Stories for 2025

Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:46 UTC
Paraguay's economy grows 5.9% in first semester of 2025

According to the Central Bank of Paraguay's (BCP) “Quarterly National Accounts” report released on Friday in Asunción, the South American country's quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew significantly, resulting in 5.9% year-on-year growth in the first semester of 2025, following positive outcomes in most sectors.
Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:42 UTC
Uruguay insists on two-state solution for Palestinian crisis

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin met on Friday in New York with Palestine's Ambassador to the United Nations Riad Mansur on the sidelines of the global body's 80th General Assembly.
Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 08:56 UTC
Falklands, First Chilean Consul in the Islands was FIC General Manager in 1877

This week 148 years ago, Queen Victoria signed and approved the appointment of British citizen Frederick E. Cobb as the first Consul of Chile in the Falkland Islands. According to the Chilean digital News agency Infogate, the message was published in the “Stanley Gazette”, September 1877.
Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 08:42 UTC
Center for Chinese Studies launched at University of Buenos Aires

The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) officially launched the Center for Chinese Studies in Argentina on Friday during an event at the UBA's School of Economics.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 21:35 UTC
Veterans bring CFK donations to Argentine Malvinas/Falklands cemetery

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) posted on social media that a group of veterans from the 1982 South Atlantic War with the United Kingdom over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands were bringing to the local Darwin cemetery a series of donations from her and her late husband -and also former President- Néstor Kirchner to honor the fallen.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 21:02 UTC
Bolivian president says World War III imminent

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora told the 80th United Nations General Assembly that mankind was on the brink of World War III, which would be notably different from all previous conflicts. Arce focused on an urgent call for peace amid clashing economic systems.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Milei and Netanyahu meet in New York

Argentine President Javier Milei met in New York on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:32 UTC
Uruguay's La Libertad Avanza officially approved

Uruguay's Electoral Court officially recognized the local version of political party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) this week, as its resolution allowing it to compete in national, departmental, and municipal elections was published in the Official Gazette. The far-right movement is inspired by and closely linked to its Argentine counterpart of President Javier Milei.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Kicillof consolidates himself as Argentina's opposition leader

During his appearance on Wednesday in New York at the tribute to the late Uruguayan former President José Pepe Mujica, the Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, consolidated his role as the country's opposition stalwart.
Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Paraguay reaches out to Middle East for business, meets Netanyahu

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña held meetings on Thursday in New with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.