South America

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:21:00 GMT
Around 140 vessels stranded at Argentine ports after government deregulation decree
Around 140 vessels were waiting on Monday to enter or leave Argentine ports after maritime pilots stopped accepting new assignments in protest at a decree deregulating their profession. The figures come from industry sources; s...

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT
Toledo seeks release on health grounds, saying he does not want to die in prison
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, 81, has asked President Keiko Fujimori to expedite the presidential pardon he requested on humanitarian grounds, in an interview given on Sunday from Barbadillo prison to the program ...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:14:00 GMT
Milei: the alliance with Washington is the “key” to sovereignty over the Falklands
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government's alignment with the United States will advance Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands, in remarks to Radio Mitre.

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:24:00 GMT
Infantino opponents threaten non-cooperation with FIFA unless he resigns
Officials opposed to FIFA president Gianni Infantino are considering withdrawing cooperation with the governing body for as long as he remains in office, according to UEFA sources cited by the BBC, as the fallout deepens over t...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:17:00 GMT
Argentina: $LIBRA investors to file civil suit after mediation fails
Un grupo de inversores que se consideran perjudicados por el lanzamiento del criptoactivo $LIBRA presentará una demanda por daños y perjuicios en el fuero civil argentino, tras no alcanzar un acuerdo en la instancia de mediac...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:48:00 GMT
Traditional right-wing technocrats and Christian voices will share Colombia's new cabinet
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has completed all eighteen posts in his cabinet four days before taking office, with a team that will combine technical profiles drawn from the traditional right with figure...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:47:00 GMT
Rhine barges run at 20% of capacity as freight rates surge
Falling water levels on the Rhine are forcing barges to operate with a fraction of their usual load and have sharply raised the cost of river transport, as drought and extreme temperatures affect Europe's main inland waterways.

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:08:00 GMT
Milei on Lula: released over a procedural flaw, not for being innocent
Argentine President Javier Milei repeated his accusations against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, arguing that the corruption convictions once against him were annulled on formal grounds, in remarks th...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:24:00 GMT
Milei says he has chosen a 2027 running mate amid rupture with his vice president
Argentine President Javier Milei said he has already decided who will run alongside him as vice-presidential candidate in the October 2027 elections, while withholding the name, in remarks that come amid an open confrontation w...

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:20:00 GMT
Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta
Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sour...

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