Latin America
Latin America
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:21:00 GMTIbero-American foreign ministers unanimously back Argentina’s Falklands claim
Ibero-American foreign ministers meeting in Madrid unanimously approved a special communiqué backing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, on...
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:14:00 GMTOne dead and more than 2,000 affected by El Niño flooding in the Galápagos
Heavy rains linked to the El Niño phenomenon triggered a flash flood on Santa Cruz island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago overnight from Friday to Saturday, leaving one person dead and more than 2,000 affected, according...
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTPeru declares an El Niño emergency in nearly three-quarters of the country ahead of the Pope’s visit
Peru’s government has declared a two-month state of emergency over the risk of heavy rains linked to the El Niño phenomenon in 1,380 of the country’s 1,891 districts, about 73%, including all the places Pope Leo XIV will v...
Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:16:00 GMTCristina Kirchner meets Lula’s digital strategist in a bid to replicate his comeback in Argentina
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Monday received Brazilian lawmaker André Janones, creator of the WhatsApp channel that helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva win re-election, in Buenos Aires, as the Peronist opposit...
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:14:00 GMTFrom Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina
Pope Leo XIV will begin a tour of South America in Montevideo on November 6 that will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with open-air Masses, meetings with Presidents Yamandú Orsi and Javier Milei, and events with young...