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Stories for August 18th 2025

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    After meeting Zelensky, Trump sees three-way summit with Putin possible

    This time around, Zelensky at least wore a dark suit, albeit no tie

    US President Donald Trump met Monday with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders following his encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin to keep working towards a solution to the ongoing crisis.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

    Lula and Noboa discuss trade beyond ideological discrepancies

    Noboa is on a tour that will also include Uruguay and Argentina

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa at the Planalto Palace for a meeting during which both leaders set aside their ideological discrepancies and focused on strengthening trade and cooperation, particularly after Washington's tariffs.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Al Gore says Washington has “schizophrenic” approach to climate change

    It's crazy to allow polluters to write the rules,” Gore argued

    During his recent trip to Brazil, former US Vice President Al Gore said that his country's stance on the climate crisis was “schizophrenic,” changing from one view to another, depending on who ruled. In his first term in office, between 2017 and 2021, Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, whose main objective is to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But then came Joseph Biden, and the country returned to the agreement, only to pull out yet again with Trump's second term.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Brazil donating 20 Urutus armored vehicles to Paraguay

    The EE-11 Urutu was Brazil's main armored personnel carrier (VBTP) for decades

    Brazil is donating 20 EE-11 Urutu armored vehicles to the Paraguayan Army to help modernize its military and strengthen regional defense cooperation. The donation will increase Paraguay's fleet of Urutu vehicles from 12 to 32.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

    Paraguay: Peña appoints official under investigation for fraud

    The fraud investigation against Flores Benítez is still ongoing, according to the prosecution

    In a controversial move, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña appointed Bella Rosa Flores Benítez as the new Deputy Minister of Family Farming. The new official faces fraud, falsifying public documents, and criminal association charges from Prosecutor José Godoy after she was accused of selling a 165-hectare property in 2021 that was not hers.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    Canadian Ambassador and Haitian Police Chief discuss cooperation

    If read between the lines, the meeting represented Ottawa's recognition of Paraison

    Haitian National Police (PNH) Acting Director-General Vladimir Paraison and Canada's Ambassador to Port-au-Prince André François Giroux discussed cooperation regarding security issues, particularly training, logistics, and institutional development.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Bad weather expected in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina

    Residents were advised to take precautions

    Weather forecasters in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina foresee stormy conditions early this week due to an extratropical cyclone expected to bring severe havoc to the region.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:04 UTC

    Montevideo's airport to close for two days for upgrading work

    After the update, landing will be allowed with a visibility of only 100 meters, against today's 800

    Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport will be closed from 9 am Tuesday to 9 am Thursday due to improvement works on its ILS landing system, which will enable operations under poorer visibility, it was reported in the Uruguayan capital. Travelers were advised to check with their airlines about possible delays or reroutings.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 07:55 UTC

    Chinese automaker GWM opens first factory in South America

    This new factory is the brand's first plant in the Southern Hemisphere and its third outside China

    Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) officially launched its first manufacturing facility in the Americas, located in Brazil, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva present at the ceremony. The plant is set to function as a regional export hub for Latin America.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 07:44 UTC

    Bolivia headed for runoff between rightwing candidates

    Arce was booed as he turned up at the polling station

    Right-wing candidates Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former President Jorge Tuto Quiroga advanced Sunday to an unprecedented runoff after the elections in Bolivia. Preliminary results showed Paz Pereira in front with 32.2% of the vote and Quiroga in second place with 26.9%, which marks a significant shift in Bolivian politics, as it signals the end of two decades of leftist rule by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, led by former presidents Evo Morales Aymá and Luis Arce Catacora. The runoff election is scheduled for Oct. 19.

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