Politics

• Thursday, September 24th 2026 - 10:47 UTC

  Delcy Rodríguez tells the UN there will be elections in Venezuela, without setting a date

  

  Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Wednesday before the United Nations General Assembly that her country will hold elections, without specifying when, and thanked US President Donald Trump for “his willingness to return to the path of diplomatic relations and cooperation”.

• Thursday, September 24th 2026 - 00:11 UTC

  Machado's team says three attempts to return to Venezuela failed in 24 hours

  

  The circle around Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said this week that three attempts to return to Venezuela from Panama, by sea and by air, were thwarted within roughly 24 hours. One was recorded in a flight manifest placing her among the passengers of an aircraft that never took off; the document does not establish why.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 17:54 UTC

  Milei at the UN: “The Malvinas are a national cause for us”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei called on the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to act over what he described as unilateral British actions in the Falklands, and accused the organisation of having “decided to look the other way” on the dispute. “The Malvinas are a national cause for us,” he said, repeating the phrase twice at the start of his address.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 17:48 UTC

  Chilean Defense Committee meets in Punta Arenas to address pretensions over Magellan sovereignty

  

  Chilean Vice-president Claudio Alvarado praised the Defense Committee from the House of Deputies which is planning to hold a formal meeting next Friday at the Austral Naval Command in Punta Arenas, to address the Defense budget, Armed Forces capability and austral sovereignty particularly the Magellan Strait.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 13:58 UTC

  Chilean Senate reaffirms Magellan Strait sovereignty and support for Punta Arenas to trade with the world

  

  A delegation from the Chilean Senate was in Punta Arenas to subscribe a declaration reaffirming Chilean exclusive sovereignty over the Magellan Strait and committing extra funds for its maintenance and reinforcement of strategic capacities when discussing the 2027 national budget. Likewise they supported the right of the people from the Magallanes Region to freely trade with whoever they decide in the world.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 09:49 UTC

  Burnham at the UN: “the rights of British territories to remain British”

  

  British Prime Minister Andy Burnham placed the Falklands among the challenges to the rule of law in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered on Tuesday evening in New York, setting them in the same sentence as Russia.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 08:55 UTC

  Delcy Rodríguez calls her meeting with Trump “historic” and thanks him for his support

  

  Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described her first meeting with US President Donald Trump as “historic”. The encounter took place on Tuesday evening in New York behind closed doors and with no press access. Her post on the social network X is the only available account of what was discussed: the White House confirmed the meeting and those present but released no agenda or outcomes.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 19:53 UTC

  Lula warns against foreign interference in Brazil's election at the UN Assembly

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to undermine the October 4 election, in a speech combining a defence of national sovereignty with a broader critique of the multilateral system.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 19:45 UTC

  Burnham says he raised the Falklands with Trump at their first meeting

  

  British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday that he raised the question of the Falklands with US President Donald Trump during their first meeting, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. “The Falklands we mentioned. And you were good enough to listen to us on those issues,” he told reporters. Trump made no public response on the archipelago.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 11:26 UTC

  Over 40 items and £60,000: the Friends of the Falklands Museum launch their website

  

  The UK charity that acquires and sends Falklands heritage items to the archipelago has launched a new website after securing more than 40 objects, documents and books for Stanley's historical institutions over the past decade.