreements in Latin America can be politically fragile. However, auditors won't have to consider depreciating miners sitting alongside U.S. Treasuries in the reserve mix as Tether does not use bitcoin to protect the USDT peg, it invests stablecoin profits into bitcoin.
CNN
2 days ago
- Business
- CNN
Latin American ports brace for cargo shifts as US-China trade war stands on fragile truce
Lingering tensions between the US and China have ports across Latin America bracing for cargo shifts, despite the fragile trade war truce between Washington and Beijing. CNN's Dario Klein visited a soy cargo port in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, to see how the uncertainty could bode for them and neighboring nations as supply chain experts warn decades-old trade networks could unravel amid growing uncertainty.
