Stories for January 2025

Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 13:28 UTC
BOFA report predicts relative stability in Argentina until mid-term elections

A Bank of America (BOFA) report released this week forecast that Argentina's Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei would be lifting the so-called exchange rate stocks in December this year. By that time, the rate was projected to stand at AR$ 1,400 = US$ 1. The study also deemed a US$ 20 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plausible, to endorse Milei's “chainsaw” State spending cuts policies amid greater exchange rate flexibility.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 11:35 UTC
Argentina launches a month assessment of Illex squid along the Patagonian shelf

Argentina this week launched a month long cruise assessment of the sub-Patagonic squid, Illex Argentinus, on board the Ocean Fisheries Research Vessel, Victor Angelescu. The area of research will extend between parallels 46 and 51 degrees south.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 11:29 UTC
Fed leaves rates unchanged with a message to Trump, “in no hurry to adjust policy stance”

The United States Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged following the two day meeting with Fed chair Jerome Powell emphasizing at the press conference that “the bank is in no hurry to adjust its policy stance, since the US economy remains strong”.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 10:47 UTC
Airliner, military helicopter plunge into Potomac River after mid-air collision

An American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet on approach at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA/KDCA) collided mid-air with a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Both aircraft ended up in the Potomac River.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 10:17 UTC
Falklands Government launches Equalities Focus Groups in February

The Falkland Islands Government Equalities Project will be holding several ‘Equalities Focus Groups’ throughout February.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 08:48 UTC
Falklands, UK inspection commendations for the quality service care at KEMH

Falkland Islands main medical facility, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) wishes to provide a further update on the previously advertised hospital inspection with a team co-ordinated by the UK Health Security Agency.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 08:26 UTC
Lula and Boric discuss regional integration

Leftwing Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday discussed regional integration during a telephone conversation amid Donald Trump's return to the White House and his spree of deporting illegal migrants.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 04:27 UTC
Trump cites “military excellence” to ban transgender people from US Armed Forces

US President Donald Trump insisted that “expressing a false 'gender identity' that differs from a person's sex cannot meet the rigorous standards necessary for military service” as he signed a series of executive orders leading to the banning of transgender people from serving in his country's Armed Forces.
Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 03:32 UTC
Celac emergency summit called off

Given the mixed reactions from regional leaders, Honduras' Foreign Ministry announced that the “hybrid” Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) emergency Summit convened for Jan. 30 was being called off. Xiomara Castro, holding the group's rotating Presidency, had launched the initiative after the tug of war between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro over the condition under which Colombian deportees were returned from the United States to their native country.
Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 20:39 UTC
Milei’s Davos speech triggers political and social uproar

Argentine President Javier Milei generated a wave of criticism after his statements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he linked homosexuality with pedophilia. His words triggered the call for an “anti-fascist” march, which is expected to be massive in Buenos Aires and other cities of the country