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Montevideo, December 9th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

    The Court’s denial of the case temporarily leaves the Obergefell precedent intact

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    Colombian prosecutors file new charges against President's son

    The new charges add to an already existing case against Petro Burgos

    Six new criminal charges were filed on Monday against Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, stemming from an alleged corruption scheme during his tenure as a deputy in the Atlántico Departmental Assembly.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:43 UTC

    Chinese competition authorities greenlight joint lithium venture in Chile

    “This is a very important achievement,” Chile's Mining Minister said

    China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved the partnership between Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and private miner SQM to develop lithium resources in the Salar de Atacama, prompting Chile's Mining Minister Aurora Williams to hail the decision as “good news.”

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 20:47 UTC

    Falklands, Strict regulations regarding Drone Usage

    The pilot of any small unmanned aircraft (SUA) must not fly the SUA without first calling the air traffic service units at both Mount Pleasant and Stanley airports

    The Falkland Islands Civil Aviation Department has issued a regulatory Direction to the pilots of small unmanned aircraft (SUA), otherwise known as drones. The Direction has been issued by the Director of Civil Aviation in accordance with Article 68(1) of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 (AN(OT)O).

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 20:31 UTC

    Falklands, young student highlights Islands’ education system in Westminster at Youth Parliament

    Young Alexia Davies addressing the UK Youth Parliament from the despatch box

    Last Thursday, Alexia Davies, a student from the Falkland Islands, was among students from across the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies representing the voices of young British people across the globe at the UK Youth Parliament Sitting in the House of Commons.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 20:22 UTC

    Antarctica expedition company flies guests in helicopter to Emperor penguins island

    Quark Expeditions carried out the Snow Hill landing in accordance with IAATO conservation guidelines

    Quark Expeditions announced that by using two twin-engine helicopters from the Ultramarine, it brought guests to the remote Snow Hill Island Emperor penguin colony. “After months of in-depth preparation, the expedition team took to the skies at dawn with our two twin-engine Airbus helicopters to deliver our guests to the famed Emperor penguin colony,” said Expedition Leader Ryan McDevitt.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Rodrigo Paz sworn in as Bolivia's new President

    Paz's first challenge will be to solve the dollar shortage and rising prices

    Rodrigo Paz Pereira, a 58-year-old center-right politician, was inaugurated as the President of Bolivia on Saturday, assuming a five-year mandate amid a severe economic crisis. The son of former President Jaime Paz Zamora won the Oct. 19 runoff with 54.5% of the vote, successfully ending two decades of dominance by the leftwing Movement Towards Socialism (MAS).

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Low Attendance and Diplomatic Tensions at EU-Celac Summit

    The encounter was attended by only nine heads of state or government, featuring numerous notable absences and last-minute cancellations

    The fourth summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) kicked off on Sunday in the Colombian city of Santa Marta, amid significant diplomatic friction and a noticeable lack of high-level engagement from both blocs.

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    French minister vows to block EU-Mercosur FTA out of concern for its farmers

    Genevard warned that unless these guarantees are “in writing, validated and accepted by Mercosur partners,” France will maintain its opposing stance

    France has once again cast a negative note on the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard stated emphatically that her country would not sign a deal that “condemns its farmers.”

  • Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Deal reached in US Senate to end longest-ever Gov't shutdown

    A few formalities were still pending after the deal, it was reported in Washington DC

    A bipartisan agreement was struck in the Senate on Sunday to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, a 40-day impasse that has crippled federal agencies and left hundreds of thousands of civil servants without pay.