South America

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:45:00 GMT
UK sends a 68-strong search and rescue team and £2 million in aid to Venezuela
The United Kingdom on Friday deployed a specialist search and rescue team of 68 people and announced an initial £2 million (about $2.7 million) in humanitarian funding to support the response to the earthquakes that devastated...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:43:00 GMT
Repsol, Ecopetrol and 17 other oil firms cleared for Brazil's next pre-salt auction
Nineteen oil companies, among them Spain's Repsol and Colombia's Ecopetrol, have been cleared to bid in the upcoming auction of licenses to partner with the Brazilian State in the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the pre-salt, t...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:28:00 GMT
Falklands' annual reception in London celebrates the Islands' sporting culture
The Falkland Islands Government held its annual parliamentary reception in London on Tuesday, an event that brought together some 200 guests and was dedicated to the role of sport in the archipelago's community life, ahead of t...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:21:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake toll rises to at least 920 dead as rescuers race against time
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, according to the toll given on Friday by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:09:00 GMT
Falkland Islanders urge Canada to back their self-determination at the OAS assembly
The Falkland Islands Government has called on Canada to use the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), held this week in Panama, to publicly support the Islanders' right to self-determination. Last week,...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:52:00 GMT
Venezuela's quake death toll climbs to 589 as the rescue window narrows
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 589 dead and 2,980 injured, according to the toll given on Friday by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who warned...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:30:00 GMT
Falklands representatives take the Islanders' case for self-determination to the UN
Two members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Dorothy “Dot” Gould and Michael Goss, addressed the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, known as the Committee of 24 (C24), on June 25, where they de...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:13:00 GMT
The EU deal's quota split will dominate the Mercosur summit as Uruguay takes the helm
The internal distribution of export quotas under the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union will dominate much of the debate at the bloc's summit of heads of state, to be held on June 30 in Asunción, where Par...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:51:00 GMT
Fishermen film the first seconds of Venezuela's earthquake from the sea off La Guaira
A group of fishermen working off the coast of La Guaira state captured on video the moment when the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that shook Venezuela began on Wednesday and that, according to the latest official tol...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:10:00 GMT
The Falklands question “must be considered in the light of the wishes of the people who live there”
The question of the Falkland Islands must be considered in light of the wishes of the people who live there. The Islanders have the right to determine their own political future, and they have expressed that choice clearly and ...

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