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Montevideo, July 19th 2026 - 07:03 UTC

Stories for June 29th 2026

  • Monday, June 29th 2026 - 08:30 UTC

    Argentina's Pacific-pact bid would make it a trade partner of the UK, raising a Falklands dilemma

    Argentine FM Quirno's bid to join the CPTPP, a bloc the UK belongs to, revived questions over the Falklands, since a clause could extend the pact to the islands in the future.

    Argentina's request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has reopened a question over its sovereignty claim to the Falklands, since the United Kingdom is a full member of that agreement. If it goes ahead, it would be the first trade pact of this magnitude, since the 1982 war, in which Argentina would share partner status with London outside traditional multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations or the World Trade Organization.

  • Monday, June 29th 2026 - 08:24 UTC

    Milei brings open disputes with Brazil to a Mercosur summit focused on trade deals

    Argentine President Javier Milei will take part on Monday and Tuesday in the Mercosur summit of heads of state in Asunción, a meeting whose trade agenda —led by the agreement with the European Union— will coexist with open political tensions with Brazil that threaten to overshadow the bloc's progress. Paraguay's Foreign Minister, Rubén Ramírez, confirmed the presence of seven leaders, among them the presidents of Chile, José Antonio Kast, and Ecuador, Daniel Noboa.

  • Monday, June 29th 2026 - 06:53 UTC

    Russia says it is developing AI-based air defense systems, expects results in November

    Among the measures, Belousov mentioned the creation of mobile air-defense groups equipped with FPV (“first-person view”) interceptor drones

    Russia is developing new air defense systems based on artificial intelligence technologies, the country's defense minister, Andrei Belousov, announced on Monday. The official said it was one of the priority projects the country aims to complete before the end of the year, against the backdrop of mounting Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory.