Politics

Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:11 UTC
Paraguay's population reported to be ageing

Paraguay faces an impending demographic transition that will see its adult elderly population double within the next 25 years due to the accelerated aging of its currently large youth segment, according to warnings from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 18:20 UTC
Trump announces total closure of Venezuela’s airspace amid rising military tensions

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the complete closure of Venezuela’s airspace, further isolating the country and marking the most severe escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas in decades.
Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Trump and Maduro talked last week, says NYT

US President Donald Trump reportedly spoke with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro last week to discuss a potential meeting, according to an article published by The New York Times (NYT) on Friday.
Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:46 UTC
Uruguay approves mass culling of parakeets to save crops

The Uruguayan government, under pressure from the agricultural sector over millions in crop losses, has approved a new emergency plan for the mass culling of parakeets, utilizing controversial methods like toxic baits and adhesives.
Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:14 UTC
“Malvinas are Argentine” again for Buenos Aires buses

Buses in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will resume featuring a sign reading that ”The Malvinas (Falklands) are Argentine” once again, it was reported Friday in the country's capital.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:40 UTC
Bolivia's Second Lady in ICU with brain tumor

Bolivian Congresswoman Diana Romero -the wife of Vice President Edmand Lara- has been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to her deteriorating health caused by a brain tumor.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC
Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 21:52 UTC
ICRC President warns of humanitarian deterioration in Colombia

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric issued a statement on Friday upon completing her three-day visit to Colombia. In the document, she warned about the severe deterioration of the humanitarian crisis nine years after the peace deal between the Government and some guerrilla groups.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Peru: Castillo gets 11 years for failed coup attempt

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion, stemming from his failed attempt to dissolve Congress in December 2022.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:26 UTC
US National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom dies from her wounds after Washington DC shooting

US National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died on Thursday evening from injuries sustained in an ambush-style shooting near the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced.