MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 12th 2025
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:39 UTC
Lula kicking off Beijing tour with meetings with businesspeople
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to meet Monday with executives from two major Chinese companies. Later in the day, he is to hold an encounter with representatives from the health sector and sign a series of agreements before closing the Brazil-China seminar. He is currently in Beijing on an official visit to strengthen business ties.
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:30 UTC
Sweden: Top security adviser lasts 30 minutes on the job after intimate dating app pics surface
Sweden’s newly appointed national security adviser and former ambassador to Ukraine, Tobias Thyberg, resigned minutes after taking office following the leak of “sensitive” photos from an old Grindr same-sex dating app profile. “I should have informed [the government], but I didn’t,” Thyberg admitted.
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:25 UTC
South Georgia, Expressions of Interest for the time charter of a UK-Flagged Fisheries Patrol Vessel
The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is seeking expressions of interest for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Fisheries Patrol Vessel (FPV).
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:24 UTC
Argentina: No major changes in provincial elections, but LLA growing slowly
The Governors of the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco, and San Luis were consolidating their grip on the local legislatures following Sunday's elections. However, President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA), a relatively new political formation, was making significant progress in some districts amid poor turnout. A key index of the country's political reshaping is expected at next Sunday's elections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA).
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Given Paraguay's trade deficit with China, opportunities such as UAE sought
Paraguay trade experts warned this weekend, citing official data from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) that 37.6% of the country's imports in the first quarter of 2025 stemmed from China, where very little is placed: 0.3% of sales abroad, as a result of Asunción's stance towards Taiwan, which prevents any direct trade with Beijing.
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Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:04 UTC
Petrobras strikes high-quality oil in Santos Basin Pre-Salt Aram block
Petrobras has announced a new oil discovery in the pre-salt Santos Basin, identifying “high-quality oil without contaminants” at the 3-BRSA-1396D-SPS exploratory well in the Aram block, located 248 kilometers off the coast of Santos, at a water depth of 1,952 meters
