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Stories for May 14th 2025

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:48 UTC

    EU tariffs on Falklands exports, “we are in ongoing discussions”, says FCDO

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy was questioned at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Falklands foreign trade

    A specific question in UK Parliament on the Falkland Islands Government urgent call to the UK Government for the use of the current UK/EU reset agreement as an opportunity to remove the detrimental post-Brexit tariffs on Falklands exports, received from Foreign Secretary David Lammy a brief reply of “ongoing discussions”.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:41 UTC

    UK Ambassador to Argentina visits Falklands Office in London

    Ambassador David Cairns and FIGO Representative Richard Hyslop

    UK’s recently appointed ambassador to Argentina, David Cairns visited the Falkland Islands Government Office in London where he met with Representative Richard Hyslop and other staff from FIGO.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 12:33 UTC

    CFK's would-be assassin convicted in child pornography case

    Sabag Montiel tried to shoot CFK on Sept. 1, 2022, but his pistol jammed

    Fernando Sabag Montiel, the main suspect in the assassination attempt against then Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) in September 2022, Tuesday clinched a plea deal with the prosecution in an unrelated child pornopraphy case for which he was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 11:24 UTC

    Falklands Consolidated Fisheries Trust awards applications close 31st May

    Eimear Smith and Mark McLeod recently completed their courses to be able to provide climbing instruction to the community.

    The Falkland Islands Consolidated Fisheries Ltd., over the past five years has made 23 awards assisting individuals in further education and training, which in the long-term will benefit the Falklands community.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 11:13 UTC

    St Helena General Election scheduled for 03 September 2025; 12 LegCo seats at stake

    Governor Nigel Phillips CBE

    The British Overseas Territory of St Helena is holding a General Election on Wednesday 03 September 2025. Following discussions with Chief Minister Julie Thomas, Governor Nigel Phillips CBE has agreed, at the Chief Minister’s request, that the St Helena Legislative Council be dissolved on Monday 30 June, and election scheduled for next September.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:56 UTC

    Brazil's Central Bank signs currency swap with People’s Bank of China

    The BCB already has a similar agreement with the US Federal Reserve

    Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) signed a currency swap agreement Tuesday worth R$ 157 billion (US$ 28 billion). The arrangement is valid for five years.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Milei claims to be heading Argentina's “best Government in history”

    The Libertarian administration's structural reforms will lead to zero inflation by mid-2025, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei claimed Tuesday his administration surpasses Carlos Menem’s first term, previously considered Argentina’s most successful, due to faster inflation reduction and extensive structural reforms he hoped would lead to zero inflation by mid-2025.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Peruvian Prime Minister Adrianzén resigns

    With his resignation, Adrianzén neutralized a motion of censure against him

    Gustavo Adrianzén resigned Tuesday as Peru's Prime Minister, the day before facing a motion of censure in Congress due to his alleged failure to address the country’s crime wave.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    Arce announces he would not run for reelection

    Arce warned that any division among the left would only favor imperialism

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection on Aug. 17 to avoid further divisions among the country's populist left, and urged his Movement for Socialism (MAS) to unite around a single candidate to prevent the right from regaining power.

  • Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Presidents of China and Chile meet in Beijing

    Boric told Xi Jinping that commerce should benefit people reciprocally, not serve one country’s interests

    During Wednesday's encounter with his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric Font in Beijing at the IV Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)-China ministerial Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of South-South cooperation in a controversial world. He also recalled that the occasion marked 55 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.