Stories for August 20th 2025

Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 22:06 UTC
Argentina partially halts poultry exports due to avian flu

Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) temporarily suspended poultry exports on Wednesday to countries with which it has a disease-free health agreement following a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 21:41 UTC
Lula and Macron agree to further discuss EU-Mercosur FTA

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a telephone conversation about one hour long Wednesday with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, during which both leaders pledged to further discuss the Mercosur-European Union Free Trade Agreement to finalize it.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Maduro mobilizes four million militiamen in response to US naval deployment

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday the activation of four million members of the Bolivarian National Militia in response to the deployment of three US Navy destroyers, aircraft, and submarines off the country’s coast. The operation, ordered by Donald Trump, aims to target Latin American cartels, including the Cartel of the Suns, which Washington accuses Maduro of leading.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Uruguay assumes the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency

Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and María Gabriela Sommerfeld of Ecuador participated Tuesday at Montevideo's Torre Ejecutiva in the handover ceremony of the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:27 UTC
Bogotá court orders Uribe's release pending further appeals

A Bogota High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, thereby revoking Judge Sandra Heredia's 12-year house arrest sentence that Uribe had been serving after being found guilty of bribery and procedural fraud.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:47 UTC
Argentine pilots want to launch nationwide strike

Argentina's Airline Pilots Association (APLA) has called for a nationwide strike to protest President Javier Milei's decree 378/2025, which alters working conditions for flight crews.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 09:02 UTC
“Failures regarding the Royal Fleet Auxiliary leave the Royal Navy exposed,” security expert Professor Clarke

Britain’s Carrier Strike Group's participation in Operation Highmast is a “sparkling example” of the Royal Navy's “shop window”, but the deployment also reveals the depleted state of our domestic maritime defenses, a UK security expert has told BFBS Forces News.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:55 UTC
The Bank of England could learn from the Falklands

By A. S. H. Smyth, (*)
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC
Trump in the Falklands

By Barry Eichengreen (*) - US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs.
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 00:35 UTC
Argentina Delays Federal Gambling Protections Bill, Raising Industry Concerns

Argentina’s long-discussed federal gambling protections bill has been delayed yet again. On August 7, 2025, the Senate confirmed it would postpone debate on the legislation, citing unresolved texts and a lack of progress in multiple committees.