South America

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT
Two powerful earthquakes strike northern Venezuela and collapse buildings in Caracas
Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, about 39 seconds apart, struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving rescue teams working through the rubble...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:00 GMT
Venezuela reports 32 dead and over 700 injured after its twin earthquake, toll expected to rise
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez reported on Thursday at least 32 dead and more than 700 injured from the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country on Wednesday, and...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:41:00 GMT
Offers of aid pour in for Venezuela from across the Americas and beyond after its earthquake
Governments from across the Americas and other regions of the world expressed solidarity with Venezuela and offered assistance after the twin earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the north-central part of the country...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:59:00 GMT
Venezuela's earthquake tests US assistance to the interim government it helped install
The twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela has become the first major test of US assistance to the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, installed after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro in a US mil...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:19:00 GMT
Peru's electoral board rejects 23 more appeals by Sánchez's party as Fujimori's win holds
The plenary of Peru's National Jury of Elections (JNE) declared unfounded 23 appeals filed by Juntos por el Perú, the party of left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez, against tally sheets from the presidential runoff, in which r...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:54:00 GMT
Uruguay to deploy army armored vehicles to patrol high-crime Montevideo neighborhoods
Uruguay's government announced that twelve Mamba MK-7 armored vehicles from the National Army will begin to patrol, under police command, the Montevideo neighborhoods with the highest crime rates, a measure to reinforce the fig...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:46:00 GMT
Falklands, lower catch from the Illex squid season; concern with fuel costs
The illex squid fishing season in the Falklands Islands officially closed this Monday although many vessels had left by early June. The season was marked by rising fuel prices and catches well below the ten year average, howeve...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:36:00 GMT
“Evidence” on Iranian nuclear weapons is about as reliable as Trump himself
By Gwynne Dyer - Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned, retired or fired U.S. Director of National Intelligence told Congress just two months ago that U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapon...

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:15:00 GMT
Early escrutinio stages confirm Colombia's preliminary result with 99.997% coincidence
Colombia's National Registry reported on Tuesday that there is a 99.997% coincidence between the preliminary results of Sunday's presidential runoff, which gave the victory to Abelardo de la Espriella, and the municipal counts,...

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:02:00 GMT
De la Espriella says Colombia will join the US-led 'Shield of the Americas' on August 7
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, said on Tuesday that the country will join the "Shield of the Americas," the US initiative against drug cartels, on August 7, when he takes office in place of Gustavo Petro....

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