
Peru has signed a strategic framework agreement with South Korean defense firm Hyundai Rotem to purchase 54 K2 Black Panther battle tanks and 141 K808 armored personnel carriers, signaling a total modernization of the South American country's capabilities in this regard.

The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated all newly elected Members of the Legislative Assembly following the General Election held on Thursday 11 December, followed by the swearing ceremony.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a sharp ultimatum to European leaders on Wednesday, declaring that if the long-awaited EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is not signed this Saturday, he will abandon negotiations for the remainder of his presidency.

In a decisive 48-25 vote on Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate approved the controversial Dosimetry Bill (PL 2162/2023), a measure that drastically reduces prison sentences for those convicted in the January 8, 2023, riots and the alleged coup plot.

Barcelona Sporting Club defender Mario Pineida and his partner were slain by hitmen in Guayaquil on Wednesday afternoon. The footballer's mother, who had been shopping with the couple, was wounded in the attack but is out of danger.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency, which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage to offset the resulting inflation.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) have signed a bilateral agreement on agricultural collaboration in natural resource management and sustainable agronomy, encompassing zero tillage, mechanization, micro-irrigation, and fertigation.

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA declared Wednesday that its export operations remain fully functional, signaling a defiant stance against a newly announced naval blockade by US President Donald Trump.

Robert Alter, Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Asunción, has characterized Paraguay as one of the United States' most significant global allies. Speaking with Radio Ñandutí, Alter highlighted the strengthening of bilateral ties following the signing of a new security cooperation agreement aimed at dismantling organized crime.

Chile's Central Bank Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lower the Monetary Policy Rate (TPM) to 4.5% in response to a faster-than-anticipated decline in inflation and a stabilizing global economic outlook after holding rates at 4.75% during its previous session.