South America

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:04:00 GMT
Chile protests to Argentina over a military chief's remarks on the Strait of Magellan
Chile's foreign ministry announced on Monday it will send a note of protest to the Argentine government over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff, Brigadier General Gustavo Javier Valverde, in which he m...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:55:00 GMT
The Pan-American Congress closes with a call for more equal north-south dialogue
The third Pan-American Congress concluded on Sunday in Montevideo with a call to reframe relations between the north and south of the Americas on more equal terms. The forum, which brought together some 150 lawmakers, governors...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:44:00 GMT
Man detained in Buenos Aires after driving a stolen bus, saying it was his dream
A man was detained on Sunday in the western part of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area after driving a city bus for several kilometres, having taken it without authorisation from a depot, following the line's regular route and ...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:37:00 GMT
Colombia orders deportation of irregular migrants after a decade as the main host country
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered coordinated operations between the migration authority and the police to begin this week to identify and deport foreigners without regular migration status, marking a shi...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:26:00 GMT
Milei links Lula to the case of the Argentine former adviser detained in Bolivia
Argentine President Javier Milei has attributed the criminal case against his former adviser Fernando Cerimedo, detained in Bolivia over an attempted femicide, to a regional plot in which he included Brazilian President Luiz In...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:08:00 GMT
Some 25,000 people are seeking housing in Cali two weeks after Colombia's earthquake
The municipal survey in Cali, Colombia's third city with more than two million inhabitants, now covers 10,000 families affected by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake of August 10 and estimates around 25,000 people have been left with...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:44:00 GMT
Unemployment displaces inflation as Argentines' main concern
Unemployment has become the leading problem Argentines want the government to solve, well ahead of inflation, according to the economic expectations report by the polling firm Opina Argentina released over the weekend. Thirty-s...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:32:00 GMT
Almost half the minors recruited by armed groups in 2025 were approached via social media
Some 44% of children and adolescents recruited by armed groups in Colombia during 2025 were approached through social media or platforms such as TikTok and Facebook, according to data from the Special Jurisdiction for Peace cit...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:28:00 GMT
Burnham picks Kyiv for his first foreign trip as British prime minister
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on Monday on his first trip abroad since taking office in July, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. He met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha...

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:53:00 GMT
Two newly detained men testify in the case over the shooting of the Bolivian lawyer
Two men held as part of the investigation into the shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller gave statements to prosecutors in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Sunday. One is accused of supplying the weapon used in the ambush; the oth...

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