South America

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:56:00 GMT
Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul
Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report b...

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:52:00 GMT
Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982
Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement tha...

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:47:00 GMT
FAO food commodity prices in May showed increases in cereals, sugar and beef
The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices remained broadly stable in May, as declines in vegetable oil quotations offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, according to new data released by the Food and Agri...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:44:00 GMT
Royal Navy will receive all eight Type 26 frigates as planned, Minister Pollard confirms
The Royal Navy will receive all eight of its Type 26 frigates as planned, despite speculation over build slots being offered to the Norwegian navy, Defense Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:09:00 GMT
Falklands’ public meeting Monday 8th June on the 2026/27 annual budget, with Secretary Clunie attending
The Falkland Islands Government will be holding a public meeting on Monday 8th June 2026 from 5-6pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber where the Financial Secretary, Pat Clunie will present the 2026-27 annual budget.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT
‘Soccer’ is incorrect, or is it still the fine term for the beautiful game?
By Kirk Bowman (*) - At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the game should really be called “football.” “There’s no question about it. We have to come ...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:46:00 GMT
Indio Solari, towering figure of Argentine rock, dies at 77; wake set for Sunday
Carlos Alberto "Indio" Solari, one of the most influential figures in the history of Argentine rock and the frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, died on Friday at the age of 77 at his home in Parque Leloir, in t...

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:56:00 GMT
Fujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff
Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very clo...

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMT
US sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change
The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his closest circle on Thursday, in a fresh escalation of Washington's pressure on the island with the stated goal of forcing a change of regime after 67 years ...

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:06:00 GMT
Chile's far-right proposes a 'Museum of Truth' on the Allende era to counter coup memory
Seven of the eight deputies of the National Libertarian Party (PNL), the far-right group founded by Johannes Kaiser, presented a resolution in Chile's Congress asking President José Antonio Kast to create a "Museum of Truth" d...

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