Stories for December 2025

Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:23 UTC
Gibraltar: Picardo steps down for 2 weeks due to eye surgery

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was admitted to a hospital in Jerez on Thursday for a detached retina and will be incapacitated for 14 days, forcing the delay of key government events, including the long-awaited McGrail Inquiry report.
Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:14 UTC
Chile's ENAP to get oil supply from Vaca Muerta through Trans-Andean pipeline

Chile's State-owned oil company, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap), has finalized a colossal import deal worth US$12 billion with major Argentine energy producers, securing a critical long-term supply from the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.
Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:11 UTC
Flybondi eyes Paraguay flag carrier status

Argentine low-cost carrier Flybondi has announced an ambitious regional expansion plan involving a projected investment of US$1.7 billion and the establishment of a new operation under a Paraguayan flag.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 22:27 UTC
Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile

Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 12:03 UTC
Martín Menem re-elected as Speaker of Argentina's Lower House

The Argentine House of Deputies swore in 127 new legislators on Wednesday in a session that concluded with the reelection of Martín Menem as Speaker. The occasion wss attended by President Javier Milei as the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) became the largest minority bloc. LLA secured 95 seats after Entre Ríos' Francisco Moechio changed sides.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:28 UTC
World Bank grants loan to Uruguayan green hydrogen project

The World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC), has announced its first global investment in green hydrogen, providing a U$20 million loan to the Kahirós project in Uruguay.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:20 UTC
Argentine judge rules in favor of extraditing 5 defendants convicted in Brazil's coup d'état case

Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ruled Wednesday to extradite five Brazilian nationals who were convicted for their roles in the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil's government headquarters.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC
Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Falklands, feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor

The Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) has contracted U.K.-based maritime civil, structural, architectural, and environmental engineering services company Arch Henderson to conduct and provide the feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:09 UTC
Bolivian Customs is going to die, says President Paz

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira announced Wednesday that his administration would eliminate tariffs on all technological products not manufactured domestically to lower consumer costs, fighting smuggling, and boosting national production.