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Stories for June 2025

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 23:19 UTC

    Falklands Legislative Assembly announces Defence Force Veterans Pin

    MLA Gavin Short said: “It is only right and proper that we acknowledge and celebrate retired/former Members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force ...”

    The Falkland Island Executive Council (ExCo) at their meeting on Tuesday 24th June approved the issuance of a Veteran’s pin to retired/former members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF).

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 18:50 UTC

    Prosecutors want CFK transferred from house arrest to prison

    The prosecution highlighted the negative social impact of the convicted CFK in the Buenos Aires City apartment

    Prosecutors Diego Luciani and Sergio Mola, who got former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) sentenced to six years in jail for corruption in the so-called Vialidad Case, on Monday filed for her to be stripped of her house arrest privileges and be sent to an ordinary correctional facility.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 18:27 UTC

    Orsi speaks wonders of 2030 Agenda in Seville

    “Uruguay cannot neglect any opportunity, and BRICS is another opportunity,” Orsi maintained

    Speaking at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development Monday in Seville, Spain, Uruguayan President Yamadú Orsi defended multilateralism and the 2030 Agenda as key to addressing global issues like poverty, hunger, and pollution.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Spotlight on BA for Mercosur Summit this week: Lula meeting Milei and CFK

    Lula does not speak with Millei and intends to visit the imprisoned CFK

    Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing to host the South American Common Market (Mercosur) Summit Wednesday and Thursday in Buenos Aires, during which he will have to welcome his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with whom he does not see eye to eye after calling him names during the 2023 campaign.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Delgado chosen to chair Uruguay's National Party

    Delgado was booed by many who blamed him for the electoral defeat to Orsi

    Former presidential candidate Álvaro Delgado was elected chairman of Uruguay's National Party (PN) board of directors this weekend, narrowly defeating fellow Senator Javier García by 202 votes to 184 amid boos blaming him from the recent loss to President Yamandú Orsi. Luis Alberto Heber and Carlos Enciso received 45 and 33 votes, respectively.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    IMF okays Paraguay's performance but raises concerns here and there

    Paraguay's monetary policy should continue to be data-driven, the IMF suggested

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Paraguay's fifth review of the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) and third review of the Resilience and Sustainability Service (RSS), granting access to about US$285 million, with US$195 million requested by authorities.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 09:54 UTC

    Argentine shrimp catch going through severe crisis

    The crisis has led to economic damage in ports like Mar del Plata and Puerto Madryn

    A severe crisis in Argentina's shrimp fishing industry, described as the worst in its history, has left 113 freezer vessels idle, 5,000 workers unemployed, and caused over US$200 million in export losses. The conflict stems from a dispute between fishing companies and unions (SOMU and Simape) over adjusting the Collective Labor Agreement, which ties workers' production bonuses to a 2005 shrimp price of US$12 per kilo.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 09:33 UTC

    Argentina: Danish diplomat says F-16s are fully equipped

    “We are upgrading the F-16 aircraft with the latest technology,” Ambassador Eva Bisgaard Pedersen said

    Denmark's concurrent Ambassador to Brazil and Argentina discussed in an interview with DEF Magazine the recent purchase by Buenos Aires of 24 second-hand US-built F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in April 2024, which are yet to be delivered. Argentina needs to modernize its air might since the 2015 decommissioning of French-built Dassault Mirage aircraft.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 09:06 UTC

    Brazil endorses Spain's declaration in favor of LGBTQIA+ rights

    The endorsement shows Brazil's commitment to promoting equality and combating discrimination

    Brazil joined a declaration proposed by Spain, alongside 14 other countries, including Colombia, Australia, and Canada, to promote LGBTQIA+ rights. The statement, released in connection with International LGBTQIA+ Pride Day on June 28, commits to advancing diversity policies, combating violence, and ensuring equality under the law for LGBTQIA+ individuals.

  • Monday, June 30th 2025 - 08:22 UTC

    Communist Jara wins Chilean ruling party's presidential primaries

    Jara was Boric's labor minister between March 11, 2022, and April 7, 2025

    Communist activist and former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara won the Chilean ruling party’s presidential primary Sunday with 60.16% of the vote, defeating Carolina Tohá (27.78%) and lesser challenges from Gonzalo Winter and Jaime Mulet.

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