South America

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:17:00 GMT
Uruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency this month, with EU quotas a top priority
Uruguay will assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur on June 30, during a summit of the bloc in Paraguay, with the distribution of the quotas from the agreement with the European Union (EU) among the main items on its age...

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:11:00 GMT
Argentina's Adorni reports 944 million pesos in assets, including the homes from the probe
Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, declared assets of 944,575,052 pesos —about $653,000 at the 1,446-peso exchange rate he used— in the sworn declaration for 2025 he filed before the Anti-Corruption Office. The filin...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMT
Venezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad
Venezuela on Thursday granted the British company Shell a license for a first phase of exploration and exploitation of the Loran gas field, which has seven reservoirs, six of them transboundary with Trinidad and Tobago. The sig...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:03:00 GMT
Amnesty International condemns police violence at World Cup opening protests in Mexico City
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday condemned the violence by security forces during the large protests in southern Mexico City surrounding the opening of the 2026 World Cup, in which police used fire extinguishers to disper...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:46:00 GMT
Cuba accuses Rubio of tightening the US economic and energy blockade after Cupet sanction
Cuba's government on Thursday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of "further reinforcing" the economic and energy siege against the island, after Washington sanctioned the state company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (Cupet), whi...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:34:00 GMT
Colombia's government confirms El Niño will be among the most intense since 1950
Colombia's Environment Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the El Niño phenomenon arrived about three months earlier than expected and that, if projections hold, it will be one of the "most intense recorded since 1950," accord...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:04:00 GMT
Fujimori edges ahead of Sánchez in Peru as expat ballots flip a razor-thin count
Conservative Keiko Fujimori reclaimed first place on Wednesday night in Peru's presidential runoff, in a count being decided vote by vote that took a decisive turn with the arrival of ballots from Peruvians abroad. With 98.2% o...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:32:00 GMT
Brazil's lower-house committee approves lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 16
The Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJ) of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday, by 44 votes to 18, the constitutional amendment proposal seeking to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:13:00 GMT
Argentina's Adorni declares $513,000 in Bitcoin to explain his wealth amid an enrichment case
Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, filed a series of rectified sworn declarations on Wednesday night before the Anti-Corruption Office and the Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) that substantially modify his asset...

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:12:00 GMT
US and Iran trade fire for a second night as Tehran says it has closed Hormuz
The United States and Iran traded fire for a second consecutive night, in what amounts to a more dangerous phase of the war in the Persian Gulf and raises the prospect of a return to open hostilities. As US forces again struck ...

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