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South America

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:14:00 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 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...

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:27:00 GMT
Health alerts issued in Chile and Bolivia following superflu detections
Health authorities in Chile and Bolivia have activated emergency epidemiological protocols following the confirmed arrival of a new, highly transmissible variant of Influenza A (H3N2), known as the K subclade (also referred to ...

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