South America

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:51:00 GMT
At least 132 dead in the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia
At least 132 people were killed and 570 injured by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday, according to the latest report submitted by the Colombian Association of Capital Cities at 7:00...

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:16:00 GMT
De la Espriella gives the first earthquake toll and entrusts Colombia to Jesus Christ
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella reported 111 dead and 87 injured on Monday from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the west and center of the country, in an address containing extensive religious references. ...

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:29:00 GMT
Colombia records its strongest earthquake in a decade, geological service says
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook western and central Colombia on Monday, causing damage in several cities and affecting six airports. It is the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in the past decade, according to the C...

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:23:00 GMT
Reform UK in talks with El Salvador over sending foreign prisoners to Bukele's jails
Britain's Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, has opened contacts with the government of El Salvador to transfer foreign prisoners to jails in that country should it win the next United Kingdom general election, which must be...

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:32:00 GMT
De la Espriella sets ten armed group leaders as his target for his first 90 days
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has pledged to capture or kill ten leaders of illegal armed groups during the first 90 days of his term, which began on Friday in Cali. The commitment, made during his campaign, is t...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:58:00 GMT
Keiko Fujimori starts her term in Peru with 60% approval, Datum poll finds
Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori has begun her five-year term with a 60% approval rating, against 24% disapproval and 16% who gave no opinion, according to a Datum Internacional survey published on Sunday by the newspaper El C...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:44:00 GMT
Bolivia records its first same-sex civil marriage after a court ruling
Bolivia has recorded its first civil marriage between two people of the same sex, held on Friday, August 7, in Santa Cruz, the country's most populous city, following a legal process that lasted three years and ten months.

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:37:00 GMT
Uruguay's Partido Nacional sets a 2030 return to government as its goal
The president of the board of Uruguay's Partido Nacional, Álvaro Delgado, on Sunday called on members of the country's main opposition force to “build the history of the future” and set a return to government in 2030 as th...

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:05:00 GMT
Machado congratulates De la Espriella and says Venezuela will soon follow suit
Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado congratulated Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and said Venezuela would "very soon" undertake a process of institutional ...

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:52:00 GMT
De la Espriella sworn in before Congress in Cali, delivers first speech to the military
Abelardo de la Espriella took office as president of Colombia in Cali on Friday, the first time a Colombian leader has been sworn in outside Bogotá, and delivered his first speech at an Army battalion rather than before Congre...

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