Politics

Tuesday, June 16th 2026 - 08:24 UTC
Some Iranian Americans wave protest flags, others cheer as Iran open the World Cup

Iran began their World Cup campaign in Los Angeles on Monday with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, before a crowd that mixed fans cheering the team and Iranian Americans waving symbols of protest against the government in Tehran. The match was played barely 24 hours after the announcement of a preliminary agreement to end the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February.
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Tuesday, June 16th 2026 - 08:07 UTC
Bolivia's Paz bets on wearing down protests and holds off deploying the army

Bolivia's government has opted to wear down the social protests that have shaken the country for about six weeks, rather than resort to a hard line. President Rodrigo Paz promulgated a law regulating states of exception in early June, but has so far not ordered the deployment of the Armed Forces to clear the roads, leaning instead toward exhausting the protesters and dismantling the movements demanding his resignation through the detention or persuasion of their leaders. “The new Bolivia will be built with dialogue, without giving way to violence,” said presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez.
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Monday, June 15th 2026 - 21:35 UTC
Chile's Kast government reaffirms Valparaíso's bid to host the High Seas Treaty secretariat

Chile's government on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to Valparaíso's candidacy to host the Executive Secretariat of the High Seas Treaty, a key instrument of ocean governance, and held that the port city has “relevant strengths” to secure it. The Foreign Ministry said the bid responds to the importance that Chilean foreign policy places on protecting the ocean and to the country's “maritime vocation.”
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Monday, June 15th 2026 - 16:04 UTC
Peru's electoral board reiterates it will proclaim the president-elect by mid-July

Peru's National Jury of Elections (JNE) reiterated on Monday that the maximum deadline to officially proclaim the new president-elect is mid-July, while vote recounts proceed in three overseas cities over observations to the tally sheets. The body's spokeswoman, Grecia Rentería, said at a press conference that the proclamation would come about two weeks before the swearing-in, set for July 28, with the start of the 2026-2031 term of government.
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Monday, June 15th 2026 - 15:38 UTC
Macron skips the planned protocol and does not greet Trump in person at the G7 in France

French President Emmanuel Macron skipped the planned program on Monday and did not personally receive his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on his arrival at the G7 summit in Évian, in the French Alps. The provisional agenda for the meeting had Trump as the only leader to be personally received by the host.
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Monday, June 15th 2026 - 08:21 UTC
US and Iran announce a deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iran reached a preliminary peace deal on Sunday to end nearly four months of war in the Middle East and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan, the mediating country, announced. The agreement, confirmed by both US President Donald Trump and Tehran, will be officially signed on Friday, June 19, in Switzerland.
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Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 20:32 UTC
Adorni's admission deepens divisions in Milei's cabinet as the opposition seeks a censure vote

The admission by Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni that he kept undeclared savings deepened divisions within Javier Milei's government and accelerated an opposition attempt to remove him through a censure motion. Despite the controversy, Adorni remains at the head of the cabinet.
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Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 20:30 UTC
Uruguay to add AI to environmental controls and seeks a new environmental-crimes law

Uruguay's Environment Minister, Edgardo Ortuño, said the ministry will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into environmental controls and push for a new environmental-crimes law, among the priorities he outlined ahead of the budget review (Rendición de Cuentas) that the Executive will present to Parliament on June 30.
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Sunday, June 14th 2026 - 12:35 UTC
'Honduras Gate' audios linking Milei to a disinformation network stir controversy, and denials

A set of leaked audios, released in late April by left-leaning Spanish media outlets and dubbed “Honduras Gate,” has stirred political controversy in Latin America by alleging a regional disinformation network and naming Argentine President Javier Milei as one of its financiers. The recordings' authenticity is in dispute: the main figure named called them false, and the others mentioned denied or did not respond to the accusations.
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Saturday, June 13th 2026 - 19:02 UTC
Trump says a US strike killed Niño Guerrero, leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that his country's Southern Command had killed, in a “swift and lethal” strike, Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias Niño Guerrero, whom he described as the leader of Tren de Aragua, “one of the most bloodthirsty terrorist organizations on the planet.” Venezuela's government confirmed hours later the death of the criminal boss, which occurred in Bolívar state, in the country's southeast.
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