South America
Sat, 16 May 2026 04:16:00 GMTPaz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Friday thanked his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for sending two C-130 Hercules military aircraft to reinforce the airlift aimed at supplying food and basic goods to the cities of La Paz...
Sat, 16 May 2026 03:45:00 GMT
Trump claims he will engineer a "turnaround" in Cuba and pull it away from China and Russia
US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will bring the Cuban government to align with Washington and pull away from the orbit of China and Russia, in his first public comments on the island since the unprece...
Sat, 16 May 2026 03:25:00 GMT
Venezuela and World Bank agree to define technical cooperation areas after seven-year pause
The Venezuelan government and the World Bank agreed on Friday in Caracas to work jointly on identifying concrete areas of technical cooperation, in the first high-level encounter between the two parties since the resumption of ...
Sat, 16 May 2026 03:12:00 GMT
Trump closes China visit without substantial agreements but with Xi's offer on Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump on Friday concluded his state visit to China of less than 48 hours without substantial announcements on the main points of the bilateral agenda, although he described the encounter as "very successful"...
Fri, 15 May 2026 13:27:00 GMT
Chilean former president defends "people-centered" multilateralism in Montevideo against authoritarian projects
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, currently a candidate for the United Nations Secretary General, defended on Thursday in Montevideo the need for "a more representative, inclusive, and people-centered multilateralism"...
Fri, 15 May 2026 05:08:00 GMT
Washington considers prosecuting Raúl Castro over 1996 shootdown of civilian planes
The US government is weighing a federal indictment against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft operated by the humanitarian organization Brothers to the Rescue, the CBS network and...
Fri, 15 May 2026 03:43:00 GMT
Falklands, artists film on local talent and works
Watch our new short film exploring arts and culture in the Falkland Islands. Released alongside the latest exhibition by celebrated Ceramicist and Islander Graham Bound, the film features local artists sharing their work and sp...
Fri, 15 May 2026 03:05:00 GMT
Uruguay: Orsi's disapproval climbs to 48% as approval falls to 27% in his first year in office
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi's administration recorded a significant deterioration in public approval as the government marked its first year in office, according to the latest survey by the polling firm Equipos released o...
Fri, 15 May 2026 02:58:00 GMT
Cuba accepts USD 100 million in US humanitarian aid amid energy collapse
The Cuban government on Thursday accepted the United States' offer of USD 100 million in humanitarian aid for food, fuel, and medicines, in a significant political shift after weeks of public rejection and hours after authoriti...
Thu, 14 May 2026 16:52:00 GMT
UK ‘Zero Net’ Miliband’s policy questioned as a threat to British security, ‘China dominates all the green technology’
The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband has been accused of handing Beijing a “kill switch” over the British economy, after claiming that green energy will end the UK's reliance on Vladimir Pu...