Politics

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 18:28 UTC

  Bullrich vows that Argentina's government will capture former guerrilla Apablaza for extradition to Chile

  

  Argentine senator and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said in Santiago on Tuesday that Javier Milei's government maintains “the firm determination” to locate Chilean former guerrilla Galvarino Sergio Apablaza, on the run since April 1 in Argentine territory, in order to extradite him to Chile. “If he is in Argentina, we are going to find him. That is the commitment of the Argentine president, it is the commitment of the government,” Bullrich told local media during her visit to the Andean country, where she will meet with Chilean President José Antonio Kast.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 18:10 UTC

  Falkland House in London hosts an exhibition of ceramic work by Graham Bound

  

  Graham Bound, who was born and raised in the Falkland Islands, is widely known as a journalist and writer. Among his achievements, he founded the weekly newspaper Penguin News and he has authored several books focusing on the 1982 war and the present-day Falklands, from the perspective of the Islanders.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 02:40 UTC

  US destroys six Iranian boats while opening Strait of Hormuz to trade amid threatened ceasefire

  

  US military forces on Monday destroyed six Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast boats and neutralised cruise missiles and drones launched against warships and commercial vessels during the first day of “Project Freedom,” the operation announced by President Donald Trump to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic. The two US destroyers that led the transit — the USS Truxtun and USS Mason — passed through the strait without being struck, despite what US Central Command described as a “sustained barrage” of Iranian threats.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 02:07 UTC

  Lawmaker requests Adorni's arrest over alleged witness tampering in illicit enrichment case

  

  Argentine Congresswoman Marcela Pagano on Monday requested the arrest of Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni, accusing him of having pressured contractor Matías Tabar prior to his judicial testimony regarding the renovation works carried out at the home in the Indio Cua gated community. The filing, addressed to federal judge Ariel Lijo, invokes the so-called Irurzun doctrine and comes hours after Tabar testified that he received $245,000 in cash from the Cabinet Chief for the works on the property, in an alleged illicit enrichment case being conducted under federal prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 02:02 UTC

  Contractor testifies Adorni paid $245,000 in cash to remodel his country home; government rejects the figure

  

  Contractor Matías Tabar testified on Monday before Argentine federal courts that Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni paid him $245,000 in cash for renovation works carried out at the residence in the Indio Cua gated community, in Exaltación de la Cruz, Buenos Aires province, in a statement that constitutes one of the most significant developments in the alleged illicit enrichment case the official is facing. The Casa Rosada rejected the figure and announced it will request an expert assessment to refute the testimony.

• Monday, May 4th 2026 - 01:39 UTC

  Orsi follows Milei and Kast aboard USS Nimitz as opposition alleges unconstitutionality

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi visited the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz of the United States Navy in international waters off the Uruguayan coast on Saturday, in a new chapter of the Southern Seas 2026 regional deployment, following the steps of Argentine President Javier Milei and Chilean President José Antonio Kast, who had toured the same vessel in previous weeks. The invitation was extended by the US ambassador in Montevideo, Lou Rinaldi, and the delegation was transported from Carrasco Air Base No. 1 to the carrier's deck aboard a Grumman C-2 Greyhound military aircraft of the US Armed Forces.

• Monday, May 4th 2026 - 01:08 UTC

  Venezuelans rally in more than 120 cities worldwide demanding release of political prisoners

  

  Dozens of cities in Venezuela and more than 120 gathering points around the world joined on Sunday a global day of mobilization called by Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado to demand the release of political prisoners and to bring international visibility to the country's human rights situation. The rallies took place simultaneously at noon Caracas time and included events across the Americas, Europe, and other regions with significant Venezuelan diaspora communities.

• Sunday, May 3rd 2026 - 09:59 UTC

  Trump threatens to take Cuba 'almost immediately' after tightening sanctions on the regime

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country would take Cuba “almost immediately,” in remarks made during a private event at the Forum Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours after signing an executive order substantially expanding economic sanctions against the Havana regime. The president's words, though framed in colloquial tone, considerably escalate bilateral tensions and open a new chapter in US policy toward Miguel Díaz-Canel's government.

• Sunday, May 3rd 2026 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands with the highest per capita ownership of the iconic Land Rover

  

  End of the month, 30th April, was Land Rover Day, and the Falkland Islands are known as the Land of the Rover, with the highest per capita ownership of the iconic vehicle, which is so closely linked to the rural development of the Islands.

• Sunday, May 3rd 2026 - 09:15 UTC

  Falklands, public consultation on Nature Reserves closes 5 May

  

  The Falkland Islands Environment Department would like to remind members of the public that the consultation on its proposal to designate and expand National Nature Reserves will close on Tuesday 5 May 2026.