South America

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:55:00 GMT
Venezuela shifts to clearing rubble and recovering bodies as rescue teams depart
Venezuela entered a new stage in its response to the June 24 twin earthquake, focused on clearing rubble and recovering bodies, after the departure of nearly all international rescue teams. In the streets of La Guaira, the hard...

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:08:00 GMT
Orsi praises Fujimori's 'exemplary perseverance' in a cross-ideological call
Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Peru's right-wing president-elect, Keiko Fujimori, by phone on her runoff victory, in a contact that bridged the ideological divide in a region where most governments ha...

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:51:00 GMT
Argentina sends fresh rescue brigades to Venezuela as most foreign teams begin to withdraw
A new contingent of Argentine rescue workers left for Venezuela on Sunday to relieve the search-and-rescue teams deployed after the June 24 twin earthquake, which according to the official toll has left 2,954 dead and more than...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:35:00 GMT
Scathing comments on Labour’s Defense Plan, Sir Keir has scrapped more warships than Britain lost in Falklands War
Former First Sea Lord Admiral Lord West has warned that the Royal Navy was in its worst state for 350 years, “the number of ships we have is pathetic, to do the things we need to do.”

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:17:00 GMT
Falklands, links between Cape Verde and the Islands
Everybody (rather all football supporters) enjoyed the extraordinary match between the supposedly rookie team of Cabo Verde Islands and the current Argentine world Cup holders. It was a spectacular match, Cabo Verde challenging...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:28:00 GMT
US marks its 250th anniversary as a record heat wave disrupts July 4 events
The United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence on Saturday amid a historic heat wave that has forced the suspension or rescheduling of events in several cities across the country. The semiquincentennial comme...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:26:00 GMT
Petro says he asked Trump to lift his OFAC sanctions in a phone call
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he held a phone conversation on Friday with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in which he asked for support in removing the sanctions on him and his family under the Office of Foreign Asse...

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:43:00 GMT
Argentina survives a scare from debutant Cape Verde to reach the World Cup quarterfinals
Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 on Friday, in a match settled in extra time, to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup being held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The side coached by Lionel Scaloni had to dig deep to ov...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:29:00 GMT
Six months after Maduro's capture, Rodríguez's interim mandate expires after the quake
Six months after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro by the United States, Venezuela faces an institutional crossroads: the 180-day interim mandate of acting President Delcy Rodríguez —granted after Maduro's remo...

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:58:00 GMT
Mercosur backs Argentina days after Islanders' UN appeal for self-determination
Within the span of a week, the two opposing positions in the Falklands dispute were laid out clearly in two separate arenas: South American governments' backing for Argentina's sovereignty claim, and the defense of self-determi...

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