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Stories for June 28th 2025

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    OAS passes unanimous declaration favoring Argentina's stance regarding Falklands/Malvinas

    OAS Secretary-General Albert Ramdin said Argentina's sovereignty must be recognized

    The Organization of American States (OAS) unanimously adopted a declaration during its General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, supporting Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands.

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    IMF team rounds up mission to Argentina

    The results were not disclosed

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded a four-day technical mission in Buenos Aires to review Argentina’s compliance with a new US$20 billion agreement signed in mid-April 2025, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Discovery of Tiwanaku Civilization temple in Bolivia announced

    “Much about the Tiwanaku civilization remains unknown,” Capriles pointed out

    Researchers led by Bolivian archaeologist José Capriles (Penn State University) discovered the Palaspata temple, a ceremonial complex linked to the Tiwanaku civilization, in Ocotavi, Oruro, Bolivia, approximately 215 km south of the main Tiwanaku site near Lake Titicaca, it was announced this week.

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Milei calls Kicillof a “eunuch donkey”

    The president also said the Governor of Buenos Aires was “Stalin's chick”

    Argentine President Javier Milei launched the electoral campaign for his party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), in the province of Buenos Aires ahead of local elections on September 7, 2025. During a party congress in La Plata, Milei harshly criticized Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof, a Peronist, calling him “Stalin's chick” and a “eunuch donkey.”

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    Brazil's ANAC imposes heavy sanction on Aerolíneas Argentinas

    Aerolíneas Argentinas' flights to and from Brazil will remain unaffected since the sanction is not related to safety problems

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) imposed a provisional administrative measure against Aerolíneas Argentinas this week, banning the neighboring country's flag carrier from establishing new operating bases in Brazil and increasing flight frequencies at Brasília, Galeão, Salvador, Curitiba, and Florianópolis.

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 09:22 UTC

    Italy favors EU-Mercosur FTA provided Europe's agriculture's interests are protected

    During his meeting with Lubetkin in Rome, Tajani underlined “the priority nature of Latin America for Italian foreign policy”

    Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told his Uruguayan counterpart Mario Lubetkin Friday that Rome favored finalizing the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the South American Common Market (Mercosur), provided Europe's agricultural sector is protected, thus aligning with concerns from France and others about South American imports.