South America

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:43:00 GMT
Falkland Islands’ newly elected lawmakers sworn in after landmark election
The newly elected members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were formally sworn in on Friday during a ceremony at Government House, marking the start of a new four-year legislative term following a highly disr...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:34:00 GMT
Chile headed for pivotal runoff elections
Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the dir...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:31:00 GMT
Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA
Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:19:00 GMT
Five-month preemptive arrest for former Bolivian President Arce
Former Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has been placed under preemptive arrest at the San Pedro detention facility in La Paz for five months, pending a corruption inquiry regarding the mismanagement of funds intended for ...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:07:00 GMT
Uruguayan President vaccinated against measles
Uruguayan President YamandĂș Orsi and several members of his cabinet received the measles vaccine at the Executive Tower on Friday, underscoring the government's push for immunization following a regional health alert and a sma...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:56:00 GMT
First case of super flu K confirmed in Mexico
Mexico's Health Ministry confirmed late Friday the country's first human case of the Influenza A H3N2 subclade K variant, a strain commonly referred to in the media as "super flu K." The case was detected by the National Instit...

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:50:00 GMT
Paraguay's economy projected to grow this year above expectations
Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) significantly revised its economic forecast this week, estimating that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will expand by 6% by the end of 2025, a sharp increase from the initial 3.8% projec...

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:54:00 GMT
Are the UK and Argentina discussing easing Falklands-era weapons ban?
According to an interview of Argentine President Javier Milei published by The Telegraph this week, the South American country and the United Kingdom are in talks to lift the weapons ban in place since the 1982 Falklands/Malvin...

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:26:00 GMT
De Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington o...

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:59:00 GMT
Falklands Election: Renewed Legislative; oath ceremony at Government House
As anticipated, close to 11:00pm Thursday 11 December, the results of the Falkland Islands general election were announced by the Returning Officer Dr. Andrea Clausen, and the integration of the new Legislative Assembly for the...

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