Stories for March 2025

Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 09:12 UTC
Pope has two episodes of acute respiratory failure

Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure, Vatican sources confirmed Monday. The Argentine-born Pontiff has now been hospitalized for 18 days at Rome's Gemelli clinic, where he was admitted with bronchitis, which later proved to be bilateral pneumonia,
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 19:20 UTC
Brazilian production wins Oscar for Best Picture in Foreign Language

Brazilians celebrated it as if it was another football title when Walter Salles' “Ainda Estou Aqui” (“I'm Still Here”) won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language. It was the first time a production from the South American country received such an accolade. The movie tells the story of a family during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985).
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 16:23 UTC
Falkland Islands student addresses UK Youth Parliament on education

A student from the Falkland Islands brought the issue of post-16 education to the UK House of Commons during the 2025 session of the UK Youth Parliament on February 28.
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 14:46 UTC
US not interested in FTA with Argentina, Latin American Envoy says

Former Inter American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone, now Us State Department envoy for Latin American Affairs, said during the weekend that President Donald Trump's administration was not after any new Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which might be disappointing to Argentina's Javier Milei who announced he was willing to leave Mercosur to achieve just that.
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 14:31 UTC
New sea incident between Venezuela and Guyana

Venezuela's Armed Forces rejected neighboring Guyana's patrolling waters yet to be delimited, Bolivarian authorities explained this weekend. The Chavista regime also spoke against Guyanese President Irfaan Ali's latest remarks affecting the ongoing sovereignty controversy over the so-called Essequiba Guiana. On Saturday, Ali accused the Bolivarian Navy of violating Guyanese maritime territory.
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Milei does not rule out leaving Mercosur

Argentine President Javier Milei further elaborated on his plan to curb inflation during his opening speech Saturday before the Legislative Assembly when opening the 202t5t Legislature. Among other items, he spoke of a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plus the reorganization of the Central Bank (BCRA) accounts.
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 10:45 UTC
Orsi and Steinmeier underscore Mercosur-EU deal

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi held a one-on-one talk with his German colleague Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at the Estévez Palace in Montevideo. Both leaders agreed on the importance of ratifying the trade agreement between the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU).
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 09:43 UTC
Europe steps in behind Zelensky after Trump's withdrawal

After being ejected from the White House last Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky found support for his cause in a European Summit in London, where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer picked up the baton Donald Trump dropped. Other regional leaders followed suit.
Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 09:11 UTC
Falklands, Gurkhas will be involved in blank fire exercise Cape Kukri II

Starting on Monday March 03 and until 07 March, the RIC (Roulement Infantry Company) stationed at MPC in the Falkland Islands will be conducting Exercise Cape Kukri II.
Sunday, March 2nd 2025 - 10:51 UTC
Young Islanders represent the Falklands at international Youth Summit

Two young Islanders have represented the Falklands at the UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) Youth Summit hosted by the Government of the British Virgin Islands at their London office, BVI House.