South America

News from South America

MercoPress South Atlantic News Agency

  • Cuba back on US list of terrorism-sponsoring nations under Trump
    on January 22, 2025

    US President Donald Trump added Cuba once again to the list of nations sponsoring terrorism and announced tougher measures against Venezuela's Bolivarian regime which stayed in power past Jan. 10 despite half the world not recognizing Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections.

  • Brazilian Central Bank report foresees 5.08% inflation for this year
    on January 22, 2025

    The Focus Bulletin released earlier this week by Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) projected a 5.08% inflation for this year in South America's largest country. The new prediction represented a slight twitch from last week's 5% National Consumer Price Index (IPCA). Meanwhile, Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - the sum of goods and services produced in the […]

  • Falklands Conservation invitation on Penguin Awareness Day
    on January 22, 2025

    January 20th, Penguin Awareness Day, acknowledged worldwide and the environmental group Falklands Conservation, extended an invitation to celebrate the incredible penguins that call the Falkland Islands home.

  • Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find Granddaughter Nº139
    on January 22, 2025

    The human rights organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires the finding of "Granddaughter Nº139." The entity seeks to determine the true identity of children born in captivity from prisoners who were later declared as "disappeared" by the military dictatorship, their offspring handed over for adoption to families […]

  • Colombian company signs partnership with Bolivia's YPFB
    on January 22, 2025

    Bolivia's state-run oil company signed Tuesday a series of agreements with Colombia's Canacol representing an investment of up to US$ 270 million for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation undertakings in the Ovai, Florida Este, Arenales, and Tita-Techi areas, all of them in the department of Santa Cruz.

  • WHO wishes US would reconsider pulling out
    on January 22, 2025

    After US President announced he was pulling his country once again from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations (UN) agency issued a statement Tuesday wishing such a decision would be reconsidered. Trump had already left the WHO during his first term in office but his decision was reversed by his successor (and now predecessor) Joseph Biden.

  • Italian teenager toys with Mediterranean merchant ship traffic just for fun
    on January 21, 2025

    A 15-year-old lad from Cesena, Italy, toyed with merchant ship routes in the Mediterranean after accessing the navigation systems just for fun. Although no material damage was reported, a criminal case has been opened against the teenager, whose parents claimed to be unaware of those activities.

  • Trump exits Paris Agreement and WHO, pardons Jan. 6 rioters
    on January 21, 2025

    In his first hours in office, US President Donald Trump signed a barrage of Executive Orders reshaping the entire geopolitical scenario worldwide.

  • Falklands, RAF Commander visits the Air Mobility Force at MPC
    on January 21, 2025

    Royal Air Force Commander Air Wing, Gp Capt Andy McIntyre, recently undertook the 8000 mile journey to visit Mount Pleasant Complex, at British Falkland South Atlantic Islands.

  • Falklands, New step towards protection for domestic abuse victims
    on January 21, 2025

    The Falkland Islands is due to take a significant step forward in safeguarding its residents by enacting the Domestic Abuse (Civil and Family Proceedings) Ordinance, which comes into effect on 3rd February.