MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 20th 2026
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 20:31 UTC
Falklands end of working horse? British Army decides to retire iconic Land Rover fleet
British soldiers will use a new fleet of thousands of modern vehicles, following the start of the retirement of the iconic Land Rover fleet. The retirement marks the end of an era for the vehicle that has been a cornerstone of UK military operations for more than 70 years, as reported by MoD.
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 18:55 UTC
Trump ally asked ICE to detain mother of his child amid custody dispute
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and special envoy to President Donald Trump, contacted a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in June 2025 requesting that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend, Amanda Ungaro, be placed in immigration custody while she was being held in a Miami jail on fraud charges. Zampolli and Ungaro were locked in a custody battle over their teenage son.
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:40 UTC
Argentina's Cabinet Chief under judicial scrutiny for hidden assets and questionable state tenders
Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni is confronting a growing list of criminal complaints ranging from the alleged omission of real estate assets in his sworn financial disclosure to suspected irregularities in public contracts linked to Tecnópolis, a public state-owned fairground located in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:26 UTC
Two US federal prosecutors investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged narco ties
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the subject of a criminal investigation by at least two US federal prosecutors over alleged links to international drug trafficking, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:16 UTC
Trump brands NATO allies “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against NATO allies on Friday, lambasting them as “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that has remained effectively closed since the start of the war with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that without the US military, NATO amounts to nothing more than “a paper tiger,” and warned that Washington would not forget the alliance's stance.
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Friday, March 20th 2026 - 02:47 UTC
Delcy Rodríguez renews Venezuela's military high command following Padrino's ouster
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, executed a sweeping restructuring of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) leadership. The changes, announced less than 24 hours after the appointment of Gustavo González López as the new Defense Minister replacing the veteran Vladímir Padrino, mark a significant shift in Caracas' power structure following months of institutional attrition.
