Mercosur
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:02:00 GMTEU-Mercosur deal, six months on: winners, losers and the question mark over Europe’s top court
Six months after it began to apply provisionally, the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, combines projected benefits for both blocs, opposition from part...
Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:16:00 GMT
Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”
Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with a Mass before some 30,000 faithful in the city of Florida, where he urged Catholics to reach out to those who have drifted away from the Church in South America’s most se...
Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:56:00 GMT
Peña says he will face his impeachment trial as Argentina denies he has entered the country
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced on Thursday night that he will appear before the Senate to defend himself in the impeachment trial against him, after Congress failed for lack of a quorum to consider the resignatio...
Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:12:00 GMT
Paraguay’s Santiago Peña tenders his resignation, but Congress presses ahead with impeachment
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña tendered his resignation on Thursday, cornered by the collapse of Ueno Bank, but minutes later the Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted to impeach him, in an attempt to prevent him from taki...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:27:00 GMT
Paraguay takes over Ueno Bank, with 3 million customers, and freezes its deposits
Paraguay’s Central Bank on Tuesday took over Ueno Bank, one of the country’s largest banks, after its solvency ratio fell below 50% of the legal minimum, and froze all its assets and liabilities, including the savings of so...
Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:16:00 GMT
Cristina 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...
Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:30:00 GMT
Bolsonaro’s exit via Argentina further strains relations between Milei and Lula
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s transit through Argentina, after he left Brazil despite a court ban and flew to Miami from Puerto Iguazú following his election defeat, has opened a new front in the strained relationshi...
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:20:00 GMT
Argentina: opposition asks Milei to clarify whether Bolsonaro left Brazil through the country
Argentine opposition lawmakers on Tuesday demanded that Javier Milei’s government report whether Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil despite a court ban and travelled to the United States after his election d...
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:05:00 GMT
Milei stays silent on Lula’s victory as Kast and Peña congratulate him
Argentine President Javier Milei had not congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election in Brazil by Monday, unlike other right-wing South American leaders such as Chile’s José Antonio Kast, Paraguay’s Santiag...
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:14:00 GMT
Paraguay’s president travels to Washington and will meet the CIA director
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña travelled to Washington on Wednesday for a brief visit that includes a meeting with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe and a keynote address at the annual gala of th...