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Montevideo, November 19th 2025 - 18:47 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 23:53 UTC

    Election, 11 December: Do you care about the future of the Falkland Islands?

    The election is a two day process, since on the 10th December, be it by land and/or air, ballot boxes collect votes from people living in the Camp (Pic Sharon Jaffray)

    Since contrary to other South American governments where voting is mandatory, (Uruguay and Chile, two neighbors), and since the Falkland Islands are a very small community, without political parties, the elected Government campaigns to ensure citizens effectively vote and the bravest consider candidacy.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 23:20 UTC

    Falklands, “Faugh a Ballagh”, (Clear the Way), the Irish Regiment has arrived

    The Rifles (2 RIFLES) left, greets the head of B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, right.

    B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) have officially taken over from I Company, 2nd Battalion, The Rifles (2 RIFLES) as the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Roulement Infantry Company (RIC), at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 20:52 UTC

    Lula enacts law designating Belém as capital of Brazil during COP30

    Lula will travel to the Celac-EU summit in Colombia before returning to Belém

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 19:14 UTC

    Falklands to mark Remembrance Day on Sunday 9 November

    There will be a parade of detachments from the three branches of the British armed forces and the Falkland Islands Defense Force.

    The Falkland Islands will observe Remembrance Day on Sunday, 9 November 2025, marking the 107th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 16:43 UTC

    Bad news for Punta Arenas: NFS Antarctic researchers and icebreakers return to US

     Built in 1992, the Palmer is a 7,600-ton icebreaker capable of breaking 3 feet (1 meter) of ice at 3 knots. It is 308 feet (94 meters) long and has 12,720 horsepower.

    Severe cuts in Budget resources for the United States National Science Foundation, (NSF) dictated by president Donald Trump are having an impact on Antarctic research, and a huge financial loss for the community of Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, according to polar scientists.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

    “Argentina Is on a Path to Economic Success”, Nouriel Roubini

    In 2006, Roubini warned that a housing bust would trigger a global banking crisis and deep recession within a few years. U.S. subprime collapse spread through the financial system

    While many commentators have criticized Argentine President Javier Milei's draconian approach to economic reform, the results of the October legislative election show that the Argentine people would prefer short-term economic pain over a return to Peronist policies. Milei now has a clear path to finish what he started. The piece was written by Nouriel Roubini, one of the very few economists who anticipated the 2008 world recession and has been identified as Dr. Doom because of his forecasts *

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 11:16 UTC

    Bolivia's Supreme Court orders Áñez's release

    “My dignity is not negotiable,” Áñez insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court overturned Jeanine Áñez's sentence on Wednesday and ordered the immediate release of the former head of State. “The sentence against Jeanine Áñez has been overturned... and as a result, she will be released today,” Chief Justice Rómer Saucedo confirmed.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    New York City to have its first Muslim Mayor ever

    Born in Uganda and of Indian origin, Mamdani ran on a platform promising to reduce the cost of living for ordinary New Yorkers

    The Democrat Zohran Mamdani has been elected as the new Mayor of New York City, defeating independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani, 34, a socialist and open opponent of President Donald Trump, will be New York's youngest mayor since 1892 and its first Muslim mayor.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

    Machado is due to appear remotely from Venezuela

    A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    US attacks boat near Colombia, killing two

    Some 66 people are believed to have been killed by US forces so far in 17 of these attacks

    The US Department of War confirmed a new military strike on Tuesday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, near Colombia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals classified as suspected drug traffickers.