Stories for 2025

Monday, June 9th 2025 - 07:51 UTC
Colombia will buy Swedish Gripen 39 fighters to update its Air Force

Colombia following on the steps of Brazil will buy fighter planes from Sweden, the Saab Gripen 39, to replace its aging wing of Israeli Kfir aircraft, and after declining proposals from the US and France, President Gustavo Petro announced in a post on social media.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:56 UTC
Milei and Meloni meet for two hours in Rome

Argentine President Javier Milei met Friday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Rome's Palazzo Chigi to oversee the signing of an energy agreement between YPF and ENI for the “Argentina LNG” project, aimed at exploiting and exporting gas from Vaca Muerta using floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) technology.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
Evo excluded, Andrónico becomes main left-wing presidential candidate in Bolivia

Senate Speaker Andrónico Rodríguez of Alianza Popular seems to have become the main leftwing contender for this year's Aug. 17 presidential elections in Bolivia after electoral authorities confirmed Friday the registration of the various candidates, former President Evo Morales not being one of them.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:40 UTC
Bolivia: Evo followers keep blocking roads and seize one airport

Blockades by supporters of former President Evo Morales are disrupting the transport of 346 fuel tankers carrying 8.9 million liters of gasoline, diesel, and LPG, forcing them to use alternate routes.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:37 UTC
Paraguayan senators want French ambassador expelled

A group of Paraguayan Senators from the ruling ANR-Colorado party insisted Friday on evaluating the expulsion of French Ambassador Pierre-Christian Soccoja, who was summoned earlier this week by Asunción's Foreign Ministry after his remarks regarding President Santiago Peña's prolific travel agenda. Meanwhile, the head of State noted there were two separate branches of government handling the case.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Will Uruguay train Palestinians in sustainable agriculture?

from the West Bank in sustainable agriculture, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced in Montevideo Friday.
Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 06:32 UTC
IAATO mandates acoustic mitigation measures for B1 killer whales in 2025/26 season

IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, is mandating members operating in whale rich waters around the Antarctica Peninsula to implement acoustic mitigations measures, reports Anne Kalosh from Seatrade Cruise News.
Friday, June 6th 2025 - 20:11 UTC
Falklands agrees to education facilities for secondary age children from MPC

Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) has agreed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) be signed between the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) that will allow secondary-age children from Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) to board at Stanley House and study at the Falkland Islands Community School (FICS) from the start of the 2025 academic year.
Friday, June 6th 2025 - 19:19 UTC
Lula warns UN ain't what it used to be

Speaking at the Brazil-France Business Forum in Paris, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted Friday that the United Nations (UN) amounted to very little presently, unlike in its heyday. “We don't have global governance today,” Lula argued. The UN “represents almost anything,” he added. “The UN created the State of Israel in 1947; why doesn't it create the State of Palestine now? Because it doesn't have the strength.”
Friday, June 6th 2025 - 18:56 UTC
Tremor in northern Chile felt nationwide poses no tsunami risk, authorities say

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile's Atacama Region Friday at 1.15 pm local time. The epicenter was located 63.49 km west of Chañaral, at a depth of 33 km. So far, no damage to people or infrastructure has been reported, although the tremor was felt in several areas.