South America

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:24:00 GMT
Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says islanders cannot decide sovereignty
Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued tha...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:25:00 GMT
Argentina weighs protest over British patrol ship's passage to Chile
Argentina's foreign ministry is considering a formal statement following the transit of the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Medway, which sailed from the Falklands to the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, in an episode over which Buen...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:06:00 GMT
Lula aide insults Milei over plan to campaign for Bolsonaro's son in Brazil
A senior Brazilian government official called Argentine President Javier Milei an "imbecile" after he announced he will travel to Brazil on July 25 to take part in the launch of the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, ...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:49:00 GMT
Venezuela quake toll rises to 4,490 as government defends withholding missing figure
The death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 rose to at least 4,490, after another 157 fatalities were added to Saturday's count, according to figures released by the president of the Natio...

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:43:00 GMT
Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history
Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:19:00 GMT
Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot
US President Donald Trump warned that "1,000 missiles" are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Is...

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT
Four held in Ecuador over migrant-smuggling network to the United States
Ecuador's police arrested four people, including a serving officer and a former immigration-control official, accused of belonging to an alleged network dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States, the institution said...

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:51:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on
A bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found on the continent, according to a study published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a tail vertebra from a ...

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:37:00 GMT
Colombia's president-elect asks Congress to be sworn in at a military base
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has asked Congress to assess the legal feasibility of moving his inauguration ceremony, set for August 7, from Bogotá to a military garrison, in a proposal without recent p...

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:27:00 GMT
Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula
Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trad...

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