South America

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:17:00 GMT
Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil despite a court ban and the US will grant him a visa
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated on Sunday by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the presidential runoff, left Brazil with his wife and two daughters despite a Supreme Federal Court order barring him from leaving the country, and...

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:36:00 GMT
Trump suggests Venezuela become the 51st US state and elect a governor
US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela become the 51st US state and that its citizens elect a governor instead of a president, at a rally at the port of Corpus Christi, Texas, where he announced the arriv...

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT
Latin America’s energy inflation reaches its highest level in a year
Annual energy inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean accelerated to 8.33% in August, its highest level in twelve months, and pressure on fuel prices continued in September and October, when diesel prices matched petrol fo...

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:20:00 GMT
Argentina: opposition asks Milei to clarify whether Bolsonaro left Brazil through the country
Argentine opposition lawmakers on Tuesday demanded that Javier Milei’s government report whether Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who left Brazil despite a court ban and travelled to the United States after his election d...

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:32:00 GMT
Brazil investigates whether Flávio Bolsonaro left the country via Argentina after his defeat
Brazil’s Federal Police are checking with Argentine authorities whether Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff, left the country across the Argentine border, after ...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:39:00 GMT
A judge appointed by Jair Bolsonaro rejects his son’s case for annulling the election
The president of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, Kassio Nunes Marques, who was appointed to the Supreme Federal Court by former president Jair Bolsonaro in 2020, said on Monday that the extension of voting hours did not ch...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:29:00 GMT
Debt, inflation and a hostile Congress: the economic challenges of Lula’s fourth term
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will begin his fourth term as Brazil’s president on January 1 with an economy that has grown more than expected and record-low unemployment, but with fiscal imbalances that markets punished heavily ...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:24:00 GMT
Trump insults Norway and rejects its immigrants for not giving him the Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump lashed out at Norway at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, saying Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel Committee did not award him the Peace Prize. Norwe...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:16:00 GMT
Trump questions Lula’s victory as most of the region, including the right, congratulates him
US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election in Brazil and compared it with the 2020 US election, while most Latin American governments, including several right-wing allies of Washington, c...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:05:00 GMT
Milei stays silent on Lula’s victory as Kast and Peña congratulate him
Argentine President Javier Milei had not congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his re-election in Brazil by Monday, unlike other right-wing South American leaders such as Chile’s José Antonio Kast, Paraguay’s Santiag...

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