Politics

• Monday, August 11th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

  Falklands: Gross National Income per capita £58,749 in 2024, FIG National Accounts

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Policy Department has announced the publication of the Falkland Islands National Accounts for the years 2014 to 2024.

• Monday, August 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

  Falklands housing policy, ExCo publishes tenancy model to help landlords and tenants

  

  Executive Council (ExCo) has approved the publication of the voluntary Model Tenancy Agreement and accompanying Guidance to support both landlords and tenants in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 10:37 UTC

  Milei defends his vetoing Congress' “noble causes”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei explained in his broadcast message Friday evening that he vetoed laws recently passed by Congress to raise pensions and disability allowances because they would have increased spending, leading to either printing money or increasing taxes to avoid destroying the fiscal surplus.

• Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Alckmin attends christening of new Brazilian Navy frigate

  

  Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Friday attended the christening of the Navy's new frigate, the Jerônimo de Albuquerque, in Itajaí, Santa Catarina. The warship is the second of four units of the Tamandaré Class Frigate Program, a R$11 billion (approximately US$2.2 billion) initiative scheduled for completion by 2029.

• Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

  Haiti's Presidential Transition Council has new president

  

  Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr has been appointed as the new rotating president of Haiti's Presidential Transition Council (CPT), a body formed after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Saint-Cyr is tasked with restoring security, leading the country toward new elections, and reviving the economy.

• Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  Chilean Antarctica: 19-year-old American pilot committed no crime, his defense argues

  

  Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old American pilot who was detained in Antarctica for over a month, is seeking to have his case dismissed. His lawyer, Jaime Barrientos, argues that Guo did not violate any rules and that his arrest was based on “partial information” from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC).

• Friday, August 8th 2025 - 21:24 UTC

  Milei to address the nation as Congress stands up to his chainsaw policies

  

  President Javier Milei is to address the Argentine people on national TV at 9 pm Friday to discuss a number of recent government actions and his administration's tense relationship with Congress, Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced.

• Friday, August 8th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

  US ups reward for narcoterrorist Nicolás Maduro

  

  The US government has doubled its reward to US$50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The Trump administration is accusing him of being a “narco-terrorist” and one of the world's largest drug traffickers, claiming he has worked with cartels to smuggle cocaine into the US.

• Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Milei sparks controversy by equating Kirchnerism with Argentina's military dictatorship

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has ignited a new wave of controversy after posing with his candidates beside a banner that read “Kirchnerism Never Again,” mimicking the typography of the historic Nunca Más report, which documented crimes committed during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. The photo, taken in a poor neighborhood of La Matanza—a traditional Peronist stronghold—marks the launch of Milei’s electoral campaign in Buenos Aires province.

• Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Petro escalates border dispute with Peru over Amazon island: “The treaty was violated”

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro escalated a diplomatic conflict with Peru on Thursday by accusing Lima of violating border treaties over the disputed sovereignty of Santa Rosa Island, located in the Amazon River. “Colombia does not recognize Peru’s sovereignty over the so-called Santa Rosa Island and does not recognize the de facto authorities,” Petro declared from Leticia, a Colombian border city that, for the first time, hosted the country’s Independence Day celebrations.