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Montevideo, January 19th 2026 - 20:29 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 19:25 UTC

    Falklands and South Georgia stand out in WOAH “Devastating Biodiversity Loss” report on HPAI

    In South Georgia, new infections are being reported in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), compounding losses of nearly 50% of breeding females since 2023. 

    The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has released a critical statement on the devastating impact of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) on wildlife populations worldwide. The organization reports that the current panzootic is causing unprecedented ecological disruption and mortality rates across a rapidly expanding range of species.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula issues ultimatum as Meloni and Macron stall EU-Mercosur FTA

    Brazil will no longer move a finger as long as Lula is president if the FTA is not signed by Saturday

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a sharp ultimatum to European leaders on Wednesday, declaring that if the long-awaited EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is not signed this Saturday, he will abandon negotiations for the remainder of his presidency.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil: Senate passes bill slashing sentences for Jan 8 convicts

    Former President Bolsonaro could be eligible for parole or house arrest way sooner

    In a decisive 48-25 vote on Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate approved the controversial “Dosimetry Bill” (PL 2162/2023), a measure that drastically reduces prison sentences for those convicted in the January 8, 2023, riots and the alleged coup plot.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Ecuadorean football star killed by hitmen

    Pineida and his partner died in the attack, but his mother survived

    Barcelona Sporting Club defender Mario Pineida and his partner were slain by hitmen in Guayaquil on Wednesday afternoon. The footballer's mother, who had been shopping with the couple, was wounded in the attack but is out of danger.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:11 UTC

    Bolivian President ends fuel subsidies, raises minimum wage

    Paz has blamed the previous administrations of Evo Morales and Luis Arce Catacora for “20 years of looting and waste”

    Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of “economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency,” which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage to offset the resulting inflation.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:05 UTC

    India and Argentina strike 2025-27 agricultural development agreement

    Both countries have reaffirmed their commitment to a bilateral scientific partnership

    The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) have signed a bilateral agreement on agricultural collaboration in natural resource management and sustainable agronomy, encompassing zero tillage, mechanization, micro-irrigation, and fertigation.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 00:05 UTC

    Protecting Your Privacy: How to Remove Your Information from the Top People Search Sites

    Smart investors understand that protecting your privacy how to remove your information from top people search sites is simply modern risk management

    As a seasoned investor, I think about risk in layers: market risk, tenant risk, legal risk-and increasingly, data exposure risk. That's where “Protecting Your Privacy: How to Remove Your Information from the Top People” comes in.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:23 UTC

    Venezuela's PDVSA vows to continue global oil exports

    Delcy Rodríguez echoed PDVSA's announcement

    Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA declared Wednesday that its export operations remain fully functional, signaling a defiant stance against a newly announced naval blockade by US President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:05 UTC

    Paraguay among key US allies, says Charge d’Affaires

    Alter described the potential for future economic and technological partnership as “nearly limitless”

    Robert Alter, Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Asunción, has characterized Paraguay as one of the United States' most significant global allies. Speaking with Radio Ñandutí, Alter highlighted the strengthening of bilateral ties following the signing of a new security cooperation agreement aimed at dismantling organized crime.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 14:06 UTC

    No end in sight for São Paulo's water crisis

    If reservoir levels do not stabilize by January, the system will enter the “most critical forecast”

    São Paulo, Latin America's most populous metropolitan area, is facing a historic hydrological crisis as three consecutive years of drought have pushed critical reservoirs to near-depletion. With the Jaguari-Jacareí dam —the primary source for nine million residents— dropping below 18% capacity, authorities have escalated contingency measures to prevent a total system failure.