Stories for 2025

Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
US deploys destroyers off Venezuela in operation against narco-terror groups

The United States will deploy three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers off the coast of Venezuela within the next 36 hours as part of an operation targeting criminal organizations classified as narco-terrorist groups. According to Reuters, the vessels are the USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Sampson, all equipped with the Aegis defense system for air, submarine, and surface warfare.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:54 UTC
Brazil: Meta ordered to remove controversial content from platforms

Brazil's Attorney General's Office (FGR) has formally requested that Meta - owner of social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook - immediately remove chatbots that use childlike language and appearances to engage in sexual conversations. These chatbots, created using the “Meta AI Studio” tool, are considered a “concrete risk to the psychological integrity of children and adolescents.”
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Tsunami ruled out in Chile after earthquake

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake was reported early Tuesday in the Drake Sea, with its epicenter located 249 kilometers south of Puerto Williams, in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. Following the seismic event, the Chilean Navy's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) ruled out any possibility of a tsunami affecting the Chilean coast.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 09:16 UTC
Fishing conflict in Uruguay: armed assemblies and threats amid industry crisis

After nearly 80 days of strikes that paralyzed the fishing season and caused losses of up to US$50 million, Uruguay’s fishing union (Suntma) decided to call off its protest — but in an atmosphere of extreme tension. In recent assemblies, armed workers confronted each other and issued direct threats. “If you want bullets, you’ll get bullets,” one participant warned union leaders, according to El País.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 00:40 UTC
Strategic Engagement or Habitual Use? Rethinking Digital Entertainment Patterns

Digital entertainment has evolved from mindful leisure choices to entrenched components of the daily cycle. Fewer people can now distinguish so readily between strategic entertainment decisions and habitual behavioral routines that fill idle time intervals throughout the day. The outcome relates to all from surfing social media to gaming sessions, and it creates a new category of half-aware digital consumption.
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 00:19 UTC
Brazil Sets Historic Bitcoin Reserve Hearing as South America Leads Crypto Revolution

Brazil's Chamber of Deputies will hold its first public hearing on creating a national Bitcoin reserve on August 20, 2025. The country appears ready to join a small group of nations exploring cryptocurrency as part of their financial strategy. Bill 4501/2024 would let Brazil spend up to 5% of treasury funds on Bitcoin, which equals about $15 billion given the central bank's $300 billion in reserves.
Monday, August 18th 2025 - 22:08 UTC
After meeting Zelensky, Trump sees three-way summit with Putin possible

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

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

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

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.