Politics

Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC
Vote count flips in Honduras after interruption

Honduras' presidential race saw a lead change Tuesday as election officials resumed counting votes following accusations of US interference and the highly controversial pardon of a former Honduran president by Donald Trump.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:06 UTC
Argentine gov't undertakes cleansing of second-tier officials

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni undertook a significant restructuring of second-tier officials following recent cabinet changes, it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:57 UTC
Only 10 of Boliviana de Aviación’s 20 aircraft operational

Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) General Manager Juan José Galvarro confirmed Tuesday that the state-owned airline is operating with only half of its fleet, leading to severe disruptions across its domestic and international network.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 08:35 UTC
UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035, next decade Policy Paper

The strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade, It can be read at,UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:27 UTC
Peru: Presidential candidate Belaúnde survives armed attack

Peruvian Presidential candidate Rafael Belaúnde of the Popular Freedom party survived an armed attack on Tuesday in Cerro Azul, a town 147 kilometers south of Lima, sustaining only minor scratches from broken glass.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC
Colombian prosecutors want President's son arrested

Colombian prosecutors formally requested on Tuesday that Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, be placed in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 19:02 UTC
Venezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from US despite Trump’s airspace closure claim

The Venezuelan government announced on Tuesday that it had approved a US request to operate a migrant repatriation flight, just days after President Donald Trump declared that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” The move, reported by The New York Times, highlights that communication between Washington and Caracas remains active despite escalating tensions over Trump’s military campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Maduro stays in Venezuela, rejects Trump's offer to resign

Venezuela's Bolivarian leader Nicolás Maduro was reported on Monday to have stayed in his country despite US President Donald Trump's offer to step down in exchange for immunity. During a private telephone conversation on Nov. 21, Washington rejected Maduro's terms and set a deadline for his departure, which has now expired.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914

The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following the centenary commemoration of the great naval battle and defeat of the Imperial German navy, held in 2014, both the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion globally concluded the practice of marking the 8th December as a separate remembrance event.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC
Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory