South America

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:02:00 GMT
Chile's defence minister backs trade between Punta Arenas and the Falklands
Chile's Defence Minister Fernando Barros Tocornal has backed the development of commercial activity between the Magallanes region and the Falklands, saying his country's support for Argentina's sovereignty claim does not imply ...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:30:00 GMT
Latin American airports will need US$178 billion to nearly double their traffic
Airports in Latin America and the Caribbean will require investment of around US$178 billion over the next thirty years to handle demand that would rise from 809 million passengers this year to around 1.5 billion in 2045, accor...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:30:00 GMT
Milei orders arbitration proceedings against the UK over the Sea Lion project
Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday instructed the foreign ministry and the government's legal teams to launch international arbitration proceedings against the United Kingdom over the development of the Sea Lion oil pro...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:21:00 GMT
Lula widens his first-round lead to five points, but the runoff remains tied
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has widened his lead over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to five points in voting intentions for Sunday's first round, according to a Quaest poll released on Monday, though the two rema...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:17:00 GMT
Five shipping lines warn Uruguay the port dispute is damaging its international standing
Five of the main shipping lines operating at the port of Montevideo have warned the Uruguayan government that the labour dispute at the Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing "severe economic and commercial harm" and has "severel...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:09:00 GMT
Milei denies a recession and says indicators are "throwing out anything"
Argentine President Javier Milei denied the country is in recession and questioned the reading of statistics showing rising poverty and falling economic activity. "The indicators are throwing out anything," he said on Sunday in...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:33:00 GMT
London says Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falklands
British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falkland Islands and that the United Kingdom “has the ability to defend” them, in an interview with the Sunday paper The Sun on Sund...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:09:00 GMT
Chile reinforcing its military presence in Magallanes Region and Antarctica
Chile announced the reinforcement of its military capacities in the Magallanes Region, extreme south of the country with a plan that includes renewal of aircraft, modernization of armored vehicles, increased vigilance and prese...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT
Falklands at Labour Conference in Liverpool
British political parties are holding their annual round of conferences and Labour, in government, has chosen the city of Liverpool for a gathering that started on Sunday, 27 September and will last for three days until 30th Se...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:51:00 GMT
The Telegraph links the Chagos deal to Argentina's Falklands campaign
An opinion column published on Sunday in the British newspaper The Telegraph argues that the decision to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius served as a signal of weakness that encouraged claims over other...

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