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Stories for 2025

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Milei calls Kicillof a “eunuch donkey”

    The president also said the Governor of Buenos Aires was “Stalin's chick”

    Argentine President Javier Milei launched the electoral campaign for his party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), in the province of Buenos Aires ahead of local elections on September 7, 2025. During a party congress in La Plata, Milei harshly criticized Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof, a Peronist, calling him “Stalin's chick” and a “eunuch donkey.”

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    Brazil's ANAC imposes heavy sanction on Aerolíneas Argentinas

    Aerolíneas Argentinas' flights to and from Brazil will remain unaffected since the sanction is not related to safety problems

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) imposed a provisional administrative measure against Aerolíneas Argentinas this week, banning the neighboring country's flag carrier from establishing new operating bases in Brazil and increasing flight frequencies at Brasília, Galeão, Salvador, Curitiba, and Florianópolis.

  • Saturday, June 28th 2025 - 09:22 UTC

    Italy favors EU-Mercosur FTA provided Europe's agriculture's interests are protected

    During his meeting with Lubetkin in Rome, Tajani underlined “the priority nature of Latin America for Italian foreign policy”

    Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told his Uruguayan counterpart Mario Lubetkin Friday that Rome favored finalizing the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the South American Common Market (Mercosur), provided Europe's agricultural sector is protected, thus aligning with concerns from France and others about South American imports.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 19:34 UTC

    CFK claims Milei's model is on the brink of collapse

    Half of Argentines are falling into debt just to eat, CFK argued from her house arrest

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) said in an audio recording from her house arrest played during the bank workers' La Bancaria union’s National Congress that President Javier Milei’s economic model was “unsustainable” and “on the verge of collapse.”

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 18:54 UTC

    China and Ecuador deepen bilateral ties

    Xi encouraged both sides to effectively carry out key cooperation projects

    Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa in Beijing Friday to strengthen bilateral ties, marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The leaders signed a cooperation plan to advance the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which the South American country joined in 2018, to boost infrastructure, trade, and investment.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Argentina: In absentia trial of AMIA bombing suspects to proceed

    The Iranian defendants may still appeal Rafecas' ruling

    Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ordered a trial in absentia for ten Iranians suspected of being involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association's (AMIA) headquarters in the Argentine capital, killing 85 people and injuring over 150. The attack has been deemed a crime against humanity, falling under the Rome Statute.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Lula lambasts Trump for prolific social media posting

    We have to put our individual interests aside, Lula insisted (Pic REUTERS)

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized his US colleague Donald Trump for spending too much time on social media, averaging 17 posts daily since Jan. 20, 2025. The Brazilian leader urged Trump to focus on governing, promoting free trade, multilateralism, and peace, rather than seeking headlines.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Paraguay takes steps towards airport security improvement

    The agreement is expected to bring on an improved prevention and control of threats

    Paraguay has implemented the API/PNR (Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record) system to enhance airport immigration security, it was announced Thursday in Asunción.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Brazil's STF in favor of holding social media accountable for users' harmful content

    The STF said no court order was necessary after an extrajudicial requirement to remove content

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided Thursday by 8 votes to 3 that social networks should be held accountable for any illegal content posted on them by their users.

  • Friday, June 27th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    BRICS scientists want climate network created

    There is a significant scientific gap between BRICS member countries, the forum found

    A forum of Academies of Science of the BRICS bloc in Rio de Janeiro issued a declaration this week proposing the creation of a network of member countries to implement climate solutions, focusing on energy transition technologies and the development of joint artificial intelligence programs.