Argentina to declare Mapuche group RAM a ‘terrorist organisation’
Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization, Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni confirms, following in the footsteps of the United States.
The move mirrors Trump’s exit last month from the WHO, an organisation that is responsible for helping to coordinate the response to global health threats.
Human Capital Ministry, through ANSES social security agency, accuses ex-president of fraud in row over pension payments and her residence in Argentina’s south. State reveals Cristina Fernández de Kirchner receives monthly 6.35 million pesos.
Former president Alberto Fernández appears at Comodoro Py federal courthouse for questioning over domestic violence allegations made by his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.
CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST
Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas, as the US president suggested permanently resettling Palestinians from war-battered Gaza.
TRADE WAR
Trump triggers a trade war and Chinese President Xi Jinping hurls back 15 percent levies on coal and liquified natural gas imports. The two world leaders are expected to meet Tuesday.
DRUG VIOLENCE
Ecuadoreans vote Sunday for the country's next president as drug-related cartel and mafia violence run rampant. 'Iron fist' incumbent Daniel Noboa is up against Luisa González, a staunch defender of democracy.
Authorities in Río Negro Province say a man has died and more than 800 people evacuated as forest fires continue to rage near El Bolsón.
Presenting himself before appeals court judge Roberto Boico, veteran Peronist ex-president Alberto Fernández appears in court to denounce Judge Julián Ercolini’s "manifest hostility" towards him in insurance corruption case.
Bibas family demands "answers" from Israel and Hamas over fate of child hostages, Argentine mother following kidnapping in Gaza.
Marco Rubio says he is "profoundly grateful" to El Salvador for its unprecedented offer to jail US detainees in Latin America's largest prison.
US President Donald Trump may be adjusting the hard-line approach he adopted toward Caracas during his first term.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes real on Donald Trump's threats and warns President José Raúl Mulino he must make immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the Panama canal.
Experts warn move would to close US$40-billion USAID humanitarian agency could be a "disaster for US foreign policy."
La Libertad Avanza announces one of the party’s longest-serving members, Ramira Marra, has been expelled from its caucus in City Legislature after voting for “unacceptable” tax increase.
President Javier Milei’s government issues decree allowing self-service fuel pumps at service stations across Argentina; Union warns as many as 70,000 jobs could be lost.
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by Andrea Gentil President Javier Milei’s government has drastically reduced the budgets of the CONICET scientific research council, INTA agricultural technology body and ARSAT satellite firm – now entire programmes are being eliminated.
by Gonzalo Martínez Milei government and IMF continue to fine-tune a future agreement which is likely to include a remittance of some US$11 billion to bolster Central Bank coffers, allowing Argentina to remove the ‘cepo’ currency and capital controls.
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All 64 passengers onboard plane and three military officers travelling via helicopter perish after mid-air collision that Trump – without providing any evidence – blames on “diversity” hires.
Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni denies President Javier Milei branded homosexuals as paedophiles in his World Economic Forum speech as activists prepare to rally for LGBT+ rights.
"It's very simple: if he taxes Brazilian products, Brazil will reciprocate," warns Brazil's leftist leader.
A midair collision sent a 64-passenger American Airlines plane plummeting into Washington's Potomac River. Overnight rescue efforts have found no survivors.
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in southern Gaza near the family home of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Thursday to witness the ceasefire's third hostage-prisoner exchange.
US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Border clampdown takes Brazil by surprise, with officials learning of move via media; Security, Defence Ministries fine-tuning details to determine number of troops and where they will be deployed.
Leaders across Latin American leaders are walking a tightrope in the Trump 2.0 era, as Gustavo Petro’s recent clash with US president goes to show.
Colombia's Liberal Party severs ties with President Gustavo Petro's legislative coalition following his social media spat with Trump, which could make promised reforms more difficult to pass.
Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni confirms administrative law specialist and Austral University professor Santiago María Castro Videla has been named as new Treasury attorney-general, replacing departing Rodolfo Barra.
The largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs in El Salvador celebrates two years since it was inaugurated under conditions that rights groups call inhumane. Along with Milei's support, Argentina Security Minister Patricia Bullrich considers President Nayib Bukele's approach as a model for state security.
Days after his swearing-in for a third term in office amid allegations of electoral fraud, President Nicolás Maduro pledges to "integrate the popular power" into Venezuela's constitution.
BlackRock, Barings say energy dollars should quell Argentina’s foreign exchange concerns.
Computers are teaching core curriculum subjects to students at David Game College in an artificial intelligence pilot as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain an "AI superpower."
Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street, following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley.
