Stories for 2025

Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:57 UTC
Bolivia: Arce faces paternity lawsuit

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora is facing a paternity lawsuit from a former employee of his administration (a former director of the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority - AJAM), who accused him of abandoning her and her child, born in 2024. The case was filed in Cochabamba for the crime of abandonment of a pregnant woman, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC
Argentine-born woman killed in Jerusalem terrorist attack

Argentine-born Sara Mariela Voloj de Mendelson was among the six people killed by Palestinian terrorists on a Jerusalem bus on her way to work on Monday. Voloj, aged 57, was also the only woman to have died in the incident, which also left 13 people wounded.
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC
Uruguay secures CAF loan for dam construction

Uruguay's state-owned water company, OSE, has secured a US$130 million loan from the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean to finance the construction of the Casupá dam, a strategic project to guarantee the supply of drinking water for Montevideo's metropolitan area until 2045.
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:45 UTC
Maduro decrees Xmas season starts Oct. 1

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once again decreed that Christmas celebrations in his country would begin on October 1, he announced on Monday during his TV show. He argued that the early start to the holiday season is meant to “defend happiness” and has been successful for the economy and culture in previous years.
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:00 UTC
French PM loses confidence vote and must resign

French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in Parliament on Monday and is set to resign shortly, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to weather a new crisis. “In line with Article 50 of the constitution, the prime minister must submit the resignation to his government,” Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet announced.
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 07:01 UTC
FAO August Prices Index almost unchanged; however bovine meat price reached a new all-time high

The benchmark of world food commodity prices remained largely unchanged in August, as increases in meat, sugar, and vegetable oil prices offset declines in cereal and dairy quotations, according to the new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 00:13 UTC
Understanding gambling regulations

Every rulebook carries a backstory: public health, tax priorities, sport integrity, and how governments want money to flow. That is why gambling policy changes at each border in South America. The same app can feel harmless in one market and breach a hard line in the next. A practical way to learn without risking missteps is to practice in free-entry environments.
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 19:15 UTC
Argentina: Dollar jumps after Sunday's midterm elections in BA province

The results of Sunday's midterm elections in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires pushed the US dollar above the AR$1,400 cap, given the poor performance of President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and, with it, the resurrection of Peronism-Kirchnerism. In addition, Argentine stock abroad fell sharply, coupled with a spike in the country's risk rating.
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 18:46 UTC
Trump welcomes new ambassadors from Uruguay and Paraguay

US President Donald Trump welcomed new ambassadors to Washington DC from ten countries, including those from Uruguay and Paraguay.
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 18:07 UTC
Falklands General Election, Legislative Assembly provides information on the political system

Ahead of the General Election expected to take place in December 2025, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has prepared a set of resources to provide clear and accessible information on the Islands’ political system, the role of MLAs, and the election process.