South America
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:58:00 GMTThe US will control 55% of output from the new oil company in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday an agreement with Venezuela's interim government granting Washington majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan crude reserves, around 21% of the countr...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:00 GMTThe US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US ma...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:56:00 GMTThe Pope says states struggle to control the concentration of artificial intelligence
Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the difficulty states face in overseeing artificial intelligence, which in his view is concentrated in the hands of a small number of major economic and technological players, and called for the...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:15:00 GMTWashington negotiates stakes in Venezuelan oil fields with leases of up to a century
The United States government is negotiating with Venezuela's interim administration to acquire stakes in a group of the South American country's oil fields, under arrangements that would include leases of up to a hundred years,...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:48:00 GMTFalklands: Chilean shipping line drives new link and promotes Expo with Islands and Punta Arenas products
The formalization of a regular commercial maritime link between the Falklands and Chile, together with the promotion of an Expo of Islands and Chilean products in Punta Arenas, are being pushed with considerable enthusiasm by t...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:55:00 GMTThe Falklands close the second Loligo squid season three days after reopening it
The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department announced on Thursday the closure of the second Loligo squid season due to low biomass levels, just three days after fishing had resumed following a two-week pause.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:43:00 GMTDrums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
Uruguay bade farewell on Thursday to musician Ruben Rada with a wake open to the public at the Legislative Palace, the seat of parliament, after hundreds of people had gathered the previous night with drums in the neighbourhood...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:32:00 GMTSpecialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars
Video game and technology outlets estimate that the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, scheduled for November 19, could cost the United States economy more than a billion dollars in lost productivity, due to the number of workers e...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMTMore than 390 bodies recovered and nearly 1,500 unaccounted for after the Nepal Himalaya flood
Rescue teams have recovered at least 389 bodies in Nepali territory and three more in China's Tibet region, while close to 1,500 people remain unaccounted for after the flood that swept down Himalayan valleys on Wednesday along...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:20:00 GMTBeijing asks Washington to "overcome obstacles" before Xi's White House visit
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the United States to "remove interference" and "overcome obstacles" in high-level exchanges between the two countries, during a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday with US Ambassador David...