Politics

Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:48 UTC
Uruguay's new Housing Minister to be sworn in Tuesday

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi picked Tamara Paseyro, previously the director of Social and Urban Integration at the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Ordering (MVOT), to become the new Minister of Housing, replacing Cecilia Cairo following her resignation amid a days-long scandal regarding unpaid taxes on her residence in Montevideo’s Pajas Blancas area.
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Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC
Milei's romantic partner announces end of relationship

Amalia Josefina Trombetta, known publicly as Amalia Yuyito González, announced Monday that her romantic affair with Argentine President Javier Milei had come to an end after less than a year.
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Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:34 UTC
Paraguay: Lugo appears at event commemorating his presidential election

Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo publicly appeared Sunday in Liberación, San Pedro, at a Frente Guasu event commemorating the 2008 opposition victory that ended decades of National Republican Association (ANR) rule.
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Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC
At least 14 injured in Petrobras offshore platform incident

At least 14 people were injured when a fire broke out on Petrobras' Platform PCH-1 (Cherne 1) in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. One worker was initially reported injured after falling into the sea, but the company later admitted that 13 others had also been affected. The rescued worker is stable, and the others are receiving medical care.
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Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Argentine-born Pope Francis dies aged 88

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, who would later become known worldwide as Pope Francis since March 13, 2013, died Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced from the Casa Santa Marta.
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Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:35 UTC
Stolen 16th-century manuscript returned to Paraguayan authorities

The US justice system returned the so-called “Hernandarias Manuscript,” a 16th-century document penned in 1598 by Hernando Arias de Saavedra, the first Creole governor in the Americas.
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Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC
No discharge date yet for hospitalized Bolsonaro

One week after his latest abdominal surgery, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in the ICU at DF Star Hospital in Brasilia. He is stable with controlled blood pressure and good clinical progress, but has no set discharge date.
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Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:27 UTC
Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

A brand-new Boeing 737 MAX intended for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to the aircraft manufacturer due to escalating trade tensions driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to impose 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, making delivery of these aircraft financially unviable for Chinese airlines.
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Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:44 UTC
CAF bond placement to strengthen Paraguayan agribusiness SMEs

The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) issued bonds worth ₲ 125 billion (approximately US$ 15.6 million) in Paraguay’s capital market, with a historic 5-year term and a 6.65% annual coupon rate. This is the longest-term issuance by a multilateral institution in Paraguay’s history and CAF’s third bond issuance in guaraníes, following a prior issuance of ₲ 197.5 billion.
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Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
At least 11 killed at Ecuador cockfighting event

At least 11 people were killed and nine injured when a group of armed attackers, disguised as soldiers, stormed a cockfighting event in the rural community of La Valencia in the Ecuadorean province of Manabí.
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