MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 11th 2026
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:51 UTC
At least 132 dead in the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia
At least 132 people were killed and 570 injured by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday, according to the latest report submitted by the Colombian Association of Capital Cities at 7:00 p.m. local time. Authorities warned the figure is preliminary and that rescue work is continuing.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:11 UTC
Colombia and Venezuela quakes are unconnected despite similar magnitude, experts say
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday has a different tectonic origin from the earthquakes recorded in Venezuela in June, despite comparable magnitudes, said Viviana Dionisio, a seismologist with Colombia's National Seismological Network.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:00 UTC
American Airlines resumes its seasonal Montevideo-Miami route in December
American Airlines will restart its seasonal service between Carrasco International Airport and Miami International Airport on December 3, once again becoming the only carrier offering nonstop flights between Uruguay and the United States during the peak summer season.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:56 UTC
Lacalle Pou's return reopens the debate over opposition leadership in Uruguay
The first public appearance by former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou since leaving office, at Sunday's ceremony marking the Partido Nacional's 190th anniversary, drew contrasting readings within the governing Frente Amplio and reopened discussion of his role in the opposition.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:44 UTC
Burnham's Labour edges ahead of Reform UK in a YouGov poll for the first time
The Labour Party of British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has moved ahead of Reform UK, the right-wing party led by Nigel Farage, in a voting intention survey by YouGov published on Tuesday by The Times. It is the first time this has happened in that pollster's series since Reform took the lead in early 2025.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:21 UTC
Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for crimes against humanity
A criminal court in Damascus sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity. Assad was ousted in December 2024 and is living in exile in Moscow. It is the first public sentence handed down against the man who governed Syria for more than two decades.
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Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 09:18 UTC
Kast rules out backing bill that ties abortion access to hearing the fetal heartbeat
Chilean President José Antonio Kast said on Monday that his government would not push forward a bill introduced by lawmakers from his own coalition that would condition access to legal abortion on a woman agreeing to hear the fetus's cardiac activity.
