Politics

• Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Milei gets Congressional nod for 2026 Budget

  

  President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) scored a key parliamentary victory on Friday when the Senate passed by 46 to 25 votes and one abstention the 2026 Budget Bill, enshrining a “zero deficit” fiscal rule. The Upper House also endorsed the so called Fiscal Innocence Act, shielding private savings from state oversight.

• Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

  Falklands, Season’s Greetings message from Governor Martin-Reynolds

  

  The Falkland Islands Governor, Colin Martin-Reynolds has extended a Season’s Greetings to the people of the Islands, adding how wonderful his first five months in the Islands have been outlining how grateful he and his family are to the warmth and welcome reception from the local community.

• Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Panama to sanction tankers intercepted by US

  

  The Government of Panama will take disciplinary action against several oil tankers registered under its flag targeted by the United States for alleged irregularities, Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha announced Friday. These vessels “failed to respect Panamanian maritime legislation,” he explained.

• Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  FBI announces permanent closure of Hoover Building

  

  The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) announced Friday that the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the agency's primary headquarters since 1975, will be closed permanently, with the agency's staff relocated to the existing Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington, D.C.

• Saturday, December 27th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

  Latam Airlines granted license to operate domestic flights in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei has granted Chile's Latam Airlines a full license to operate any domestic flight the company wishes to offer with the aircraft of its choice, thus making it an internal competitor to other carriers serving the market.

• Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Honduras: Fraud allegations erupt as Nasry Asfura proclaimed President-elect

  

  Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE) declared conservative businessman Nasry “Tito” Asfura as the president-elect after 24 days of political deadlock and a contentious vote count, with opposition leaders vowing to challenge the outcome.

• Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro remains hospitalized after hernia surgery

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains under heavy guard at the DF Star Hospital in Brasília following a three-hour surgical procedure to repair a bilateral inguinal hernia. The surgery, performed on Christmas Day, was described by medical staff as successful and without immediate complications.

• Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

  Caracas releases 71 political prisoners

  

  Venezuela's Bolivarian regime released on Thursday 71 political prisoners who had been detained during the wave of protests following the controversial July 2024 presidential elections, which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won despite producing no supporting evidence.

• Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

  CFK remains hospitalized with postoperative complication after emergency appendectomy

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remains hospitalized at the Otamendi Sanatorium in Buenos Aires after developing postoperative ileus, a functional intestinal complication following emergency surgery for appendicitis earlier this week. She had been allowed to leave her house arrest for the procedure.

• Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

  US launches second strike against ISIS in less than a week

  

  US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his country had conducted “deadly” precision airstrikes against ISIS (Islamic State) targets in northwestern Nigeria, which was later corroborated by local authorities. The operation marked a significant escalation in Washington's involvement in Africa to stop what the Republican leader acknowledged was a “massacre of Christians.” The second major US offensive against the terror group this month followed a massive strike on 70 targets in Syria on December 20.