Stories for 2025

Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:04 UTC
Paraguay: Maquila Regime yields encouraging results

In Paraguay, exports under the Maquila regime totaled US$ 388 million as of April 2025, a 13% yoy increase driven mainly by auto parts, textiles, aluminum products, food, and plastics, currently generating 32,712 direct jobs, a 26% growth from the previous year.
Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina to toughen immigration rules

Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni, who is campaigning to become a lawmaker in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires' elections next Sunday, has announced that the Javier Milei administration plans to introduce stricter immigration requirements to curb State spending on illegal aliens.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:48 UTC
EU tariffs on Falklands exports, “we are in ongoing discussions”, says FCDO

A specific question in UK Parliament on the Falkland Islands Government urgent call to the UK Government for the use of the current UK/EU reset agreement as an opportunity to remove the detrimental post-Brexit tariffs on Falklands exports, received from Foreign Secretary David Lammy a brief reply of “ongoing discussions”.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 13:41 UTC
UK Ambassador to Argentina visits Falklands Office in London

UK’s recently appointed ambassador to Argentina, David Cairns visited the Falkland Islands Government Office in London where he met with Representative Richard Hyslop and other staff from FIGO.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 12:33 UTC
CFK's would-be assassin convicted in child pornography case

Fernando Sabag Montiel, the main suspect in the assassination attempt against then Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) in September 2022, Tuesday clinched a plea deal with the prosecution in an unrelated child pornopraphy case for which he was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in jail.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 11:24 UTC
Falklands Consolidated Fisheries Trust awards applications close 31st May

The Falkland Islands Consolidated Fisheries Ltd., over the past five years has made 23 awards assisting individuals in further education and training, which in the long-term will benefit the Falklands community.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 11:13 UTC
St Helena General Election scheduled for 03 September 2025; 12 LegCo seats at stake

The British Overseas Territory of St Helena is holding a General Election on Wednesday 03 September 2025. Following discussions with Chief Minister Julie Thomas, Governor Nigel Phillips CBE has agreed, at the Chief Minister’s request, that the St Helena Legislative Council be dissolved on Monday 30 June, and election scheduled for next September.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:56 UTC
Brazil's Central Bank signs currency swap with People’s Bank of China

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) signed a currency swap agreement Tuesday worth R$ 157 billion (US$ 28 billion). The arrangement is valid for five years.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:52 UTC
Milei claims to be heading Argentina's “best Government in history”

Argentine President Javier Milei claimed Tuesday his administration surpasses Carlos Menem’s first term, previously considered Argentina’s most successful, due to faster inflation reduction and extensive structural reforms he hoped would lead to zero inflation by mid-2025.
Wednesday, May 14th 2025 - 10:49 UTC
Peruvian Prime Minister Adrianzén resigns

Gustavo Adrianzén resigned Tuesday as Peru's Prime Minister, the day before facing a motion of censure in Congress due to his alleged failure to address the country’s crime wave.