South America
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:57:00 GMTKast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile
Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%...
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:17:00 GMTArgentine Air Traffic Controllers announce strikes
The Association of Technicians and Employees of Aeronautical Protection and Security (aTEPSA), the union representing Argentine air traffic controllers, has announced a schedule of national strikes set to disrupt both domestic...
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:08:00 GMTPeru grants US troops access next year
Peruvian authorities have officially greenlighted the entry of United States military personnel for the entirety of 2026 to conduct joint training, support, and security assistance exercises with local armed and police forces, ...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:43:00 GMTFalkland Islands’ newly elected lawmakers sworn in after landmark election
The newly elected members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were formally sworn in on Friday during a ceremony at Government House, marking the start of a new four-year legislative term following a highly disr...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:34:00 GMTChile headed for pivotal runoff elections
Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the dir...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:31:00 GMTAlckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA
Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:19:00 GMTFive-month preemptive arrest for former Bolivian President Arce
Former Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has been placed under preemptive arrest at the San Pedro detention facility in La Paz for five months, pending a corruption inquiry regarding the mismanagement of funds intended for ...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:07:00 GMTUruguayan President vaccinated against measles
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and several members of his cabinet received the measles vaccine at the Executive Tower on Friday, underscoring the government's push for immunization following a regional health alert and a sma...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:56:00 GMTFirst case of super flu K confirmed in Mexico
Mexico's Health Ministry confirmed late Friday the country's first human case of the Influenza A H3N2 subclade K variant, a strain commonly referred to in the media as "super flu K." The case was detected by the National Instit...
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:50:00 GMTParaguay's economy projected to grow this year above expectations
Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) significantly revised its economic forecast this week, estimating that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will expand by 6% by the end of 2025, a sharp increase from the initial 3.8% projec...