South America
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:55:00 GMTMercosur, Canada resume FTA talks
Canada and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) further explored on Friday a possible free trade agreement (FTA) during a meeting in Brasilia between chief negotiators and technical teams.
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:20:00 GMTTrump announces additional tariffs on Chinese products
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would be imposing 100% tariffs on China starting November 1 or sooner, accusing Beijing of a “hostile” trade stance related to rare earth mineral exports. The new surcha...
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:05:00 GMTAsunción wins bid to host 2031 Pan American Games
Following a presentation and question session on Friday at the Panam Sports General Assembly in Santiago, Chile, Asunción was chosen by 28 votes to 24 over its rival, Rio-Niterói, Brazil, to host the 2031 Pan American Games, ...
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:35:00 GMTThis is what the survival ranking in Latin America would look like in the event of a world war
An analysis conducted by the artificial intelligence ChatGPT ranked Uruguay as the Latin American country most likely to survive a potential Third World War, highlighting its political stability, energy self-sufficiency, and ge...
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 07:54:00 GMTProsecutors want Boluarte banned from leaving Peru
Peru's Attorney General's Office has filed requests to impose travel restrictions on former President Dina Boluarte due to multiple ongoing investigations, particularly those regarding the alleged crime of undue advantage of of...
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 07:30:00 GMTBrazil: Law enforcement mission leaves 7 Comando Vermelho suspects dead
A mission carried out on Friday by the Military and Civil Police in Rio de Janeiro against the city's largest criminal organization, the Comando Vermelho, resulted in at least seven deaths and 19 arrests.
Sat, 11 Oct 2025 06:15:00 GMTFalklands, information sessions on Minimum Wage Accommodation Offset
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Policy Department is hosting briefing sessions for businesses on changes to the accommodation offset that are due to come into force on first January 2026.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:59:00 GMTBolivia: New fuel shortage and additional scandals at YPFB
The Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra is facing a worsening shortage of diesel and gasoline, leading to long queues at petrol stations, particularly lorries waiting up to five days to tank up.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:19:00 GMTPutin admits Russia downed Azerbaijan Airlines Brazilian-built jet
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly admitted on Thursday that his country's air defenses were responsible for the Dec. 25, 2024, downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) Brazilian-manufactured Embraer 190 jet, which kille...
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:14:00 GMTTrump suggests expelling Spain from NATO
US President Donald Trump suggested that Spain should be expelled from NATO for failing to commit to the alliance's newly increased defense spending target.