Stories for 2025

Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Tattooing or piercing pets becomes a federal offense in Brazil

Starting this week, Brazilian animal owners who have their domestic pets tattooed or pierced for aesthetic purposes face between two and five years in prison, in addition to a fine, plus losing custody of the animal. The penalty also applies to anyone allowing this to happen and is aggravated if the animal dies in the process or as a result thereof.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:51 UTC
CFK sends crowds away from her home and delivers a recorded message

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers Friday in a recorded message from her house arrest in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución that Security Minister Patricia Bullrich was seeking “to provoke chaos” and insisted that Javier Milei's policies could collapse sooner or later.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:47 UTC
Brazil's intelligence community wants Chief Spy sacked

At least 17 civil servants working for the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) want General Director Luiz Fernando Corrêa dismissed after he was indicted by the Federal Police. In a note released Friday, they summoned their colleagues to convene next Monday to discuss the issue or call for a strike.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:44 UTC
US Embassy in Paraguay resumes visa appointments

The United States' Embassy in Asunción announced Friday the resumption of appointments with applicants seeking a visa. The diplomatic mission also requested that those interested switch their social media account configurations to “public” for deeper vetting.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:41 UTC
Brazil anticipating evacuation from Israel

Brazil's diplomatic mission in Israel is beginning to record nationals of the South American country who might sign up for an evacuation flight once Tel Aviv authorizes such an operation amid the escalating war with Iran, it was reported Friday. The Brazilian Air Force has been reported to be ready and expecting the green light.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 21:38 UTC
USS Gerald R. Ford Middle East bound

The USS Gerald R. Ford will set sail from Norfolk to the Middle East next Tuesday to strengthen Washington's might in the region, a Defense source confirmed Friday. The deployment was considered “routine” and unrelated to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 10:28 UTC
Heavy rains kill 2 in Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul

Heavy rains in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since June 16 have caused significant damage across 90 municipalities, resulting in two deaths and one missing person.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 10:13 UTC
Spanish researchers speak of Gibraltar's “tropicalization”

A study by the Málaga-based Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) documents a “tropicalization” process in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea, where rising water temperatures, Atlantic connections, exotic species invasions, and high human activity (e.g., maritime traffic and tourism) are driving changes in fish species composition.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:53 UTC
Chile: Private university joins National Oceanographic Committee

Chile's Universidad San Sebastián (USS) has joined the National Oceanographic Committee (CONA), a public organization coordinated by the Navy's Hydrographic Service (SHOA), bringing together 30 institutions to advance marine science research.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:24 UTC
CFK may show up at balcony, court says

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), under house arrest for a conviction in the Vialidad corruption case, has been fitted with an electronic anklet to monitor her location, as ordered by Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 2 (TOF 2)