South America
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:50:00 GMTBrazil completes its legislative process and ratifies the EU–Mercosur deal
Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday ratified the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, completing the legislative step in the South American bloc’s largest economy. The Senate approved the treaty unanimously, ...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:47:00 GMTUS interior secretary highlights Venezuela’s mineral wealth, says cooperation has “no limits”
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in Caracas on Wednesday that opportunities for cooperation between Washington and Venezuela “have no limits,” highlighting the South American country’s mineral potential during a vis...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:04:00 GMTReleased Argentine gendarme alleges “psychological torture” at Venezuela’s Rodeo I prison
Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine gendarme freed after 448 days in detention in Venezuela, urged the release of “24 foreign nationals” he said remain imprisoned at the Rodeo I facility and asked for time before detailing what he ...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:43:00 GMTBolivia jails 19 after people scooped up cash from crashed military plane
A Bolivian judge ordered the pre-trial detention of 19 people accused of taking banknotes scattered after a military Hercules C-130 aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at El Alto international airport, adjacent to La ...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:27:00 GMTUruguay cuts policy rate to 5.75% after external shock, with inflation still below target
Uruguay’s Central Bank cut its benchmark policy rate by 75 basis points to 5.75%, from 6.5%, in a unanimous decision and the seventh consecutive reduction, as it weighed the market impact of the renewed Middle East conflict a...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:04:00 GMTArgentina hits oil output record on Vaca Muerta as Brent tops $80 on Iran war
Argentina posted its highest monthly crude output on official record in January, at a time when global energy markets are again under strain from the Iran–Israel–US conflict and renewed pressure on key supply routes.
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:52:00 GMTGreens bash PM Starmer and Labour party in a Manchester stronghold
The Green Party has comfortably won a by-election for a vacant parliamentary seat, an embarrassing defeat for embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in one of its former strongholds.
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:50:00 GMTFIH Group sells Portsmouth Harbor Ferry Company for £11.6m.
The Portsmouth Harbor Ferry Company (PHFC), which takes passengers between Gosport and Portsea, was bought by the parent company of Collins River Enterprises – trading as Uber Boat by Thames Clippers – from Falkland Islands...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:52:00 GMTUS says it has struck “nearly 2,000” targets in Iran and adds B-52 bombers to the air campaign
The United States intensified its air campaign against Iran on Tuesday as Operation Epic Fury entered its fourth day, introducing B-52 strategic bombers into combat operations and reporting that “nearly 2,000” targets have ...
Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:18:00 GMTParaguay steps up intelligence and financial controls in the Tri-Border Area amid Middle East tensions
Paraguay’s government has activated intelligence, prevention and financial-control measures in the Tri-Border Area it shares with Argentina and Brazil amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to Internal Securit...