Stories for July 4th 2025

Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC
Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC
Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 14:03 UTC
Colombian FM resigns over differences with President Petro

Laura Sarabia resigned this week as Colombia's Foreign Minister, citing “differences” with President Gustavo Petro in “recent days.” Her departure adds to a cabinet crisis that has seen over 50 ministerial changes in three years.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC
Falklands to launch, Environment Trust for carbon reduction and land recovery projects

The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved the establishment of an Environment Trust to deliver carbon reduction, biodiversity and land recovery projects in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:12 UTC
Arce addresses domestic and global issues at Mercosur Summit

During his speech at the 66th Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council and the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur and Associated States in Buenos Aires, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora addressed both domestic challenges and regional aspirations.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Lula and Peña discuss espionage case

Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Santiago Peña of Paraguay on Thursday discussed during the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires the ongoing investigation into an intelligence operation carried out during the Jair Bolsonaro years to obtain confidential information from Paraguayan officials involved in negotiations on the binational Itaipu power plant. Both leaders also exchanged invitations for reciprocal visits.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:50 UTC
Woman shot at Brazilian consulate in Ciudad del Este

Brazilian national Cássio Mussawer Montenegro opened fire Thursday at approximately 1.30 pm against Prima Felicia Benítez de Cantuni, a 78-year-old former judge who works as a legal advisor at the Brazilian Consulate in Ciudad del Este. During the attack at the diplomatic mission, the woman was shot in the left arm. Security personnel fired back. The perpetrator then tried to kill himself but failed. They are both hospitalized, the Alto Paraná Police Chief, Crio Feliciano Martínez, confirmed.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:34 UTC
Orsi invited Milei over to Montevideo

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi extended a formal invitation to his Argentine colleague, Javier Milei, to visit Montevideo during their bilateral meeting, lasting approximately 30 minutes, as part of the 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit in Buenos Aires.
Friday, July 4th 2025 - 05:08 UTC
Latino Director Felipe Vargas Steps Away from Lionsgate’s Next Film Project

In 2023, it was announced that a new Leprechaun movie was in the works. Felipe Varga had been hired to breathe new life into the franchise. With that said, things look to have changed. There hasn’t been much said about the movie over the last year, but it’s clear why. Vargas has been busy on his most recent movie, Rosario, and is no longer directing the Leprechaun movie for Lionsgate.