Politics

Friday, September 4th 2026 - 05:48 UTC
“We are watching”: Argentine intelligence posts message on Falklands after Milei address

Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) published a satellite image of the Falklands in the early hours of Friday accompanied by the phrase “we are watching,” hours after President Javier Milei announced in a televised national address sanctions against companies operating around the archipelago without Argentine authorization and the construction of a naval base in Tierra del Fuego.
Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 22:55 UTC
Falklands honors Merchant Navy seafarers flying the Red Ensign at Victory Green

The Falkland Islands Government are pleased to recognize the 3rd of September as Merchant Navy Day. A day to pay respect to the men and women of the Merchant Navy, both past and present, who play such an important role in maintaining our links to the wider world.
Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 17:50 UTC
Argentine analysts rule out a real shift by Washington on the Falklands

Argentine specialists in international affairs consulted this week agree that Donald Trump's statement about a possible review of the US position on the Falklands responds to pressure on London rather than to any substantive change on sovereignty over the archipelago.
Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 17:38 UTC
Trump hints he would not back the UK and doubts its “capacity” to retake the Falklands

US President Donald Trump has suggested his country would not come to Britain's aid in a possible conflict with Argentina over the Falklands, linking that position to the lack of British support in Washington's war with Iran.
Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 08:11 UTC
Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador convicted over bribes at Ecuador's largest dam

A court of Ecuador's National Court of Justice on Friday sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for bribery, in the case over kickbacks linked to the construction and financing of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The same sentence was handed to China's former ambassador in Quito, Cai Runguo, and to former representatives of the Chinese state builder Sinohydro, Yang Huiju and Song Dongsheng.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 21:22 UTC
China's embassy accuses a senior Argentine official of spreading “rumours” about the Nepal flood

China's embassy in Buenos Aires has accused an official in Javier Milei's government of spreading “malicious rumours” and seeking to “stain the international image” of the Asian country, after he attributed to a Chinese state company responsibility for the flood that devastated the border corridor between Nepal and Tibet on August 26.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 21:00 UTC
Trump says Venezuela is “not ready” to hold elections and sets no timetable

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Venezuela does not yet meet the conditions to call elections, five days after announcing the agreement granting Washington majority control over a fifth of the country's oil reserves for a century.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 20:56 UTC
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice lifts secrecy on a banker's messages to another judge

Brazilian Supreme Court justice André Mendonça, rapporteur in the Banco Master case, on Tuesday lifted the secrecy order on a Federal Police report of more than two hundred pages containing messages sent by businessman Daniel Vorcaro, the bank's owner and currently in pre-trial detention, to his fellow justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 07:50 UTC
The UK dismisses Trump's remarks and reaffirms its sovereignty over the Falklands

The British government on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's remarks about a possible review of Washington's position on the Falklands, and reiterated its commitment to the archipelago's status.
Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 07:42 UTC
A conciliatory chancellor calls to ‘refresh’ UK’s special relationship with the US

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey in an interview with The Times, tried to cool the strong exchange caused by British leaders’ reaction to White House statements on a possible review to US neutrality policy towards the Falkland Islands sovereignty, which could imply serious consequences.