Stories for 2025

Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 11:20 UTC
Boric promotes Chile's partnership with South Korea

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font urged his audience during a business seminar in the South Korean city of Busan to build a partnership in the ongoing trade war with circumstantially powerful countries.
Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Trump cuts down tariffs with China after meeting with Xi Jinping

US President Donald Trump announced a reduction in tariffs on Chinese goods following Wednesday's meeting in South Korea with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 10:09 UTC
De Moraes orders Rio's Governor to explain Operation Containment

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ruled on Wednesday that Rio de Janeiro Governor Claudio Castro must appear in a hearing on Nov. 3 to account for the outcome of Operation Containment, which left at least 119 people dead.
Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 09:49 UTC
Rio de Janeiro and federal government launch joint task force against organized crime

Brazil's Justice and Security Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro announced on Wednesday the creation of an emergency office to tackle organized crime at a local level in a coordinated manner between the federal and state governments.
Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 09:26 UTC
Uruguay explores Mexican markets for further agricultural exports

Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) is working to significantly strengthen trade ties with Mexico, through new market access for high-value agricultural products such as citrus fruits and cereals, while seeking to ease protocols for meat imports.
Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 22:28 UTC
Melissa causes havoc in Jamaica and Cuba

Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba's eastern provinces overnight, leaving a wake of widespread destruction, cutting off communities, flooding homes, and causing severe damage to critical infrastructure. The powerful storm eventually weakened but continued to generate unstable conditions across the eastern part of the island, where communities grappled with the aftermath as it drifted northeast.
Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 22:19 UTC
Death toll at Rio favelas mega police operation updated to 119

The Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro confirmed Wednesday that at least 119 people were killed in Tuesday's massive police mission targeting the Comando Vermelho drug gang, making it the deadliest operation in the city’s history.
Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 18:58 UTC
Falklands, new Visa Nationality List for Visitors

The Falkland Islands Government wishes to advise that the new Visa Nationality List is now in force for visitors to the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 11:29 UTC
Petrobras' output reaches 3.14 million barrels a day in 3Q of 2025

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras achieved an average production of oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas of 3.14 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in the third quarter of 2025, or 7.6% more than in the second quarter of this year and 16.9% higher than in the third quarter of 2024.
Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
New US attacks leave 14 dead in Pacific Ocean

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it executed three new strikes against alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 people in the deadliest single wave of attacks so far in President Donald Trump's intensified military campaign against illegal narcotics.