South America
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:58:00 GMTDe Moraes okays Bolsonaro's surgery, but not at home recuperation time
Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Friday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily leave prison to undergo surgery. However, the magistrate flatly denied a request for the former presi...
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:46:00 GMT
Integration Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil opened to traffic
The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened to vehicle traffic on Friday during a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. His Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, intends to hold...
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:32:00 GMT
Mercosur leaders shift to "constructive patience" after EU FTA delay
Following decades of negotiations and a high-stakes "now or never" deadline set for this week, the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) bloc has officially adopted a stance of cautious optimism after the European Union (EU) failed...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:46:00 GMT
Ecuador: Three days of mourning after death of former President Rodrigo Borja
Former Ecuadorean President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the age of 90. In response to the loss of one of the 20th century’s most influential political figures, President Daniel Noboa ...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:34:00 GMT
Superflu makes it to Argentina and Brazil
Health authorities across South America are on high alert following the confirmed detection of the Influenza A (H3N2) "K subclade" in Argentina and Brazil. The variant, which has already triggered emergency protocols in Chile a...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:59:00 GMT
Signing of EU-Mercosur FTA postponed to January
The highly anticipated signing of the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), originally scheduled for this Saturday in Foz do Iguaçu, has been officially postponed until...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:53:00 GMT
CAF okays US$980mn package for Uruguay
The Board of Directors of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has authorized a landmark US$980 million credit operation for Uruguay. This approval represents one of the largest single financial commitm...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:02:00 GMT
Argentine gas brings relief to electricity generation in Uruguay
Uruguay's state-owned electricity company UTE (technically the Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas) announced this week that importing gas from neighboring Argentina has resulted in savings of around ...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:47:00 GMT
Paraguay's guaraní is most stable currency in the region, Bloomberg finds
Paraguay's guaraní (PY₲) has been highlighted as the most stable and highest-performing currency in Latin America for 2025. In a report published this week by the specialized outlet Bloomberg Línea, the Paraguayan currency ...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:36:00 GMT
Argentina: National Bioethics Commission created
The Argentine government has officially established the National Bioethics Commission through Decree 893/2025. Operating under the Ministry of Health, this new body will serve as the country's sole regulatory authority on healt...