Stories for May 2025

Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 11:13 UTC
St Helena General Election scheduled for 03 September 2025; 12 LegCo seats at stake

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

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”

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

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

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

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.
Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 20:40 UTC
International aviation agency rules Moscow was behind downing of Flight MH17

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) ruled Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board. Although victims included Britons, Belgians, and Malaysians, 196 stemmed from the Netherlands.
Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 20:26 UTC
Brazil and China issue joint statements regarding ongoing world affairs

Brazil and China released two joint statements Tuesday following a meeting between Presidents Xi Jinping and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other encounters in Beijing.
Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 19:18 UTC
José “Pepe” Mujica, Uruguay’s iconic former President, dies at 89

José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and a global symbol of humility and social justice, has passed away at the age of 89. “He leaves as he lived, as a man of the people, a voice for the humble, a fighter for justice. Farewell, Pepe. Thank you for so much,” President Yamandú Orsi wrote on social media, announcing the death of one of Latin America’s most iconic leaders.
Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Uruguay: Former President Mujica critically ill

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica is in the terminal phase of esophageal cancer and is receiving palliative care to ease his pain, his wife and former Vice President Lucía Topolansky confirmed. In April 2024, the former guerrilla fighter went public about the tumor for which he received 31 radiotherapy sessions.