Politics

Friday, February 6th 2026 - 02:25 UTC
Venezuela’s legislature advances urgent amnesty law to free jailed protesters and critics

Venezuela’s legislature is moving forward with a proposed amnesty law that would grant clemency to protesters and government critics jailed in recent years.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 12:34 UTC
Argentina, US set to stage ‘Atlantic Dagger’ in high-profile special forces drill

Argentina and the United States are finalizing plans for “Daga Atlántica” (Atlantic Dagger), a joint special operations exercise expected to become one of the most politically significant bilateral defense activities in recent years—aimed at boosting interoperability, shared procedures and combined planning.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 09:23 UTC
Brazil: Lula leads first-round scenarios but faces tighter runoffs, poll suggests

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains the front-runner across all first-round matchups for Brazil’s 4 October presidential election, according to a new survey by Instituto Ideia published by digital outlet Canal Meio.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 05:41 UTC
Pope Leo XIV set to visit Peru later in 2026, bishops say, as planning advances

Peru’s Catholic bishops say preparations are under way for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Peru in November or the first week of December, a trip that would take the first U.S.-born pontiff back to a country where he served as a bishop and later obtained Peruvian citizenship.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 05:39 UTC
Venezuela detains Alex Saab in joint operation with United States

Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab — long portrayed by U.S. authorities as a key financial operator for Chavismo and a former Venezuelan industry minister — was detained in Caracas early Wednesday in what Colombian media described as a joint operation involving Venezuela’s intelligence service (SEBIN) and the FBI. Venezuela’s government had not issued an official confirmation by the time of publication.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 00:36 UTC
The RRS Shackleton incident when an Argentine destroyer opened fire on the research vessel

On this day but in 1976 a very serious incident occurred in the South West Atlantic when the British research vessel RRS Shackleton was intercepted and fired upon by the Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Storni, some 78 miles south of Cape Pembroke in the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 00:07 UTC
Falklands’ Port Louis settlement discoveries shared with Dr. Robert Philpott

Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and the Jane Cameron National Archives is inviting to a conference by archeologist Dr. Robert Philpott, who will be sharing his discoveries in the settlement of Port Louis on February 10.
Wednesday, February 4th 2026 - 13:26 UTC
King Charles moves to push Andrew out of Royal Lodge after fresh Epstein-linked disclosures

King Charles III has forced his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to vacate Royal Lodge, the 30-room Windsor estate home he has occupied for years, amid renewed scrutiny stemming from newly surfaced Epstein-related material and a fresh police review of allegations tied to the late financier.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 22:22 UTC
Petro and Trump signal thaw after closed-door White House meeting amid talks on drugs, sanctions and Venezuela

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington went better than expected, pointing to a tentative thaw after months of public insults and policy clashes that had pushed the bilateral relationship toward open confrontation.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:57 UTC
Paraguay’s long-run growth leads South America, but income gains lag

From 1960 to 2024, Paraguay posted the highest cumulative GDP expansion in South America, according to calculations published by Forbes Paraguay and Colombia’s La República, drawing on World Bank constant-2015-dollar series. Over that span, Paraguay’s economy rose from roughly US$2.8 billion to about US$46 billion (2015 prices), multiplying more than sixteen-fold.