Stories for April 1st 2025

Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC
Falkland Islands, Dr Andrea Clausen begins work as FIG Chief Executive

Dr Andrea Clausen officially begins her work today (1 April 2025) as the Falkland Islands Government’s (FIG) Chief Executive. She was appointed in October 2024 to be the next Chief Executive and is both the first female and the first Falkland Islander to take on the role. Previous to her new role, Andrea served as the FIG Director of Natural Resources following her previous experience in the private sector and as an Elected Member.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 20:33 UTC
Bolsonaro sides with convicted French far-right leader Marine LePen

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that France's far-right leader Marine LePen's conviction and five-year disenfranchisement for embezzling public funds was politically motivated after she led all surveys for the 2027 presidential elections.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:55 UTC
April 2 Malvinas Day to further showcase rift in Argentine gov't

The April 2 Malvinas War Veteran's Day holiday will showcase the rift in the Argentine Government much more than it would highlight any question of sovereignty and patriotism. While President Javier Milei will head the ceremony in the Buenos Aires district of Retiro, where a cenotaph remembers thhose fallen in the 1982 conflict, Vice President Victoria Villarruel -who was not invited- is to attend an event in Ushuaia to join a group of former combatants, which her late father also was.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 19:53 UTC
Argentina starts pumping gas to Brazil through Bolivia

Argentina began exporting natural gas to Brazil for the first time through the infrastructure of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), it was reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:52 UTC
Milei celebrates official figures showing a decline in poverty

Argentine President Javier Milei Monday boasted his administration's achievement of lowering poverty from 52.9% in the first semester of 2024 to 38.1% by the end of the year, compared to 41.7% at the end of 2023. Indigence (extreme poverty) also decreased to 8.2% from higher levels earlier in the year, according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Bolsonaro's Brazil spied on Paraguay on joint Itaipú plant

Paraguay has launched investigations into an alleged cyberattack by Brazil targeting its government systems to obtain sensitive information about the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano confirmed. He said national intelligence and the Technologies and Information Ministry (MITIC) were probing the claims, though no evidence of a breach has been found yet.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Panama extends former President Martinelli's safe-conduct

The Government of Panama has extended a safe-conduct for former President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), currently sheltering in the Nicaraguan Embassy since Feb. 2024 after being sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined US$ 19.2 million for money laundering.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:24 UTC
World Bank Chief due in Asunción after almost 50 years

World Bank Group (WBG) President Ajay Banga is due in Asunción Tuesday for a historic visit to Paraguay, the first by a man in his position in nearly 50 years since Robert McNamara’s in 1976. Invited by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, Banga aims to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on sustainable development, job creation, and private investment.
Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:16 UTC
Uruguay: Orsi's first tour as president will be to Panama and Honduras

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will embark on his first international trip as head of state on April 7, 2025, visiting Panama and Honduras, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed Monday.