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Montevideo, July 8th 2025 - 07:41 UTC

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Paraguay: High-ranking official sacked amid bribery scandal

    Soria, who was appointed in August 2023, had previously held positions as mayor of Itacurubí and congressman

    Pastor Soria Melo has been dismissed as the head of Paraguay's National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (Senave) through a presidential decree, following his indictment on charges of passive bribery, aggravated passive bribery, criminal association, and money laundering.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

    Brazil: mitigating factors for sexual crimes against women suppressed

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin signed the amendment into law

    An amendment to Brazil's Penal Code suppressing mitigating factors for crimes involving sexual violence against women came into force Friday after it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU), following its enactment by acting President Geraldo Alckmin. The measure also reduced the statute of limitations for these cases.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

    Milei will travel to Tucumán instead, Governor Jaldo confirmed

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

    Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

    From social influencer to detainee in Antarctica, Guo’s future remains unclear

    Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC

    Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

    Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay)

    Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 14:03 UTC

    Colombian FM resigns over differences with President Petro

    Sarabia's departure added to Petro's internal crisis

    Laura Sarabia resigned this week as Colombia's Foreign Minister, citing “differences” with President Gustavo Petro in “recent days.” Her departure adds to a cabinet crisis that has seen over 50 ministerial changes in three years.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    Falklands to launch, Environment Trust for carbon reduction and land recovery projects

     MLA Teslyn Barkman, said: “This policy confirms our commitment to sustainable development.

    The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved the establishment of an Environment Trust to deliver carbon reduction, biodiversity and land recovery projects in the Falkland Islands.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Arce addresses domestic and global issues at Mercosur Summit

    Arce presented a forward-looking proposal for regional productive integration within Mercosur

    During his speech at the 66th Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council and the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur and Associated States in Buenos Aires, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora addressed both domestic challenges and regional aspirations.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Lula and Peña discuss espionage case

    Both leaders also exchanged invitations for reciprocal visits

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Santiago Peña of Paraguay on Thursday discussed during the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires the ongoing investigation into an intelligence operation carried out during the Jair Bolsonaro years to obtain confidential information from Paraguayan officials involved in negotiations on the binational Itaipu power plant. Both leaders also exchanged invitations for reciprocal visits.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:50 UTC

    Woman shot at Brazilian consulate in Ciudad del Este

    The perpetrator tried to kill himself and left a note to his family

    Brazilian national Cássio Mussawer Montenegro opened fire Thursday at approximately 1.30 pm against Prima Felicia Benítez de Cantuni, a 78-year-old former judge who works as a legal advisor at the Brazilian Consulate in Ciudad del Este. During the attack at the diplomatic mission, the woman was shot in the left arm. Security personnel fired back. The perpetrator then tried to kill himself but failed. They are both hospitalized, the Alto Paraná Police Chief, Crio Feliciano Martínez, confirmed.

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