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Stories for August 14th 2025

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 22:14 UTC

    Paraguayan mini-market chain admits there were flaws

    Caligaris argued, however, that closing down all branches was excessive

    Executives from a popular Paraguayan mini-market chain that was suspended by consumer protection and health authorities earlier this week owned up to their shortcomings on Wednesday, thus downplaying allegations that the joint measure from the Consumer Protection Secretariat (Sedeco) and the National Health Surveillance Directorate (Dinavisa) had been politically motivated.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

    Violence against children in Brazilian Amazon worse than elsewhere in the country

    According to the Health Ministry, 94 violent deaths of indigenous children and adolescents were recorded in the Legal Amazon in the 2021-2023 period

    A report released Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety (FBSP) showed that Children and adolescents in the Legal Amazon were exposed to different types of violence with relevant particularities compared to the rest of the South American country.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 12:01 UTC

    Falklands Day, August 14th

    Today, the 14th of August, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly proudly marks Falklands Day and extends warm wishes to all Falkland Islanders and friends of the Falklands. This day marks the anniversary of the first recorded sighting of the then-uninhabited Islands by John Davis in 1592.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Orsi to visit Europe for meetings with Pope Leo XIV, European leaders, and EU officials

    The agenda will culminate in Brussels, where he will meet with EU authorities: the European Parliament could ratify the Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the EU this year

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will travel in October to Rome, Madrid, and Brussels for an official tour that will include meetings with Pope Leo XIV, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and King Felipe VI.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Antarctica: Pilot clinches plea deal and may leave Chile

    Guo turned 20 days during his stay in Antarctica

    After being detained in Antarctica for several weeks, American pilot and teenage influencer Ethan Guo has had the charges against him dropped by a Chilean judge. Guo was originally accused of providing a false flight plan and landing his plane without authorization on a Chilean-claimed territory in Antarctica.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Former Peruvian President Vizcarra placed under preventive arrest

    Vizcarra is under investigation for allegedly receiving bribes as governor of Moquegua between 2011 and 2014

    Peru's Seventh National Preliminary Investigation Court ordered five months of preventive detention for former President Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) on charges of passive bribery. In his ruling, Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz cited procedural and flight risks, ordering the sentence to be enforced immediately.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    US seizes assets from Maduro worth US$700 million, Bondi says

    Maduro's “regime of terror continues,” Bondi noted in an interview

    The United States government on Wednesday claimed to have confiscated over US$700 million in assets from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi in an interview with Fox. These assets reportedly include two luxury planes, multiple houses, a mansion in the Dominican Republic, and a horse farm.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Argentina's inflation in July stands at 1.9%

    There is not enough cash in circulation to validate widespread increases

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.9% in July, bringing the year-on-year inflation to 36.6% and the year-to-date figure to 17.3%, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics (Indec) released Wednesday in Buenos Aires. This marks the third consecutive month with a monthly inflation rate below 2%, a trend not seen since late 2017.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Fachin chosen to head Brazil's STF

    Fachin was nominated to the STF by former President Dilma Rousseff

    Edson Fachin was chosen on Wednesday to serve as Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) for the next two years, starting on Sept. 29. Justice Alexandre De Moraes will become Deputy Chief Justice.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

    Border incidents escalate diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Peru

    Daniel Quintero, former mayor of Medellín and ally of President Petro, released a video raising the Colombian flag in territory claimed by Peru

    Tensions between Colombia and Peru have risen following a series of incidents in the disputed area of Santa Rosa de Loreto, on the Amazon River. The latest occurred on Monday, when former Medellín mayor and presidential hopeful Daniel Quintero raised the Colombian flag on Chinería Island, territory under Peruvian control. “There is no way I will let Peru take the Amazon River from us… homeland or death,” he declared in a video posted on social media.