Uruguay hosts DEA summit that warns of new drug trafficking routes in South America Monday, April 13th 2026 – 00:27 UTC Uruguayan Interior Minister Carlos Negro opened the conference and stressed that regional security requires coordinated action beyond national borders Uruguay hosted the 2nd Regional Coordination Meeting of the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s […]
Peru closes a troubled election day and begins a lengthy count with outcome uncertain Sunday, April 12th 2026 – 23:49 UTC Photo: Angela Ponce / Reuters More than 10,000 polling centers closed in Peru on Sunday after a ten-hour voting day disrupted by logistical failures that forced authorities to extend the schedule by […]
By Dr. Isaac Newton News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Sun. April 12, 2026: The relationship between church and politics in the Caribbean and Africa is not an academic exercise. It is a lived moral condition shaping governance, public trust, and the daily realities of citizens. In societies where faith communities remain among the most trusted […]
Trump escalates Gulf crisis with order for total blockade of Strait of Hormuz Sunday, April 12th 2026 – 13:30 UTC No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas, Trump wrote US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the Navy would immediately begin blocking all maritime […]
Adorni scandal drags down Milei’s poll numbers as courts probe his assets Sunday, April 12th 2026 – 13:18 UTC Despite the numbers, President Javier Milei and his sister Karina, the presidency’s secretary-general, have stood firmly behind the Cabinet chief Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni has been formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment in […]
Corruption ranks among Peruvians’ top concerns, only second to insecurity, as the country heads into a general election on Sunday. Since 2016, Peru has suffered from severe political instability, with repeated graft scandals contributing to the succession of eight different presidents. The country currently ranks 130 out of 182 on Transparency International’s corruption index. To […]
Argentine court orders environmental studies over HIF plant in Uruguay Saturday, April 11th 2026 – 04:49 UTC HIF Global’s project envisions the production of approximately 880,000 metric tons per year of synthetic fuels from green hydrogen about three kilometers from the Argentine shore at Colón A federal court in the Argentine city of […]
Falklands Government denies MV Bandero access over “questionable actions” at sea Saturday, April 11th 2026 – 06:34 UTC The MV Bandero, a Captain Paul Watson Foundation vessel The Falkland Islands government has banned the MV Bandero, a Captain Paul Watson Foundation vessel, from entering its territorial waters following the ship’s collision with a […]
Mexico is magic, there’s no denying it. The remarkable cultures still flourishing in various parts of this vibrant country have been doing so, in some cases, for thousands of years. The Olmecs, for instance, called parts of Mexico home as early as 1500 BCE. It’s an ancient place where modernity collides with deeply rooted traditions, […]
Venezuela’s new mining law promises order, investor confidence, and future prosperity. Still, it lands in a sector scarred by seizures, illegal pits, armed control, and wages too small to live on, exposing a state trying to regulate what it allowed. A Law Written for Investors and for Doubters Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to […]