Politics

• Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 12:01 UTC

  Trial opens in Río Gallegos for four former Argentine Navy officers over ARA San Juan sinking

  

  A federal court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, has opened the long-awaited trial of four former senior Argentine Navy officers accused of alleged responsibility in the 2017 sinking and subsequent implosion of the ARA San Juan submarine, a disaster that killed all 44 crew members.

• Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 11:47 UTC

  UK embassy in UAE tells British citizens to shelter indoors and stay away from windows amid escalation

  

  The British Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) urged UK nationals on Thursday to take shelter immediately, “remain indoors,” and “stay away from windows,” issuing the guidance on social media as reports of strikes and explosions spread across parts of the Middle East.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 22:50 UTC

  Brazil completes its legislative process and ratifies the EU–Mercosur deal

  

  Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday ratified the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, completing the legislative step in the South American bloc’s largest economy. The Senate approved the treaty unanimously, after the lower house cleared the text last week, according to local reporting and wire-service coverage.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 22:47 UTC

  US interior secretary highlights Venezuela’s mineral wealth, says cooperation has “no limits”

  

  US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in Caracas on Wednesday that opportunities for cooperation between Washington and Venezuela “have no limits,” highlighting the South American country’s mineral potential during a visit focused on mining and access to critical minerals.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 22:04 UTC

  Released Argentine gendarme alleges “psychological torture” at Venezuela’s Rodeo I prison

  

  Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine gendarme freed after 448 days in detention in Venezuela, urged the release of “24 foreign nationals” he said remain imprisoned at the Rodeo I facility and asked for time before detailing what he endured during captivity. “Until they release those 24 foreign nationals, I’m not free,” he said in a short statement to reporters, without taking questions.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 17:43 UTC

  Bolivia jails 19 after people scooped up cash from crashed military plane

  

  A Bolivian judge ordered the pre-trial detention of 19 people accused of taking banknotes scattered after a military Hercules C-130 aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at El Alto international airport, adjacent to La Paz. The suspects will spend four months in prisons in the La Paz department as investigators build the case, according to El Deber.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 10:52 UTC

  Greens bash PM Starmer and Labour party in a Manchester stronghold

  

  The Green Party has comfortably won a by-election for a vacant parliamentary seat, an embarrassing defeat for embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in one of its former strongholds.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 04:52 UTC

  US says it has struck “nearly 2,000” targets in Iran and adds B-52 bombers to the air campaign

  

  The United States intensified its air campaign against Iran on Tuesday as Operation Epic Fury entered its fourth day, introducing B-52 strategic bombers into combat operations and reporting that “nearly 2,000” targets have been hit so far.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 03:18 UTC

  Paraguay steps up intelligence and financial controls in the Tri-Border Area amid Middle East tensions

  

  Paraguay’s government has activated intelligence, prevention and financial-control measures in the Tri-Border Area it shares with Argentina and Brazil amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to Internal Security Vice Minister Óscar Pereira.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 02:56 UTC

  Three foreigners convicted in Uruguay for attempting to obtain a passport with forgeries

  

  A court in Uruguay’s Flores department convicted three foreign nationals —a Russian, a Kazakh and a Mexican woman— after authorities said they attempted to begin identification procedures using false documentation at the National Civil Identification Directorate (DNIC) office in the city of Trinidad.