South America

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:02:00 GMT
Six in ten Argentines attribute Milei's shift on the Falklands to political convenience
Some 61.1% of Argentines believe President Javier Milei adopted his current position on the Falklands out of political convenience, against 24.7% who attribute it to conviction, according to a survey by the consultancy Manageme...

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:26:00 GMT
The Falklands pay tribute in London to the merchant seafarers who served in 1982
The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the United Kingdom and Europe, Richard Hyslop, laid a wreath on Sunday on behalf of the people and Government of the islands during the annual Merchant Navy Day service held at ...

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:20:00 GMT
A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin ...

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:10:00 GMT
The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide
The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country into two opposing camps on...

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:01:00 GMT
An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer
An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted his collection in Amsterdam. ...

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:52:00 GMT
De la Espriella completes his first month with a full reversal of Petro's diplomacy
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella completed his first month in office on Monday with a series of foreign policy decisions that reverse his predecessor Gustavo Petro's approach and tighten alignment with the United St...

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 22:45:00 GMT
Five dead as a cargo jet operating for Amazon overruns the runway at Miami airport
At least five people were killed and five others injured on Sunday when a cargo aircraft operating for Amazon overran the runway on landing at Miami International Airport, broke through the perimeter fence and a service road an...

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:31:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou demands elections in Venezuela and reopens Uruguay's foreign policy debate
Former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou has called for a democratic transition in Venezuela and questioned the terms of the oil agreement reached between the United States and Delcy Rodríguez's government, in an interventi...

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:44:00 GMT
Cristiano Ronaldo and the final chapter of an extraordinary career
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer chasing relevance. He is chasing the last frontier of a career that has already redrawn football's record books, and doing so with a clarity of purpose that marks the closing act of a two-d...

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT
Bachelet concedes difficulty of her UN bid: "I know I'm not going to be secretary-general"
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet acknowledged on Thursday the difficulties facing her candidacy for United Nations secretary-general. Asked at a public event in Santiago why she wants to lead the organization, she rep...

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