Stories for May 3rd 2025

Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Mercosur FMs pledge to deepen regional integration amid global trade challenges

Foreign Ministers of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur)—namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay—gathered Friday in Buenos Aires at the San Martín Palace to advance regional integration amid global trade changes. They focused on eliminating intra-zone trade barriers, strengthening regional value chains, harmonizing regulations, and enhancing physical and digital integration.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Farage does it again: Reform UK trashes Labour and Tories, becomes main opposition

Populist Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party surged into the lead in local elections across England and grabbed one of Labour’s safest parliamentary seats, trashing Conservatives and becoming head of Britain´s opposition, underline UK media.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Pepe Mujica criticizes PIT-CNT central labor for inaction under Lacalle Pou

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica criticized the PIT-CNT central labor union for its inaction during Luis Lacalle Pou’s government (2020-205), noting the absence of strikes and claiming the group only became active under the new leftist government of Yamandú Orsi, which took office on March 1.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:49 UTC
Chimney installed for Pope-electing conclave

Vatican firefighters installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel roof for the upcoming conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor. The chimney, connected to two stoves—one from 1939 for burning ballots and a 2005 model for chemical additives—will emit black smoke for no election, white smoke for a new pope, and yellow smoke for pre-conclave testing.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:14 UTC
World Bank grants additional US$ 230 million to Milei's Argentina

The World Bank (WB) Friday approved a US$ 230 million loan for Argentina to enhance job creation and training, supporting the “Promoting Employment” and “Back to Work” programs. This financing, part of a US$ 12 billion three-year package following Argentina’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, aims to benefit over 800,000 unemployed individuals through training, job search services, and socio-labor skill certification, it was explained.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 09:53 UTC
Brazilian Social Security Minister resigns amid scandal

Carlos Lupi resigned Friday from his post as Brazil's Social Security Minister after meeting at the Palácio do Planalto with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, given the ongoing fraud investigation at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). Although Lupi was not named in the enquiry, he stepped down, emphasizing his commitment to transparency and justice. His second-in-command, Wolney Queiroz, has been chosen as his successor.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 08:46 UTC
Falklands’ first Loligo season, despite earlier closure, was ‘relatively good’ FIFCA and Spanish associates agree

The Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) and its Spanish associates said that following the early closure of the first Loligo season, (March first/27 April) given the scientific reports, and with total catches close to 38,000 tons, it was a relatively good season.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 08:39 UTC
Tourism tsunami in Antarctica, 125,000 visitors per season and growing

The massive inflow of tourism in Antarctica during the austral summer, almost 125,000 visitors per season, more than double the number five years ago, is becoming a growing concern for many NGOs and conservation organizations.
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Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 07:55 UTC
Maduro ignores ruling from UN court in new attempt to take over Guyana´s Esequibo region

The government of Venezuela aggressively rejected a ruling from the UN International Court of Justice ordering Caracas to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee the resource-rich disputed region of Esequibo in neighboring Guyana.
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