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Siguen los reclamos por rechazos al nuevo pasaporte de Uruguay aunque el gobierno dice que hay “información contradictoria”

“No tenemos ningún rechazo de ningún país en relación a los pasaportes”, dijo el canciller Mario Lubetkin la semana pasada, luego de una polémica desatada por un cambio en el documento uruguayo que excluyó el lugar de nacimiento del titular. El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores agregó que era una “mentira” afirmar que el pasaporte era rechazado, aún cuando esa fue la comunicación que hicieron Alemania, Francia y Japón.
El 9 de julio, el embajador de Alemania en Uruguay, Stefan Duppel, fue quien comunicó la decisión de que los titulares de los nuevos pasaportes no puedan ingresar a Alemania “ni siquiera para estancias cortas”, según posteó en la red social X. El mismo día se conoció públicamente la decisión de Francia, lo que motivó el llamado en consulta a sus embajadores en el país.
El canciller uruguayo no reconoce que esto es un problema para Uruguay –incluso ha evitado utilizar esa palabra–, pero las críticas de la oposición y de personas que pretenden viajar han crecido en los últimos días.

La medida de esos dos estados europeos tiene matices. En el caso de Alemania, el nuevo pasaporte uruguayo no tiene validez ni siquiera para estancias cortas. En el caso de Francia, la traba es para visas por estadías mayores a 90 días.
Entre los principales cambios del nuevo pasaporte se encuentra la modificación del título “Nacionalidad” por la denominación “Nacionalidad/Ciudadanía”, consignándole el código “URY” tanto a los ciudadanos naturales como a los legales. Esta medida permite que haya una coincidencia entre el país que emite el documento y la ciudadanía de su titular.
La semana pasada, el canciller fue a Radio Sarandí y allí escuchó el planteo de un uruguayo que viajará por turismo a Europa y a quien le advirtieron que no podrá entrar a Alemania por tener el pasaporte nuevo.

“Voy con mi señora, de Madrid vamos a Austria por turismo. En Salzburgo (Austria) tomamos un vuelo de Lufthansa (aerolínea alemana) el 14 de septiembre con destino a Londres, escala en Frankfurt (Alemania) de tres horas y 20 minutos”, contó el uruguayo. “Por segunda vez consulté a la Embajada de Alemania que yo renové mi pasaporte aquí el 7 de mayo –después de las modificaciones–, las dos veces me contestaron rotundamente que no puedo entrar a Alemania ni siquiera en tránsito”, señaló el turista.
La respuesta de Lubetkin ante este planteamiento es que era “no es la información que dan desde Berlín en la Cancillería”, consignó El Observador. “Estamos recibiendo información contradictoria. Lo que nosotros esperamos por parte de las autoridades es que unifiquen el mensaje y al mismo tiempo terminen de hacer el análisis”, agregó Lubetkin.
Luego, el canciller volvió a insistir en que no hay un rechazo al pasaporte uruguayo. “Simplemente están analizando cómo se analizan siempre en todo el mundo cuando se cambian los pasaportes”, expresó.

La página de la Embajada de Alemania publicó un comunicado para quienes tienen los nuevos pasaportes. “Las autoridades alemanas están revisando los pasaportes nuevos uruguayos de forma rutinaria. Esta revisión se realizará lo más rápido posible y es probable que haya finalizado en algunas semanas”, dice el mensaje, y señala que estas revisiones son algo que se “estila” en todo el mundo.
“Si tiene un pasaporte uruguayo válido del modelo anterior (fecha de emisión previa al 23 de abril de 2025), no tiene por qué preocuparse, puede continuar viajando a Alemania como antes. Si su pasaporte fue emitido después del 23 de abril de 2025, ¡espere, por favor! Le informaremos por esta misma vía si puede ingresar a Alemania con el nuevo pasaporte”, agrega la publicación.
A su vez, Lubetkin informó a Canal 5 que Japón ya comenzó a aceptar los nuevos pasaportes. Sin embargo, en la página web de la Embajada de Japón todavía está redactada una advertencia: “Es altamente probable que les sea negado el ingreso al país”.
El diputado Felipe Schipani, del opositor Partido Colorado, presentó una carta a la Cancillería en la que solicita que se emitan, sin costo y con trámite urgente, nuevos documentos a quienes los pidan.
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Pedro Sánchez hace un balance de su gestión y descarta renunciar: «Las elecciones serán en 2027»

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Trump praises Starmer on turning around migrant boats: ‘Fantastic thing’

