South America

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 02:58:00 GMT
Leo XIV to 52,000 young people in Lima: “Be passionate about everything worthwhile”
Pope Leo XIV met some 52,000 young people at Lima’s National Stadium on Thursday, according to El País, in the last event of his stay in the Peruvian capital before travelling to Chiclayo, the diocese he led as bishop. “So...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:01:00 GMT
British veteran returns to an Argentine veteran the helmet he took in 1982
A former Royal Marine has travelled to Argentina to return to an Argentine veteran the helmet he took during the Battle of Mount Harriet in the 1982 Falklands War, in a reunion filmed for a documentary, BBC Sussex reported.

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:02:00 GMT
Lula to visit Madrid on Monday to meet Sánchez, two weeks before Spain’s election
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will visit Madrid on Monday, November 16, to meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, less than two weeks before the snap general election on November 29, in which Sánchez is s...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:20:00 GMT
Paraguay’s banking superintendent arrested in the Ueno Bank investigation
Paraguay’s Superintendent of Banks, Holger Insfrán, was arrested on Thursday as part of the investigation into the collapse of Ueno Bank, which has already led to the pre-trial detention of former President Santiago Peña an...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:59:00 GMT
Leo XIV arrives in Peru, his “homeland”, defending international law and reconciliation
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lima on Wednesday, the final stage of his South American tour, and in his first speech in Peru, the country where he lived for some twenty years and whose nationality he holds, called for diplomacy that ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:58:00 GMT
Law of the sea tribunal to rule on November 28 on Argentina’s bid to halt Sea Lion
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will announce on Saturday, November 28, its decision on Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, after two days of...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:51:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey begins a season featuring the largest-ever penguin census
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the UK’s national operator in Antarctica, began its 2026/27 research season in late October, including the largest penguin census ever carried out on the continent, with flights from the Br...

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 19:49:00 GMT
Milei in tears as he bids farewell to Leo XIV at Ezeiza, closing the Pope’s Argentina visit
President Javier Milei was moved to tears during Pope Leo XIV’s farewell at Ezeiza airport, at the end of a four-day visit, the first by a pontiff to Argentina in 39 years. The Pope left for Peru, the second leg of his South ...

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:12:00 GMT
Prosecutors open the vault at Peña’s house and find it empty; two safes found at Ueno Bank
Paraguayan prosecutors on Tuesday opened the armoured vault hidden in former President Santiago Peña’s summer house in San Bernardino, two days after finding it, and found it empty. In a second raid, at Ueno Bank’s headqua...

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:02:00 GMT
EU-Mercosur deal, six months on: winners, losers and the question mark over Europe’s top court
Six months after it began to apply provisionally, the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, combines projected benefits for both blocs, opposition from part...

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