South America

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:33:00 GMT
Colombia: Petro bars military sites for inauguration; De la Espriella says he will go ahead
Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has ordered that no military facility be used for the inauguration of his successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, scheduled for August 7. The president-elect responded that he will mai...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:24:00 GMT
Trump says US is investigating whether Iran stores drones in Cuba
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his government is investigating whether Iran is storing drones in Cuba and warned that Washington would act if their presence on the island is confirmed, though he framed the matter...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:06:00 GMT
Venezuela names its envoy to Washington as foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has appointed diplomat Félix Plasencia to head a new Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade, merging the diplomatic and foreign trade portfolios. Plasencia had until now served ...

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT
Uruguay postpones second aid flight to Venezuela over changed entry conditions
Uruguay has postponed the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, scheduled for Tuesday, after a change in the conditions set by Venezuelan authorities for the entry of cargo, Defense Minister Sandra Lazo said. The Ai...

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:45:00 GMT
Scaloni plays down England semifinal: 'It's a football match, nothing more'
Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, rejected attributing any meaning beyond sport to the World Cup semifinal against England, to be played on Wednesday, and urged that the match be treated as just another game of football.

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:01:00 GMT
RAF will upgrade 107 Typhoon Tranches 2 and 3; four Tranche 1 will remain at Falklands’ MPC
The Royal Air Force will upgrade all of its 107 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets at a cost of £5.4 billion, according to the latest UK Defense Investment Plan, as reported by Aerospace Global News, AGN, a British media compan...

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 08:00:00 GMT
Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market
The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the...

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