South America

Mon, 18 May 2026 05:37:00 GMT
The Falklands turn into a small South Atlantic economic power as the ghosts of 1982 return
The Falkland Islands are going through their traditional “commemoration season,” the cycle of ceremonies that recall the 1982 war each year, culminating in Liberation Day on 14 June, at a moment defined by two overlapping r...

Mon, 18 May 2026 02:57:00 GMT
Venezuela: Mother of political prisoner Víctor Quero dies days after identifying his exhumed body
Carmen Teresa Navas, 83, the mother of Venezuelan political prisoner Víctor Hugo Quero, died on Sunday in Caracas, days after she had identified the exhumed body of her son, who had been buried in secret nine months earlier. T...

Sun, 17 May 2026 23:13:00 GMT
Mid-air collision between two US jets at airshow ends without fatalities in Idaho
Two US Navy EA-18G Growler jets collided in mid-air on Sunday during an aerial demonstration at Mountain Home Air Force Base in the state of Idaho, with no fatalities reported. The four crew members aboard the aircraft ejected ...

Sun, 17 May 2026 13:53:00 GMT
Argentine Air Force bought a used aircraft at double its market price, Clarín investigation finds
The Argentine Air Force (FAA) acquired in 2025 an Embraer ERJ-140LR aircraft for USD 4.085 million, nearly double the price the same provider had quoted for an equivalent and better-conditioned plane to a private client just mo...

Sun, 17 May 2026 13:48:00 GMT
Brazil leads South America's military spending and Uruguay posts one of the largest relative rises, SIPRI says
Brazil consolidated its position as South America's leading defense spender during 2025, with a military budget of approximately USD 23.9 billion and a 13% year-on-year increase, while Uruguay recorded one of the steepest relat...

Sun, 17 May 2026 05:07:00 GMT
Venezuela hands over to the United States former minister and Maduro frontman Alex Saab
The Venezuelan government on Saturday deported to the United States the Colombian businessman Alex Saab, considered for years the main financial operator of former president Nicolás Maduro and minister of Industry and National...

Sat, 16 May 2026 04:16:00 GMT
Paz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Friday thanked his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for sending two C-130 Hercules military aircraft to reinforce the airlift aimed at supplying food and basic goods to the cities of La Paz...

Sat, 16 May 2026 03:45:00 GMT
Trump claims he will engineer a "turnaround" in Cuba and pull it away from China and Russia
US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will bring the Cuban government to align with Washington and pull away from the orbit of China and Russia, in his first public comments on the island since the unprece...

Sat, 16 May 2026 03:25:00 GMT
Venezuela and World Bank agree to define technical cooperation areas after seven-year pause
The Venezuelan government and the World Bank agreed on Friday in Caracas to work jointly on identifying concrete areas of technical cooperation, in the first high-level encounter between the two parties since the resumption of ...

Sat, 16 May 2026 03:12:00 GMT
Trump closes China visit without substantial agreements but with Xi's offer on Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump on Friday concluded his state visit to China of less than 48 hours without substantial announcements on the main points of the bilateral agenda, although he described the encounter as "very successful"...

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