Politics

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

  Argentine President Milei promotes crypto scam, then deletes endorsement

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei has admitted to promoting the $Libra cryptocurrency, which skyrocketed in value before crashing within hours, leaving investors with heavy losses. Milei later deleted his post and claimed he was unaware of the project’s questionable nature.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 20:30 UTC

  Falklands’ attractive Sunday, Open Day for new fishing vessel and the Horticultural Annual Show

  

  Busy and attractive Sunday for Falkland Islands residents, two main events will be taking place, the presentation of a state of the art fishing vessel incorporated to the Islands Register and in support of the Islands main industry, plus the annual show organized by the Falkland Islands Horticultural Society.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 20:26 UTC

  New map of South Orkney Islands published for the first time in 40 years by BAS

  

  A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre at BAS, the map offers a detailed topographic view of the entire South Orkney archipelago on one side, with a focused, high-resolution map of Signy Island on the reverse.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina: Ancestral Mapuche Resistance declared a terrorist organization

  

  Argentina's Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei Friday declared the Ancestral Mapuche Resistance (RAM) a Terrorist Organization, so that federal security forces can adopt the proper measures as Lonko Facundo Jones-Huala, who has served a prison sentence in Chile for arson, has been speaking in favor of setting Patagonian lands on fire.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Potential Argentine travelers advised not to pick Cancún as destination

  

  Right after US President Donald Trump upped his country's standards regarding border controls, two Argentine couples came forward this week to explain that they had been deported from Mexico after trying to spend some leisure time on the country's Caribbean beach. They also underlined they were subject to grossly harsh treatment despite having their travel papers in order.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolivarian regime keeps water from reaching former Argentine Embassy in Caracas

  

  Venezuelan opposition forces denounced Friday that the situation of the five asylum-seekers at what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas has entered a new phase of precariousness as the delivery of drinking water was not allowed on the day it was supposed to take place.

• Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

  US Health authorities start staff downsizing under RFK, Jr.

  

  US Federal authorities terminated a series of employments after Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as the country's new Health Secretary. Some 1,300 probationary-level workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 1,500 others from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were laid off.

• Friday, February 14th 2025 - 14:06 UTC

  Pope Francis hospitalized with persistent bronchitis

  

  Argentine-born Pope Francis was admitted Friday at Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic to receive medical attention for his persistent bronchitis.

• Friday, February 14th 2025 - 11:54 UTC

  Uruguay’s outgoing President blocks invitations to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba for Orsi’s inauguration

  

  Uruguay’s outgoing President Luis Lacalle Pou has refused to sign invitations for representatives from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to attend the inauguration of President-elect Yamandú Orsi on March 1. This decision, which follows Lacalle Pou’s longstanding stance against what he calls “dictatorial governments,” highlights a political divide between Uruguay’s current administration and the incoming leftist government.

• Friday, February 14th 2025 - 10:37 UTC

  Argentina: Indec says January's inflation stood at 2.2%

  

  Argentina's inflation in January 2025 stood at 2.2%, down from 2.7% in December, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said in a report released Thursday, which also showed yoy values of 84.5%. January's was the lowest Consumer Price Index (CPI) since July 2020 - 1.9% amid the Covid-19 pandemic - and also the best under Javier Milei, who took office on Dec. 10, 2023. The President's best previous CPI was in November 2024 at 2.4%.