Stories for June 9th 2025

Monday, June 9th 2025 - 20:18 UTC
FAO Food Price Index dips in May amid lower cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices

The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 19:35 UTC
CFK followers planning response in case former president's conviction is upheld

Followers of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) were planning a response at the Instituto Patria (IP) headquarters in Buenos Aires, should the Supreme Court uphold the six-year prison sentence against their leader, thus exhausting the chain of appeals, which would lead to her arrest, even though she could later apply for a home detention regime for which she would be eligible for being aged over 70.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 19:08 UTC
Food security tops Brazil-Caribbean Summit agenda

The Brazil-Caribbean Summit, set for June 13 in Brasilia, will focus on five key areas for a final document: food and nutrition security, climate change, energy transition, risk management, and connectivity, a high-ranking official from Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Lula condemns drop in financial assistance to developing countries amid surging military spending

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned on Sunday the reduction in financial aid for environmental, economic, and social causes from wealthier countries to the poorer nations, highlighting a 7% drop in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2024, while military spending increased by 9.4%.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:49 UTC
Chad cancels all visas to US travelers

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced Sunday a suspension of visa issuance to US citizens in retaliation for President Donald Trump's executive order banning the entry of citizens from 12 countries -Chad included- citing issues like terrorism, lack of security cooperation, high visa overstays, and refusal to accept deported nationals.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
Milei boasts his government's achievements in Madrid

President Javier Milei told the Madrid Economic Forum this weekend that his government had overreached his campaign goals with a “brutal adjustment” that eliminated the country's fiscal deficit, making Argentina one of five countries worldwide not in the red.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:39 UTC
Protests in Los Angeles against mass deportations crushed by federal troops

Protests erupted in Los Angeles this weekend against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, leading to clashes with police and the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops ordered by President Donald Trump.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:35 UTC
Colombian presidential hopeful shot during political rally

Colombian Senator and 2026 presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot twice Saturday during a campaign rally in El Golfito Park, Bogota’s Fontibon district, at around 5 pm local time. Uribe, a member of the conservative Democratic Centre party, was stabilized at a local clinic before being airlifted to the Santa Fe Foundation hospital, where he underwent neurosurgical and vascular procedures. As of Sunday, he remained in stable but critical condition.
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:34 UTC
Bolivian president says Evo's blockades seek “death, mourning, and pain”

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora condemned the blockades staged by supporters of former President Evo Morales, accusing them of seeking “death, mourning, and pain.”
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:29 UTC
Jones Huala arrested for encouraging acts of violence

Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones Huala was arrested in the Patagonian city of El Bolsón late Sunday by the Argentine Federal Police, following an order from the Bariloche Federal Prosecutor's Office for public intimidation, incitement to collective violence, apology for crime, and criminal association.