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Montevideo, March 3rd 2025 - 19:33 UTC

Stories for February 2025

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:12 UTC

    Two female King Penguins, German born, join Birdland Park in Gloucestershire

    A colony of King Penguins at Volunteer Point, Falklands (Pîc D. Pettersson)

    Two female King penguins arrived last week at Birdland Park and Gardens in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. The pair hatched in Wuppertal, Germany, in 2021 and 2023 and are believed to be the first female king penguins to be imported to the UK in 15 years. The Birdland Park hopes to boost its breeding program of King Penguins.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

    UK January inflation climbs to 3%; Bank of England anticipates ‘bumpy road’ ahead

    Bank of England policymakers are hopeful that we are in a “hump” and that inflation will fall back to target.

    The UK rate of inflation reached 3% in January, from 2.5% in December, higher than forecasts and with the Bank of England anticipating a “bumpy road” ahead. Forecasts are that it will hit 3.7% later in the year and moving even further away from the Bank's 2% target.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 13:06 UTC

    Caricom Conference opening in Barbados

    “I reaffirm the Commonwealth's commitment to continue working with the region to address its unique challenges,” the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, said

    The 48th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is starting in Barbados Wednesday under the theme “Strength in Unity: Building Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.”

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    $LIBRA scandal: Milei's legal team yet to be appointed

    Despite the uproar, Milei plans to attend several events in the United States this week

    The Argentine Government explained Tuesday that Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona would not be stepping down to defend President Javier Milei in the so-called $LIBRA cryptofiasco. Instead, the Anticorruption Office as well as judiciary authorities would handle the investigations into the case, Spokesman Manuel Adorni said. “He is the Minister of Justice and is devoted to his specific functions in the Ministry,” Adorni stressed about Cúneo Libarona. Regarding Milei's legal counseling, he admitted that the team was yet to be appointed.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazil's PGR indicts Bolsonaro and 33 others for coup attempt

    Bolsonaro carried out a “conspiratorial plot armed and executed against democratic institutions,” the prosecution argued

    Former President Jair Bolsonaro was indicted Tuesday by Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) alongside 33 other people before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for the crimes of coup d'état, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and criminal organization.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 09:13 UTC

    Brazil announces plans to join OPEC+

    “We should not be ashamed of being oil producers,” Silveira stressed

    Brazilian authorities announced Tuesday the South American country's decision to join the Organization of 13 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 observer nations, commonly referred to as OPEC+. According to Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira, the move would in in line with Brazil's goals and would not collide with its environmental commitments. Brazil will participate in the OPEC Cooperation Charter, a forum for discussing oil market strategies without binding obligations to follow cartel policies like production cuts.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 09:05 UTC

    Trump: Russia willing to end Ukrainian war

    Trump insisted the conflict could have been resolved earlier

    US President Donald Trump Tuesday acknowledged from his Mar-a-Lago residence that Russia was willing to end the war in Ukraine and criticized Kyiv for its reluctance to negotiate. In the Republican leader's view, the conflict could have been resolved sooner.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 08:42 UTC

    Uruguay on avian flu alert after detection in Argentina

    The outbreak is limited to Tres Isletas, in the Argentine province of Chaco

    Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) declared a state of health alert due to an outbreak of avian influenza in Tres Isletas, in the Argentine province of Chaco, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo. The measure seeks to protect public health and national poultry production as the malady poses risks to biodiversity, the poultry sector, and public health. It can cause sudden bird mortality, respiratory and neurological symptoms, hemorrhages, and diarrhea, it was also explained.

  • Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 21:10 UTC

    Reports on ISIS' presence in Uruguay an old story

    The 14-year-old Uruguayan boy making those allegations was arrested last year

    A Spanish outlet highlighted that the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) had resurfaced in Uruguay and was planning to spread throughout the continent. However, the Ministry of the Interior in Montevideo said the video that went viral and on which those reports were based was old and that its author had already been placed in custody.

  • Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 20:54 UTC

    Lula welcomes Portugal's President and Prime Minister in Brazil

    Rebelo de Sousa (L) started his tour in Recife, where he was granted an honorary PhD by the University of Pernambuco

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed Portugal's Heads of State and Government Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro respectively, to launch a series of bilateral vents to take place in the South American country. The Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) will also be on the agenda. The Workers' Party leader had been to Portugal in 2023.