South America
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:38:00 GMTFlávio Bolsonaro steps onto global far-right stage as Brazil presidential hopeful
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has used an international tour in the Middle East to publicly cast himself as a contender for Brazil’s 2026 presidency, seeking visibilit...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:20:00 GMTCuba tells airlines it will run out of jet fuel as of Monday, deepening energy crisis
Cuba has warned international airlines that it will run out of aviation fuel starting Monday, widening an energy emergency that has already disrupted transport, public services and economic activity — and now threatens to fur...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:43:00 GMTBad Bunny at the Super Bowl: a tribute to Puerto Rico and a defense of America beyond the US
Bad Bunny turned the Super Bowl LX halftime show into a hemispheric cultural statement: Puerto Rico at the center, Spanish as the primary language, and an idea of “America” that stretches beyond the United States.
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:24:00 GMTParaguay courts AI data centers and green hydrogen with discounted power rates
Paraguay’s government has rolled out a pair of decrees offering preferential electricity pricing to energy-hungry industries—ranging from AI-linked data centers and cloud computing to green hydrogen and other “Power-to-X...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:09:00 GMTArgentina regulates ‘Inocencia Fiscal’ to bring ‘mattress dollars’ into the banking system
Argentina’s government has issued the implementing rules for its Inocencia Fiscal law, formally activating a voluntary Simplified Income Tax Regime (RSG) aimed at encouraging taxpayers to bring undeclared savings —popularly...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:05:00 GMTVenezuela frees Juan Pablo Guanipa and members of María Corina Machado’s inner circle
Opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa and several close collaborators of anti-government figure María Corina Machado were released from detention in Venezuela on Sunday, in a new round of politically sensitive releases that rig...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:24:00 GMTArgentina tightens illegal fishing enforcement, elevating satellite tracking as evidence
Argentina has tightened its enforcement framework against foreign vessels suspected of illegal fishing inside its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), giving greater evidentiary weight to satellite records and other remote sensors to...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 07:34:00 GMTFuel crunch halts Havana buses, squeezes hospitals and deepens Cuba’s power cuts
Cuba’s fuel shortage is rippling through daily life, with Havana’s urban bus network largely shut down, hospitals preparing to scale back non-urgent services, and longer planned blackouts announced in some areas—while soc...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:41:00 GMTTrump deletes racist Obama video after backlash, including from Republicans
U.S. President Donald Trump removed a Truth Social video that depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama with their faces superimposed on primate bodies, after a wave of criticism that included ...
Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:30:00 GMTVenezuelan opposition flags “serious omissions” in amnesty bill, demands full release
Venezuela’s main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), on Friday challenged what it called “serious omissions” in a proposed amnesty law promoted by acting President Delcy Rodríguez and approved in...