Latin America
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Tue, 19 May 2026 12:10:00 GMTBolivia: miners' dynamite and peasants' siege reach the heart of power in La Paz
The center of La Paz turned on Monday into the stage of a more than three-hour pitched battle in which thousands of salaried miners and peasants clashed with police forces trying to prevent their entry to Plaza Murillo, the sea...
Tue, 19 May 2026 02:09:00 GMTAfter CIA director's trip to Havana, Cuba warns of "bloodbath" in case of attack
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned on Monday that a possible US military attack on the island "will provoke a bloodbath of incalculable consequences," in the most explicit hardening of Havana's discourse toward Washingto...
Tue, 19 May 2026 01:42:00 GMTChilean executive detained in Brazil for racist and homophobic insults to Latam flight attendant
Chilean executive Germán Naranjo Maldini has been held since Friday 15 May at the Guarulhos prison on the outskirts of São Paulo, charged with racial slur after directing racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant of...
Mon, 18 May 2026 18:31:00 GMTBolivia: Ten thousand Evo Morales supporters descend on La Paz as government warns of armed groups
The Bolivian government on Monday denounced the presence of “armed groups” in the march of peasant farmers and supporters of former president Evo Morales that descended on the city of La Paz, the seat of the executive and l...
Sun, 17 May 2026 13:48:00 GMTBrazil leads South America's military spending and Uruguay posts one of the largest relative rises, SIPRI says
Brazil consolidated its position as South America's leading defense spender during 2025, with a military budget of approximately USD 23.9 billion and a 13% year-on-year increase, while Uruguay recorded one of the steepest relat...