Stories for 2025

Friday, January 17th 2025 - 21:42 UTC
Power cuts hit Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and other parts of Argentina

Several areas in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) and Rosario in the province of Santa Fe have been suffering prolonged power cuts which enraged residents who, in addition, were deprived of state subsidies on their electricity bills and are therefore paying full fare in exchange for... literally nothing.
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 21:02 UTC
Uruguay makes payment to Spanish shipyard for construction of two OPVs

The Uruguayan Government this week made a US$ 8.4 million payment to the Spanish shipyard Cardama as the first installment for the construction of two new ocean patrol vessels (OPVs) agreed upon in July last year. The process has since been questioned and one Uruguayan Navy Admiral even retired from active duty amid the controversy.
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:44 UTC
Floods hit southern Brazil's State of Santa Catarina

The beach resort of Camboriú in the southern Brazilian State of Santa Catarina has been declared under emergency Thursday following heavy rains that flooded that place and others such as Florianópolis.
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:31 UTC
Former Latin American foreign ministers stand up for international law

A total of 38 former Latin American foreign ministers published Thursday a Manifesto warning about “the collapse of the international order” established after World War ii and insisted on the region's need to recover a leading role in global affairs.
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina accepting other currencies besides pesos

Effective Friday, Argentines will be allowed to fill out price tags in the currency of their choice (most likely US dollars), the Central Bank (BCRA) announced Thursday, in what has been regarded as a first step towards the dollarization of the economy, one of President Javier Milei's electoral promises.
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 08:57 UTC
Argentina to blend Montevideo diplomatic missions into one

Argentine President Javier Milei's “chainsaw” policies reached the South American country's diplomatic efforts: After recalling Ambassador Martín García Moritán from Uruguay citing “service reasons,” Buenos Aires announced it would be unifying its presence in Montevideo under one single Ambassador who would also be representing the country before the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
Friday, January 17th 2025 - 08:47 UTC
South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook

On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the British flag and performed the ceremony of taking possession of the island, in the name of King George III and his heirs.
Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 22:03 UTC
Bolsonaro denied passport to attend Trump's inauguration

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes deemed former President Jair Bolsonaro a flight risk and refused to return his passport, which the retired Army captain needed to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on Jan. 20. Bolsonaro is under investigation in various cases and had been ordered to surrender his travel document.
Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 20:26 UTC
Bolivian Environment Minister sacked amid corruption probe

Alan Lisperguer was sacked Wednesday as Bolivia's Minister of Environment and Water after the Institutional Transparency and Fight against Corruption Vice Ministry detected his involvement in illicit enrichment plus a submission of a false affidavit. The investigation had been triggered by suspicious bank deposits, irregular movements, and a disproportionate increase in Lisperguer's assets. The case was now brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 14:10 UTC
Baroness Chapman in Santiago and Punta Arenas strengthens links with Chile and partnership in Antarctica

Economic growth, trade, climate, science and gender equality were high on the agenda in Santiago and Punta Arenas last week, as UK Minister for Latin America, Baroness Jenny Chapman visited Chile for the first time.