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Stories for August 9th 2026
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Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:58 UTC
Keiko Fujimori starts her term in Peru with 60% approval, Datum poll finds
Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori has begun her five-year term with a 60% approval rating, against 24% disapproval and 16% who gave no opinion, according to a Datum Internacional survey published on Sunday by the newspaper El Comercio.
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Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:44 UTC
Bolivia records its first same-sex civil marriage after a court ruling
Bolivia has recorded its first civil marriage between two people of the same sex, held on Friday, August 7, in Santa Cruz, the country's most populous city, following a legal process that lasted three years and ten months.
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Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:37 UTC
Uruguay's Partido Nacional sets a 2030 return to government as its goal
The president of the board of Uruguay's Partido Nacional, Álvaro Delgado, on Sunday called on members of the country's main opposition force to “build the history of the future” and set a return to government in 2030 as the first objective, so that Uruguay can “find direction again.”
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Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:05 UTC
Machado congratulates De la Espriella and says Venezuela will soon follow suit
Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado congratulated Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and said Venezuela would “very soon” undertake a process of institutional and democratic strengthening similar to the one she said is beginning in the neighboring country. The Colombian president replied on Sunday thanking her for the support.
