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Montevideo, October 27th 2025 - 12:14 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentina's Indec to gauge CPI differently

    The Indec finalized in March all the technical and methodological developments for the new CPI, Francos pointed out

    Argentine Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos announced Wednesday that a new methodology for calculating the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to measure inflation more accurately is to be implemented shortly by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), pending institutional review and an awareness campaign.

  • Thursday, April 17th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Boric condemns presidential hopeful's remarks regarding Pinochet's regime

    Matthei said the coup was necessary to keep Chile from becoming th next Cuba

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font strongly condemned opposition leader Evelyn Matthei’s justification of the 1973 coup d’état that overthrew Salvador Allende. Boric insisted that Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military dictatorship (1973-1990) was “criminal and illegitimate” and noted that nothing justified the murders, disappearances, tortures, and exiles that ensued

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:57 UTC

    The giant squid trawled by Falklands’ vessel preserved at London’s Natural History Museum

    The squid Architeuthis dux, was caught during a regular trawl by the Falklands' fishing vessel 'John Cheek', from Petrel Trawling Ltd © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

    In February 2006, a 8.62 meters giant squid caught off the Falkland Islands April 2005 went on public display at the Natural History Museum in London. Researchers at the museum undertook a painstaking process to preserve the giant creature, which is on display in a 9m long glass tank immersed in a mix of salt water and formalin.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:39 UTC

    UK’s advert watchdog bans publicity on Brazilian style Miss Bumbum culture competition

    Brazilians believe well-formed firm buttocks are part of natural body’s beauty and even promote an annual national a Miss Bumbum (meaning “Miss Butt”) competition

    UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, ASA, watchdog has banned adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs), for trivializing the risks and exploiting women's insecurities around body image, reports BBC.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

    China comparing Trump with an Empress who is 1900 succumbed to foreign powers and ended the empire

    Trump is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China.

    By Wang Wen for South China Morning Post (*) - A viral political cartoon circulating in China shows US President Donald Trump dressed in the imperial robes of the Qing dynasty. He is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 19:31 UTC

    Brazil more restrictive on gender reassignment procedures

    Overdiagnosis in the past few years has been cited as one of the reasons for changing the medical guidelines

    A resolution by Brazil's Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) revising ethical and technical guidelines for treating individuals with gender dysphoria was published in Wednesday's issue of the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette). The measure introduces key changes, such as banning hormone therapies for individuals under 18 as well as gender reassignment surgeries.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 19:13 UTC

    Paraguay's GDP projections revised upwards

    The soybean complex is anticipated to underperform compared to broader economic growth due to adverse weather conditions, according to the BCP forecast

    The Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) has revised its 2025 GDP growth forecast upward from 3.8% to 4.0%, driven by stronger-than-expected economic activity in early 2025, BCP Chief Economist César Yunis explained. To reach these conclusions, the following issues were taken into consideration:

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Alberto Fernández to stand trial for gender violence against former First Lady

    Fernández has insisted he exercised no violence against Yáñez and the bruises were just makeup

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández (2019–2023) has been indicted by a Buenos Aires Federal Court of Appeals and will therefore face trial for gender-based violence against his former partner and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez, it was announced Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Journalists' guild says Milei crossed the line

    Fopea urged Milei and other people in positions of power to perform their duties with moderation

    Argentina's Forum of Journalists (Fopea) Tuesday condemned President Javier Milei for his “aggravating and violent expressions” against journalists Jorge Fernández Díaz, Carlos Pagni, and Alfredo Leuco, whom he accused of “poisoning people,” lying, and causing economic harm.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Dominican Republic: Jet Set owners to be sued for incident that killed 231

    The tragedy has prompted calls for accountability, including a separate lawsuit from Rubby Pérez’s daughter, Zulinka, citing negligence

    Relatives of the victims of the April 8 roof collapse at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, killing 231 people on site and 10 others after hospitalization, insisted Tuesday that they intended to file lawsuits against the facilities' owners.