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President Donald Trump praised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for curbing boats of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel, telling the United Kingdom’s leader he’s doing a «fantastic thing.»
Trump stopped for questions with Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, ahead of their meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland on Monday.
«Immigration is a big, a big factor. And I think, frankly, if they’re coming from other countries, and you don’t know who they are, and, are they coming from prisons? We have them where they came in from prisons who are moving them all out,» Trump began. «Last month, we had zero people come into the country, zero other than coming through legal means.»
«You’re doing not a good thing, you’re doing a fantastic thing,» Trump added. So I know nothing about the boats. But if the boats are loaded up with bad people, and they usually are, because, you know, other countries don’t send their best, they send people that they don’t want, they’re not stupid people. And they send the people that they don’t want. And I’ve heard that you’ve taken a much stronger stance on.»
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President Donald Trump meets with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and his wife Victoria Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)
In June, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported the lowest monthly total of illegal border encounters in the agency’s history. Border Patrol made 6,072 apprehensions along the southwest border, reflecting a 93% decrease in illegal encounters recorded during the same month last year under former President Joe Biden’s administration. The Trump administration released zero illegal aliens for parole into the U.S. interior – compared to 27,766 released in June 2024 under Biden.
Starmer told reporters on Monday that the Labour government has facilitated the removal of approximately 35,000 people from the United Kingdom since taking power in July 2024.
«We’re very pleased that we’re getting on with returning people who’ve got no right to be here,» Starmer said.
«That’s great. As somebody that loves this country – I love this country,» Trump responded, noting that his mother was born in Scotland. «And it’s an incredible place, a beautiful place. And, if that be the case, I congratulate you.»
Trump said Europe is a «much different place» than it was five to 10 years ago due to mass migration.
«And they’ve got to get their act together. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore as you know it. And you can’t do that. This is a magnificent part of the world. And you cannot ruin it,» Trump said.
«You cannot let people come in here illegally,» Trump continued. «And what happens is there’ll be murderers, there’ll be drug dealers, there’ll be all sorts of things that other countries don’t want. And they send them to you, and they send them to us, and you’ve got to stop them. And I hear that you’ve taken a very strong stand on immigration and taking a strong stand on immigration is imperative.»
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Their meeting on Monday comes on the heels of Trump striking the framework of a major trade deal with the European Union. The deal does not center on immigration but has broader implications regarding U.S. economic pressure on the bloc.
At a press conference in London earlier this month, Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced a «one in, one out» deal intended to deter migrant channel crossings. The «pilot» scheme would allow the U.K. to detain and send back migrants who arrived on its shores in small boats from France. In return, Starmer agreed to accept the same number of migrants from France who have not tried to enter the U.K. illegally and who are deemed to have legitimate asylum claims.
Starmer is facing increased political pressure to deliver on his campaign promise of deterring tens of thousands of migrants from coming across the English Channel.
Small boat crossings are up by more than 50% since January compared to the same time period last year, according to data from the British Home Office.
Last week, Starmer’s government unveiled what it deemed the «world’s first» sanctions regime targeting migrant-smuggling gangs and other entities facilitating small boat crossings. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the scheme targeting the flow of money and suppliers of small boats and fake passports provides authorities with a toolkit to freeze assets, cut offenders off from the U.K. financial system and ban offenders from traveling to the U.K.

President Donald Trump meets with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and his wife Victoria Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)
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After a landslide Labour election win last year, Starmer ended a controversial policy under the previous Conservative government that allowed deportations to Rwanda for migrants who made illegal channel crossings. To replace it, British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper launched a new U.K. Border Security Command. It’s intended to take an enforcement and intelligence-based approach to better protect borders, identify new small boat routes and disrupt migrant smuggling operations.
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Russia’s Aeroflot hit with ‘hacker attack’ by pro-Ukrainian group, cancels dozens of flights

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Russia’s national airline Aeroflot was forced to cancel more than 40 flights Monday after being hit with a cyberattack carried out by a pro-Ukrainian group, reports said.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia said it launched a criminal investigation and «supervisory measures have been organized in connection with the delay and cancellation of flights at [Moscow’s] Sheremetyevo Airport. «
«The cause was a failure in the operation of the Aeroflot information system as a result of a hacker attack,» the office added on Telegram.
A message purportedly from a group called Silent Crow said, «Glory to Ukraine! Long live Belarus!» and noted that it carried out the cyberattack with a Belarusian group called Cyberpartisans BY, according to Reuters.
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Travelers are seen lining up at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after Aeroflot flights were cancelled and delayed on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Reuters)
The statement reportedly added that the cyberattack was a result of a year-long operation into Aeroflot’s IT network, with the hackers claiming 7,000 servers were destroyed. They also said they gained control of computers belonging to senior managers at Aeroflot, yet no evidence was provided to back up the claims, Reuters reported.
«The information that we are reading in the public domain is quite alarming. The hacker threat is a threat that remains for all large companies providing services to the population,» Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by the news agency as saying.
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An Aeroflot Airbus 350-900 plane takes off from Denpasar Bali Ngurah Rai airport in Indonesia on June 22, 2025. (Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
«There was a failure in the airline’s information systems. Service interruptions are possible,» Aeroflot said in its own statement on Telegram.
«In this regard, a forced adjustment to the flight schedule is expected, including by postponing and canceling,» the airline added. «Currently, a team of specialists is working to minimize the risks of fulfilling the production flight plan and quickly restoring the normal operation of services. The airline apologizes for the inconvenience caused.»
Russian lawmaker Anton Gorelkin said Monday, «We must not forget that the war against our country is being waged on all fronts, including the digital one,» according to Reuters.

People gather at the information board after many flights were cancelled or delayed due to Ukrainian drone attacks, at Sheremetyevo international airport outside Moscow, Russia on July 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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«And I do not rule out that the ‘hacktivists’ who claimed responsibility for the incident are in the service of unfriendly states,» Gorelkin added.