Stories for 2025

Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:32 UTC
Antarctica: Pilot clinches plea deal and may leave Chile

After being detained in Antarctica for several weeks, American pilot and teenage influencer Ethan Guo has had the charges against him dropped by a Chilean judge. Guo was originally accused of providing a false flight plan and landing his plane without authorization on a Chilean-claimed territory in Antarctica.
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:27 UTC
Former Peruvian President Vizcarra placed under preventive arrest

Peru's Seventh National Preliminary Investigation Court ordered five months of preventive detention for former President Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) on charges of passive bribery. In his ruling, Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz cited procedural and flight risks, ordering the sentence to be enforced immediately.
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:23 UTC
US seizes assets from Maduro worth US$700 million, Bondi says

The United States government on Wednesday claimed to have confiscated over US$700 million in assets from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi in an interview with Fox. These assets reportedly include two luxury planes, multiple houses, a mansion in the Dominican Republic, and a horse farm.
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC
Argentina's inflation in July stands at 1.9%

Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.9% in July, bringing the year-on-year inflation to 36.6% and the year-to-date figure to 17.3%, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics (Indec) released Wednesday in Buenos Aires. This marks the third consecutive month with a monthly inflation rate below 2%, a trend not seen since late 2017.
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:14 UTC
Fachin chosen to head Brazil's STF

Edson Fachin was chosen on Wednesday to serve as Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) for the next two years, starting on Sept. 29. Justice Alexandre De Moraes will become Deputy Chief Justice.
Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 08:50 UTC
Border incidents escalate diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Peru

Tensions between Colombia and Peru have risen following a series of incidents in the disputed area of Santa Rosa de Loreto, on the Amazon River. The latest occurred on Monday, when former Medellín mayor and presidential hopeful Daniel Quintero raised the Colombian flag on Chinería Island, territory under Peruvian control. “There is no way I will let Peru take the Amazon River from us… homeland or death,” he declared in a video posted on social media.
Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 21:15 UTC
US State Dept report critical of human rights in Paraguay

A US State Department report for 2024 has found that the human rights situation “did not improve significantly” in Paraguay, and cited serious issues related to freedom of expression, press harassment, and restrictions on civil society.
Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 20:48 UTC
Uruguay's Salto more expensive than Argentina's Concordia across the border

A study by the Catholic University of Uruguay's (UCU) Economic Observatory on the Salto Campus released this week showed that goods were once again much less expensive in Argentina. However, the difference was not as large as in previous years.
Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 10:58 UTC
Lula sending bill to Congress to regulate social media

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that he would be sending a bill to Congress, providing for the regulation of social media. “We are going to regulate because it is necessary to establish minimum standards of behavior and procedure for the operation of a digital network,” he told Band News.
Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
Explosion in southern Brazil leaves 9 dead

At least nine people were reported dead Tuesday after an explosion at the Enaex Brasil explosives factory in Quatro Barras, a municipality in the southern State of Paraná, near Curitiba. In addition, seven people were injured.