South America

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:23:00 GMT
Brazil: Lula leads first-round scenarios but faces tighter runoffs, poll suggests
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains the front-runner across all first-round matchups for Brazil’s 4 October presidential election, according to a new survey by Instituto Ideia published by digital outlet Ca...

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:41:00 GMT
Pope Leo XIV set to visit Peru later in 2026, bishops say, as planning advances
Peru’s Catholic bishops say preparations are under way for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Peru in November or the first week of December, a trip that would take the first U.S.-born pontiff back to a country where he served as a bi...

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:39:00 GMT
Venezuela detains Alex Saab in joint operation with United States
Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab — long portrayed by U.S. authorities as a key financial operator for Chavismo and a former Venezuelan industry minister — was detained in Caracas early Wednesday in what Colombian ...

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:00:00 GMT
Brazilian oil and gas production record in 2025, 4,987million boe/d
Brazil daily production of oil and natural gas in 2025 reached the equivalent of 4,987 million boe/d, a new record, according to the country’s Petroleum National Agency, ANP.

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:36:00 GMT
The RRS Shackleton incident when an Argentine destroyer opened fire on the research vessel
On this day but in 1976 a very serious incident occurred in the South West Atlantic when the British research vessel RRS Shackleton was intercepted and fired upon by the Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Storni, some 78 mile...

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:07:00 GMT
Falklands’ Port Louis settlement discoveries shared with Dr. Robert Philpott
Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and the Jane Cameron National Archives is inviting to a conference by archeologist Dr. Robert Philpott, who will be sharing his discoveries in the settlement of Port Louis on February 10.

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:26:00 GMT
King Charles moves to push Andrew out of Royal Lodge after fresh Epstein-linked disclosures
King Charles III has forced his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to vacate Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor estate home he has occupied for years, amid renewed scrutiny stemming from newly surfaced Epstein-related material an...

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:51:00 GMT
Argentine shares slide in New York as country risk climbs above 500 points
Argentine stocks and hard-currency bonds fell on Tuesday, hit by a risk-off turn in global markets and fresh domestic uncertainty tied to the stalled overhaul of inflation measurement following Marco Lavagna’s departure from ...

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:22:00 GMT
Petro and Trump signal thaw after closed-door White House meeting amid talks on drugs, sanctions and Venezuela
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington went better than expected, pointing to a tentative thaw after months of public insults and policy clashes that...

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:12:00 GMT
Uruguay’s peso the most "overvalued" currency as it tops Big Mac index ranking
Uruguay’s peso has been labelled the world’s most “overvalued” currency against the U.S. dollar on a GDP-per-capita-adjusted basis, according to the latest Big Mac Index published by The Economist and cited by Uruguayan...

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