Stories for September 25th 2023

Monday, September 25th 2023 - 10:10 UTC
Argentina: JxC candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Mendoza

Alfredo Cornejo of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), a party within the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) alliance and particularly close to presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, won Sunday's elections to become governor of Mendoza for the third time in his life.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Argentina insists Navitas Petroleum has a ban due to “illegal” operations in Falkland Islands

Argentina has again complained that the Israeli company Navitas Petroleum LP is operating in the Falkland Islands, Malvinas Islands, involved in illegal activities in Argentine insular territory without the pertinent hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation permits from the competent authorities.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay's Ancap awards all offshore exploration licenses open for bids

Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap has awarded all seven offshore oil and gas exploration licenses open for bids to four foreign companies: YPF (Argentina), APA Corp (United States), and Shell and Challenger Energy Group (CEG) (United Kingdom), it was reported in Montevideo.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Doko challenge to honor Gurkhas who helped liberate Falklands

Last Saturday, military personnel from across BFSAI took part in a Gurkha Doko challenge in memory of those who liberated the Falkland Islands. The sixteen participants ran a combined total of 40km, the distance from Mount Pleasant Complex to the Gurkha Memorial near Stanley, carrying a weighted doko basket.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
Ecuador back to online schooling due to extreme violence

A practice that expanded worldwide during the Covid-19 lockdowns to avoid physical proximity, online schooling returns to Ecuador in a move to minimize the dangers of living in the crime-ridden coastal province of Guayas, particularly its capital, Guayaquil, where shootings and murders have become commonplace, it was announced Sunday.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Nicaraguan court hands down prison sentences to two women opposing Ortega

Nicaraguan opposition leaders Olesia Muñoz Pavón and Anielka García have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years in prison, respectively, for spreading false news and conspiring to undermine national integrity, which amounts to “treason,” it was reported from Managua on Sunday.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:43 UTC
Argentina thanks G77 plus China for support regarding Falklands/Malvinas

The Argentine administration of President Alberto Fernández Saturday expressed its gratitude towards the Group of 77 (G77) plus China for its support regarding the South American country's claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:02 UTC
As London's Met Police elite force protests, British Army on standby

Great Britain on Sunday put its army on standby after a number of London metropolitan police officers handed in their weapons in support of a fellow officer who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:00 UTC
Bolivia: Evo announces 2025 presidential bid

Citing a “dirty” campaign against him, former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced during the weekend that he would run again in the 2025 elections. His Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, the same as current head of state Luis Arce Catacora claims Morales is the “king of cocaine” while the opposition regards him as a “drug trafficker,” according to local media.
Monday, September 25th 2023 - 08:53 UTC
Changes to the net zero plan by PM Sunak stir controversy in UK and Globally

Condemnation and praise for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who last week delayed the net zero plan by pushing back a ban on new petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 and announced delays on other key green policies.