Mercosur

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...

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:29:00 GMT
Milei calls Lula a “leftist thief” and says he hopes he will not “steal” Brazil’s election
Argentine President Javier Milei attacked his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva again on Tuesday, accusing him of a “dirty campaign” and saying he hoped Lula would not try to “steal” Sunday’s presidenti...

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:52:00 GMT
Lubetkin warns Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”
Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin has warned Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”, in response to his criticism of the bloc during the campaign for the October...

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:09:00 GMT
Iguazú Falls closed as the river’s flow tops 12,000 cubic metres per second
Iguazú National Park, in Argentina’s Misiones province, closed access to the falls’ walkways on Monday because of an exceptional rise in the Iguazú River, whose flow exceeded 12,000 cubic metres per second. The flood is p...

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:57:00 GMT
Trump declines to back Lula or Flávio Bolsonaro as Brazil votes
US President Donald Trump has not endorsed either of the two leading candidates in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, unlike in recent elections in Honduras, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Costa Rica.

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