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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:01:00 GMT
Rejection of Flávio Bolsonaro exceeds Lula's despite his gains in voting intention
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro registers a 54% rejection rate among Brazilian voters, two points above the 52% recorded by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the Quaest poll released on Friday, two days before campai...

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:08:00 GMT
Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira "apocalyptic" after touring the city
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday described the situation in Pereira, capital of Risaralda department and one of the places worst hit by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west and center of the count...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:34:00 GMT
Peru rehearses its response to a magnitude 8.8 quake off Lima and Callao
Peru held the year's second national multi-hazard drill on Friday, an exercise testing evacuation protocols and the response capacity of the public and the authorities to a possible magnitude 8.8 earthquake centered off the cen...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:20:00 GMT
Peña says the Milei-Lula crisis has not affected how Mercosur functions
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said on Friday that the differences between his Argentine and Brazilian counterparts, Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have had no consequences for Mercosur, despite the diplomati...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:43:00 GMT
The Falklands Legislative Assembly marks 434 years since the first recorded sighting
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly marked Falklands Day on Friday, the anniversary of the first recorded sighting of the archipelago, on August 14, 1592. The day was marked by raising the Falkland Islands flag and the Un...

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