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Montevideo, December 27th 2025 - 20:32 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Lula and Xi Jinping discuss bilateral and global issues

    Both presidents agreed that Washington's tariffs were obstacles to a fair and equitable international system

    Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on Monday held a telephone conference, during which they discussed topics of mutual interest, as well as global issues. Both leaders agreed that China-Brazil relations were at an all-time high and planned to continue working together.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Paraguay's Lower House gives nod to Mercosur-Singapore FTA

    This agreement provides strategic access to the large Asian market, Latorre argued

    Paraguay's Lower House on Monday approved the Free Trade Agreement between the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and Singapore signed in December 2023 in Rio de Janeiro. The deal had already been approved by the Senate. The understanding seeks to increase accessibility and transparency for businesses engaging in electronic transactions and public procurement.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 06:40 UTC

    Antarctic researcher remains, working for Falklands’ Dependency, 66 years ago, found in receding glacier

    Dennis Bell (left) with his fellow colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica. Midwinter 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base. Credit: unknown.

    The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, a 25 year-old meteorologist who was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He died in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, situated off the Antarctic Peninsula on 26 July 1959. His body was never recovered.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 04:53 UTC

    Falklands, Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Approved by ExCo

    MLA Peter Biggs said: “Falklands needs to improve how we manage pollution and waste and this is an important step in better protecting our air, land and water.

    The Executive Council has approved a Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Strategy for the Falkland Islands. The strategy aims to provide a clear plan to address the long-term reduction and prevention of pollution and control of waste in the Falklands, in a way that suits the unique context of the Islands.

  • Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 04:22 UTC

    The crushing of the unfinished BBC’s Top Gear program and its Patagonia Special

    Jeremy Clarkson and his Porsche 928, with the H982FKL plate, simple coincidence or provocation, which led to serious incidents in Patagonia

    Remember the BBC Top Gear program with Jeremy Clarkson, back in September/October 2014 when his planned tour of Argentine Patagonia and later Chile, ended with the team having to flee, given Argentine people’s animosity and which later included a diplomatic incident involving BBC?

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 23:14 UTC

    Falkland Islands to premiere short film on new banknotes

    The Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London will debut a short film showcasing the creation of the territory’s new banknotes. The screening will take place on Wednesday, 13 August, at the Historic Dockyard Museum, coinciding with the official launch of the new currency series.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 21:35 UTC

    US Gov't still has aces under its sleeve, Eduardo Bolsonaro tells FT

    Eduardo Bolsonaro is ready for “people on the left who may insult and criticize me”

    Brazilian Federal Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, told the Financial Times in an interview that he was lobbying in the United States to increase pressure on his country's Supreme Federal Court (STF).

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 21:02 UTC

    Trump declares crime emergency and takes over Washington DC's security

    Trump signed an executive order placing Bondi in charge of Washington, DC's Police

    US President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government would take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. In adition, the National Guard would be deployed to combat what he described as a crime emergency.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 12:58 UTC

    Colombian Senator Uribe Turbay dies, aged 39

    Uribe Turbay belonged to a family with a long and tragic history in Colombian politics

    Colombian Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay died early Monday as a result of the gunshots he received during a political rally on June 7, for which he had been hospitalized since.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 10:25 UTC

    Chile halts meat imports from Argentine Patagonia

    Should a case of foot-and-mouth disease appear north of the Colorado River, it would compromise the entire Argentina, including Patagonia

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font suspended the import of all animals and animal products from Argentina that require foot-and-mouth disease-free certification, in response to the Libertarian administration's decision to deregulate the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa). This move directly affects exports of sheep meat and bulls from Argentina's provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro, jeopardizing millions of dollars in trade.