Politics

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 22:04 UTC

  Sharp fuel price hike in Chile triggers first protests against Kast government

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast's government faced its first street protests since taking office on March 11 this week, after a historic fuel price increase hit consumers and rapidly eroded public support for the far-right leader.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:33 UTC

  Milei's Cabinet Chief formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni has been formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment after federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita pushed criminal proceedings forward and requested twelve evidentiary measures from Judge Ariel Lijo aimed at reconstructing the official's asset history since 2022.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:29 UTC

  A week to forget for Milei: Adorni scandal, skeptical markets, cultural battle collapse

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's administration closed one of its worst weeks in office, cornered by an expanding judicial front against Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, adverse market signals, and the collapse of its discursive offensive on historical memory.

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:22 UTC

  Argentine lawyer held in Brazil on racial slur charges faces new uncertainty after court reversal

  

  Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer and influencer from the province of Santiago del Estero, has been held in Rio de Janeiro since January 14, when she was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood. The video quickly went viral and led to three criminal complaints for racial slur, a crime that carries a penalty of two to five years in prison per offense under Brazilian law.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 21:34 UTC

  UK/Brazil Strategic Partnership 2026/2030, reaffirming 200 years of diplomatic relations

  

  UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Brazil Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira signed the UK–Brazil Strategic Partnership 2026 to 2030 on 26 March 2026, at Cernay-la-Ville.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 20:29 UTC

  UK and Türkiye sign multi-billion-pound support deal on Typhoon sale

  

  UK and Türkiye have signed a multi-billion-pound training and support contract, marking the next phase of the landmark Typhoon deal agreed in October 2025. UK-built fighter jets for Türkiye will be supported under a major new training and support contract signed this week.  

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 10:27 UTC

  UN warns: over 10,000 Colombians recruited as mercenaries in the past decade

  

  A UN expert group on mercenaries warned on Friday of a significant increase in the recruitment of Colombian mercenaries, driven by the proliferation of armed conflicts worldwide. After an 11-day visit to Colombia, the body estimated that more than 10,000 citizens — nearly all former military and police personnel — have been recruited abroad over the past decade, with offers ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 per month.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazil unveils first supersonic fighter jet manufactured on its soil, a milestone for Latin America

  

  Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer unveiled on Wednesday the first F-39E Gripen fighter jet manufactured in Brazil, a milestone the country's presidency called “unprecedented in Latin America.” It is the first of 15 supersonic combat aircraft Embraer will produce at its facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state, under a total contract for 36 jets ordered from Swedish firm Saab.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 03:57 UTC

  New York court overturns $16 billion ruling against Argentina in YPF expropriation case

  

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York overturned on Thursday the ruling that required Argentina to pay over $16 billion in compensation to minority shareholders of YPF for the 2012 expropriation of the oil company. The decision, issued with one dissenting vote, represents Argentina's largest judicial victory abroad in over a decade of litigation.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 01:30 UTC

  Trump demands Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz, slams NATO and warns: “Cuba is next”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the military operation against Iran is “two weeks ahead” of schedule, demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and sharply criticized European NATO allies for refusing to join the campaign. “When these times come, you learn who your real friends are,” he told an audience of a thousand investors at the FII Priority forum in Miami.