South America
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:19:00 GMTTrump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot
US President Donald Trump warned that "1,000 missiles" are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Is...
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMTFour held in Ecuador over migrant-smuggling network to the United States
Ecuador's police arrested four people, including a serving officer and a former immigration-control official, accused of belonging to an alleged network dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States, the institution said...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:51:00 GMTBritish Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on
A bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found on the continent, according to a study published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a tail vertebra from a ...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:37:00 GMTColombia's president-elect asks Congress to be sworn in at a military base
Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has asked Congress to assess the legal feasibility of moving his inauguration ceremony, set for August 7, from Bogotá to a military garrison, in a proposal without recent p...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:27:00 GMTMilei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula
Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trad...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:22:00 GMTUruguay reels from rare quintuple homicide as five relatives shot dead in Montevideo
Five members of the same family, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed on Friday in a shooting in the El Monarca neighborhood, on the northeastern outskirts of Montevideo, in an attack that authorities link to violence betw...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:51:00 GMTSAERI launches new research projects across the Falklands and South Atlantic
The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) has secured funding for a series of new scientific projects aimed at strengthening environmental monitoring, conservation science and evidence-based management across ...
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:55:00 GMTPAHO warns Venezuela quake health emergency has entered critical phase
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Thursday that the health emergency stemming from the earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on June 24 has entered a critical stage and is "far from over," with the...
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:52:00 GMTYPF plans to drill off Uruguay in 2027, says potential could top Vaca Muerta
Argentina's state oil company YPF plans to begin exploratory drilling of an offshore block off the coast of Uruguay between late 2027 and early 2028, its chairman and chief executive, Horacio Marín, confirmed, saying the area ...
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:23:00 GMTFalklands planning business delegation to Uruguay to buy construction materials, ‘costs the crux of the issue”
Talks are continuing over a potential Falkland Islands business delegation to Uruguay later this year. Organized by Falkland Islands Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce, the visit would connect Falklands busines...