South America

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:35:00 GMT
Scathing comments on Labour’s Defense Plan, Sir Keir has scrapped more warships than Britain lost in Falklands War
Former First Sea Lord Admiral Lord West has warned that the Royal Navy was in its worst state for 350 years, “the number of ships we have is pathetic, to do the things we need to do.”

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:17:00 GMT
Falklands, links between Cape Verde and the Islands
Everybody (rather all football supporters) enjoyed the extraordinary match between the supposedly rookie team of Cabo Verde Islands and the current Argentine world Cup holders. It was a spectacular match, Cabo Verde challenging...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:28:00 GMT
US marks its 250th anniversary as a record heat wave disrupts July 4 events
The United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence on Saturday amid a historic heat wave that has forced the suspension or rescheduling of events in several cities across the country. The semiquincentennial comme...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:26:00 GMT
Petro says he asked Trump to lift his OFAC sanctions in a phone call
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he held a phone conversation on Friday with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in which he asked for support in removing the sanctions on him and his family under the Office of Foreign Asse...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:43:00 GMT
Argentina survives a scare from debutant Cape Verde to reach the World Cup quarterfinals
Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 on Friday, in a match settled in extra time, to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup being held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The side coached by Lionel Scaloni had to dig deep to ov...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:29:00 GMT
Six months after Maduro's capture, Rodríguez's interim mandate expires after the quake
Six months after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro by the United States, Venezuela faces an institutional crossroads: the 180-day interim mandate of acting President Delcy Rodríguez —granted after Maduro's remo...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:58:00 GMT
Mercosur backs Argentina days after Islanders' UN appeal for self-determination
Within the span of a week, the two opposing positions in the Falklands dispute were laid out clearly in two separate arenas: South American governments' backing for Argentina's sovereignty claim, and the defense of self-determi...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:55:00 GMT
In Uruguay, Kast urges harsher penalties for crime leaders and total prison isolation
Chile's President José Antonio Kast argued on Wednesday in Montevideo that the region's countries must toughen their laws to combat organized crime, with life sentences for those who lead gangs and a regime of total isolation ...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:53:00 GMT
Milei abolishes the Interior Ministry, expanding Santilli's role ahead of Congress talks
Argentina's government abolished the Interior Ministry and transferred its functions to the cabinet chief's office, headed by Diego Santilli, through an emergency decree published on Thursday in the Official Gazette. The measur...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:47:00 GMT
Snow blankets Mar del Plata as a record polar cold wave grips Argentina
The seaside city of Mar del Plata, one of the main tourist destinations on Argentina's Atlantic coast, woke up covered in snow on Thursday, an unusual sight for a temperate-climate city that became the most widely shared image ...

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