Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi met on Wednesday with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss ways in which the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change could collaborate with Uruguay following a recently signed cooperation agreement.

Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin told reporters that the meeting focused on how the Institute could support government policies aimed at reducing child poverty, as well as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in key sectors of the Uruguayan economy, such as agriculture and livestock.

The meeting, held at the Executive Tower in Montevideo, lasted about 45 minutes. Following the discussions, Blair departed for Buenos Aires.

Orsi and Blair also exchanged views on current global affairs, although Lubetkin clarified that no specific international issue was discussed in depth.

Blair, who served as UK Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, was recently proposed by U.S. President Donald Trumpto help oversee a transitional government in Gaza, as part of a 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

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The U.S. plan envisions the creation of a technocratic and non-political Palestinian committee to temporarily govern the Gaza Strip under the supervision of a new international body called the “Peace Council,” which would be chaired by Trump.

The Government of Costa Rica on Tuesday congratulated Japan on the appointment of Takaichi Sanae as the country’s first female prime minister and reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening bilateral relations in multiple areas.

“The Government of Costa Rica extends its warmest congratulations to the Government and people of Japan on the election of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. Costa Rica celebrates this decision, made by the Japanese Parliament, which for the first time places a woman in such a high office,” the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.

Costa Rica also reiterated its “strong commitment to further strengthening the traditional bonds of friendship and cooperation between both nations,” and to promoting joint initiatives “based on mutual respect, multilateralism, and shared democratic values.”

The statement also conveyed Costa Rica’s “best wishes for success” to Prime Minister Takaichi and expressed its “hopes for the well-being and prosperity of the Japanese people.”

Takaichi officially became Japan’s first female head of government on Tuesday after winning a parliamentary vote to succeed Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned in September following poor electoral results during his little more than a year in office.

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Colombia’s judiciary overturned on Tuesday a conviction against former President Álvaro Uribe for witness tamperingin a case linked to his alleged ties with anti-guerrilla paramilitary groups.

The 73-year-old right-wing leader had become in August the first Colombian ex-president to be criminally convictedand sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for bribery and procedural fraud, following a first-instance ruling that his defense immediately appealed.

However, a judge from the Bogotá Superior Court annulled the conviction, ruling that there was insufficient evidenceto incriminate Uribe. The court also deemed the wiretaps used as evidence illegal and pointed to methodological flaws in the original ruling.

Leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, who filed the complaint against Uribe, announced he will file an appeal in cassation before the Supreme Court of Justice. Speaking at a press conference, Cepeda said he received the decision with “calm and respect,” though he disagreed with it.

After a six-hour reading of the verdict, the hearing concluded with Uribe attending virtually.

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Uribe, who governed from 2002 to 2010, spent about 20 days under house arrest before being released on a previous court decision—the same court that has now overturned his conviction.