Stories for 2025

Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:35 UTC
Paraguay's beef exports growing stronger after 3Q

Paraguay's beef exports recorded a strong performance at the end of the third quarter of 2025 (January to September), the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) reported in Asunción.
Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC
Two vetoes repealed: New Congressional defeat for Milei

The Argentine Senate rejected President Javier Milei's vetoes on two key bills—the University Funding Law and the Pediatric Emergency Law (which allocates resources to the Garrahan Hospital)—effectively ensuring both laws remain in force.
Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:12 UTC
Brazil: Health authorities tackling methanol poisoning outbreak

Brazilian authorities are baffled by the confirmation of methanol poisoning through the consumption of alcoholic beverages, detected as of February 2.
Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC
PAHO highlights wider effects of Brazil's robust vaccination scheme

The Pan American Health Organization noted this week that Brazil's robust vaccination campaigns have yielded benefits for neighboring countries.
Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Chief prosecutor of Chile's new special unit appointed

Chile's Chief Prosecutor Ángel Valencia has appointed Miguel Ángel Orellana as the first head of the new Supraterritorial Prosecutor's Office (FST) created specifically to combat organized crime and highly complex transnational cases. Until now, Orellana served as chief prosecutor for High-Complexity Cases at the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 09:52 UTC
Scientific vessel stranded in Buenos Aires

The Falkor (Too), a highly-publicized scientific vessel, which carried out missions for Uruguayan and Argentine researchers recently, is being delayed at the Port of Buenos Aires because of a missing signature.
Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 10:03 UTC
Brazilian health experts underscore benefits of Covid-19 vax for pregnant women

Brazilian health experts echoed this week the findings of a study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Congress. Led by researcher Nikan Zargarzadeh of Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, the study analyzed more than 200 primary studies between 2021 and 2023, gathering data from approximately 1.2 million pregnant women.
Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:18 UTC
La Niña forecast to hit Uruguay's agriculture

Weather forecasters announced a high probability that the La Niña climate phenomenon will affect Uruguay during the 2025-2026 season, bringing significant challenges to the agricultural sector.
Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:06 UTC
Kicillof visits CFK as midterms loom over

Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and arguably the main opposition leader following Sept. 7 elections in his district, where he dealt a heavy blow to President Javier Milei's political force, paid a visit Wednesday to Justicialist (Peronist) Party Chairwoman Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).
Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:00 UTC
Uruguay's wool sector is going through a boom

Despite a long-term decline in flock size, Uruguay's wool and sheep sector is going through a boom driven by record-high international prices. Wool prices have reached their highest level in at least three years in the South American country, mirroring a dramatic surge in the Australian market.