Politics

• Wednesday, February 11th 2026 - 05:16 UTC

  Argentina Senate set to vote labor reform after last-minute deal on key changes

  

  Argentina’s ruling coalition and centrist opposition blocs in the Senate reached a deal to vote on a labor reform bill on Wednesday, starting at 11 a.m., during an extraordinary session, according to the final draft circulated in the upper house and local reporting. The revisions steered by Senate ruling bloc leader Patricia Bullrich are key to advancing the labor reform and include dropping the corporate income tax cut—preserving revenues for provinces and the federal government—concessions to unions and business chambers on mandatory contributions, maintaining the allocation to union-run health funds, and moderating the original severance fund proposal.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2026 - 04:28 UTC

  Milei calls Trump “an example of courage and leadership” in video sent to Latino Wall Street event

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei called Donald Trump “an example of courage and leadership” in a video message sent to the Hispanic Prosperity Gala hosted by Latino Wall Street at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, after receiving an Economic Freedom award, local outlets reported.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2026 - 02:37 UTC

  Ecuador military accused of restricting press access; HRW condemn

  

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned of an “attack on freedom of expression and information” after the disclosure of alleged parameters issued by Ecuador’s armed forces to restrict coverage by media outlets deemed critical, EFE reported.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 20:59 UTC

  Families of political prisoners protest outside Venezuela’s National Assembly, question amnesty bill

  

  Families of political prisoners and activists gathered on Tuesday outside Venezuela’s National Assembly in central Caracas, calling for the release of detainees who remain behind bars and challenging the scope of a government-backed amnesty bill.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 05:01 UTC

  UK appoints Cost of Living Champion to help poorest families and their energy bills

  

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has directly appointed Lord Richard Walker as the Government’s Cost of Living Champion. Lord Richard Walker will work across Government while enhancing partnerships with businesses, regulators, and a broad range of organizations to consider how the whole of Government can go further to deliver on its priority of easing the cost of living for families.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:44 UTC

  UK tightens immigration policy, three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat

  

  UK’s Home Secretary has announced that three African countries will have their visas to Britain downed if they don’t cooperate on returning deported illegal migrants and criminals to their countries of origin.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:26 UTC

  Chagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump

  

  Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US president described the whole issue as a “Great Stupidity”.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:20 UTC

  Falklands, top Royal Navy officer visits BFSAI headquarters at MPC

  

  Earlier this month British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, hosted Rear Admiral Jude Terry who met with a range of service personnel based at the Falkland Islands. Rear Admiral Jude Terry is the first woman to hold non-honorary flag rank in the Royal Navy, and was appointed Naval Secretary and Director of People and Training.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2026 - 04:16 UTC

  Chickenpox ruled out in President Orsi after return from official China trip

  

  Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi tested negative for chickenpox after undergoing screening prompted by a confirmed case within the official delegation that returned from a trip to China, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) said on Monday.

• Monday, February 9th 2026 - 20:53 UTC

  Colombia: Ruling-party candidate to file criminal complaint against ex-President Pastrana over Epstein files

  

  Senator Iván Cepeda, the presidential candidate of Colombia’s ruling Pacto Histórico coalition, said he will file a criminal complaint against former President Andrés Pastrana (1998–2002) after Pastrana’s name appeared in newly declassified records linked to Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in the United States for her role in the trafficking scheme.