South America
South America
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:06:00 GMTDe la Espriella announces the reopening of oil exploration in Colombia, including fracking
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Friday that his government will "fully" reopen hydrocarbon exploration and the signing of new contracts, including hydraulic fracturing, during the swearing-in of busine...
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:26:00 GMTFalklands Assembly responds to Argentina's campaign: “This Assembly remains calm”
The chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford, said on Thursday during a sitting of the body that there is “nothing new” in the claims made this week, and that the institution “remains calm” and stea...
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMTThe Falklands economic development agency appoints Josh Smith as managing director
The Falkland Islands Development Corporation, the archipelago's economic development agency, announced on Friday the appointment of Josh Smith as its new managing director, subject to final relocation arrangements. He will succ...
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:28:00 GMTMilei and Netanyahu discussed the Falklands in his only bilateral in New York
Argentine President Javier Milei met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for about twenty minutes on Thursday at United Nations headquarters, in what was his only bilateral meeting with a head of state or government durin...
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:41:00 GMT“The UN has more reason to exist every day”, Uruguay's president said two days after Milei
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi defended the United Nations' relevance and condemned the economic embargo on Cuba before the General Assembly on Thursday, in an address of just under twenty minutes that contrasted with that o...