Stories for September 17th 2025

Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 20:20 UTC
Brazil's National Mining Agency Director arrested

Brazil's Federal Police (PF) arrested National Mining Agency (ANM) Director Caio Mário Trivellato Seabra Filho and former PF Director and current Director of Administration and Finance of the Geological Service of Brazil (SGB), Rodrigo de Melo Teixeira.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 20:04 UTC
Milei highlights contrast between Argentina's decline and Paraguay's progress

Argentine President Javier Milei praised Paraguay's economic progress and highlighted the political alignment between the two countries.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 19:52 UTC
New study links squid abundance around Falklands to ocean conditions

A new study has developed an innovative model to forecast the abundance of Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) in the Falkland Islands region, highlighting how environmental variability drives key fluctuations in this vital resource.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 11:12 UTC
Falklands ‘bashing’, a listing Milei appeals to an old Argentine political habit

Last Friday following a negative electoral week for the government of Argentine president Javier Milei, which forced him to reshape his economic program, and open the tight purse of the budget, looking ahead to the midterm election in October, (and ahead of the arrival of the new British ambassador in Buenos Aires), the Falkland Islands, this time hydrocarbons development, were again the target of Argentine political frustration.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:45 UTC
Sharp fall in unemployment reported in Brazil

A report released Tuesday by Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed a significant drop in the unemployment rate in the quarter ending in July, which stood at 5.6%, the lowest since records began in 2012. In the previous rolling quarter, the rate was 5.8%.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Chile creates Prosecutor's Office to tackle transnational crime

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font signed into law on Tuesday the bill creating the Supra-Territorial Prosecutor's Office, designed to tackle organized crime and complex, transnational illicit activities more effectively.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:13 UTC
El Salvador: Bill passed allowing for seven years of pretrial detention

El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has passed a law by 57 votes to 3, allowing individuals arrested under President Nayib Bukele's “war on gangs” to be held in prison for up to seven years without a trial.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:10 UTC
Milei and Peña stand for “Western values” at conservative event in Asunción

Argentine President Javier Milei defended his fiscal adjustment policies and “Western culture” in meetings with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:09 UTC
Venezuela and Iran pledge to strengthen nuclear cooperation

Venezuela's Deputy Science and Technology Minister Alberto Quintero met in Vienna with Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) head Mohamad Eslami to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear technology, as well as the expansion of collaboration in the production of radiopharmaceuticals and the development of nuclear education and research.
Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:06 UTC
Bolsonaro hospitalized for feeling unwell

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Brasília after “feeling ill” while under house arrest. One of his sons, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, reported that his father suffered from severe hiccups, vomiting, and low blood pressure.