Politics

Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:00 UTC
Tsunami ruled out in Chile after earthquake

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake was reported early Tuesday in the Drake Sea, with its epicenter located 249 kilometers south of Puerto Williams, in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. Following the seismic event, the Chilean Navy's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) ruled out any possibility of a tsunami affecting the Chilean coast.
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Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 09:16 UTC
Fishing conflict in Uruguay: armed assemblies and threats amid industry crisis

After nearly 80 days of strikes that paralyzed the fishing season and caused losses of up to US$50 million, Uruguay’s fishing union (Suntma) decided to call off its protest — but in an atmosphere of extreme tension. In recent assemblies, armed workers confronted each other and issued direct threats. “If you want bullets, you’ll get bullets,” one participant warned union leaders, according to El País.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 22:08 UTC
After meeting Zelensky, Trump sees three-way summit with Putin possible

US President Donald Trump met Monday with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders following his encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin to keep working towards a solution to the ongoing crisis.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 21:38 UTC
Lula and Noboa discuss trade beyond ideological discrepancies

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa at the Planalto Palace for a meeting during which both leaders set aside their ideological discrepancies and focused on strengthening trade and cooperation, particularly after Washington's tariffs.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 09:31 UTC
Al Gore says Washington has “schizophrenic” approach to climate change

During his recent trip to Brazil, former US Vice President Al Gore said that his country's stance on the climate crisis was “schizophrenic,” changing from one view to another, depending on who ruled. In his first term in office, between 2017 and 2021, Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, whose main objective is to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But then came Joseph Biden, and the country returned to the agreement, only to pull out yet again with Trump's second term.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:51 UTC
Brazil donating 20 Urutus armored vehicles to Paraguay

Brazil is donating 20 EE-11 Urutu armored vehicles to the Paraguayan Army to help modernize its military and strengthen regional defense cooperation. The donation will increase Paraguay's fleet of Urutu vehicles from 12 to 32.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:48 UTC
Paraguay: Peña appoints official under investigation for fraud

In a controversial move, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña appointed Bella Rosa Flores Benítez as the new Deputy Minister of Family Farming. The new official faces fraud, falsifying public documents, and criminal association charges from Prosecutor José Godoy after she was accused of selling a 165-hectare property in 2021 that was not hers.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:43 UTC
Canadian Ambassador and Haitian Police Chief discuss cooperation

Haitian National Police (PNH) Acting Director-General Vladimir Paraison and Canada's Ambassador to Port-au-Prince André François Giroux discussed cooperation regarding security issues, particularly training, logistics, and institutional development.
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 07:44 UTC
Bolivia headed for runoff between rightwing candidates

Right-wing candidates Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former President Jorge Tuto Quiroga advanced Sunday to an unprecedented runoff after the elections in Bolivia. Preliminary results showed Paz Pereira in front with 32.2% of the vote and Quiroga in second place with 26.9%, which marks a significant shift in Bolivian politics, as it signals the end of two decades of leftist rule by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, led by former presidents Evo Morales Aymá and Luis Arce Catacora. The runoff election is scheduled for Oct. 19.
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Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
No peace deal, but progress made during Trump-Putin meeting

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States failed to reach a conclusive understanding on peace in Ukraine, although some progress was achieved vis-à-vis a next face-to-face meeting, most likely to be held in Moscow after Putin switched to English in a rare move to invite Trump over the Russian capital for the next round of talks.
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