South America
South America
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:28:00 GMTMercosur leaders push for a regional security architecture against organized crime
The fight against transnational organized crime emerged as one of the central themes of Mercosur's 68th summit of heads of state, held on Tuesday in the Paraguayan city of Luque, where several leaders called for building a regi...
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:26:00 GMTUruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency vowing to modernize and open the bloc
Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi on Tuesday assumed the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur and set as a priority of his term to "keep modernizing" the bloc and consolidate its trade opening, following the provisional entry int...
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:22:00 GMTMercosur turns to Asia with Japan talks as the EU quota split stays unresolved
Mercosur on Tuesday announced the start of trade negotiations with Japan and reaffirmed its intention to diversify alliances toward Asia during its biannual summit in Asunción, where Paraguay handed over the bloc's pro tempore...
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:19:00 GMTCepeda threatens 'civil disobedience' unless Colombia's president-elect renounces US citizenship
Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, who lost Colombia's presidential runoff, announced on Tuesday that he will resort to "peaceful civil disobedience" against the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella if the president-ele...
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:08:00 GMTChilean rescuers allege military harassment in Venezuela's quake zone
The leader of the Topos Chile rescue group, Francisco Lermanda, alleged that his teams deployed in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira have been harassed by soldiers during search operations in the area hardest hit by the June 24...