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Protests around the world
Bolivia’s president offers to slash own salary by half to end protests
Embattled leader’s pay cut gesture comes as the nation enters its fourth week of political and social unrest.
26 May 2026 - 2:20PM
Honduras
At least 19 killed in Honduras palm plantation massacre
22 May 2026 - 2:05PM
US-China relations
US foreign affairs chairman warns of China role in Argentina contract bid
22 May 2026 - 4:46AM
Brazil
Jailed banker ties roil Flavio Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidential hopes
Bolsonaro’s poll numbers take a hit from scandal over disgraced banker Daniel Vorcaro’s US$24 million film funding pledge.
21 May 2026 - 2:34PM
Protests around the world
Bolivia’s capital under siege as protests and blockades deepen crisis for president
Protests calling for Rodrigo Paz to resign intensify, just six months into his presidency.
20 May 2026 - 2:45PM
Crime
10 Mexican government, justice officials indicted in US, will surrender
The defendants include a governor, a mayor and a secretary of public security for charges which include corruption, bribery and arms and drug smuggling.
16 May 2026 - 7:24PM
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Peru
Peru’s leftist Sanchez to face Fujimori in presidential run-off
Official results emerged after a month-long count that has led to allegations of fraud in the politically turbulent South American nation.
16 May 2026 - 1:15AM
US-China relations
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Beijing had already won before the Trump-Xi summit even started
There’s a lesson for the US president in Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in the early 19th century.
15 May 2026 - 8:43PM
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Cuba
CIA chief makes rare Cuba visit as island runs out of oil
Meeting in Havana comes as tensions between the two sides remain high over the US energy blockade.
15 May 2026 - 2:55PM
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Brics
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Brics is less a structure than a sentiment
Despite lacking geopolitical alignment, Brics captures a prevailing mood among emerging economies that won’t fade away any time soon.
15 May 2026 - 7:36AM
Evo Morales
Arrest warrant reissued for Bolivia ex-president after court no-show
Evo Morales is declared in contempt as prosecutors allege he fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl during his time in office.
12 May 2026 - 3:01PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
EVs surge in Bolivia amid fuel shortages, ‘junk gas’ scandal
The number of electric vehicles in Bolivia climbed from 500 to 3,352 in the last five years, and is set to triple again as broad appeal rises.
10 May 2026 - 4:52PM
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Hantavirus
‘Almost zero’ chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Argentina’s Ushuaia: official
The patient and his wife, both MV Hondius passengers who died of the disease, were in the city only a few days before showing symptoms.
9 May 2026 - 5:38AM
US-China relations
US trial opens over alleged Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
Lawyers of Lu Jianwang, who has lived in the US for decades, said the alleged covert police station was just a community centre.
7 May 2026 - 7:44AM
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Brazil
Boy, 13, shoots 2 dead at Brazil school
Students tried to escape over a wall, but it was too tall and many were trapped on the school roof.
6 May 2026 - 7:50AM
Colombia
Birthday girl among 3 crushed to death by monster truck in Colombia
Spectacle turns to tragedy as driver performing a wheelie crashes into barriers separating the public from the track.
5 May 2026 - 11:35AM
Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Congress forces early release for jailed Bolsonaro in blow to Lula
Lawmakers override presidential veto to reduce 27-year sentence, signalling a shift in power five months before elections.
1 May 2026 - 1:24PM
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Climate change
Tropical forest loss still 11 football fields a minute – or Denmark per year
Researchers warn that fires fuelled by climate change are a dangerous new normal and could reverse gains made in tackling deforestation.
29 Apr 2026 - 9:35PM
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Colombia
Explosive device kills 20 and injures 36 on bus in Colombia
At least 26 such incidents have taken place in the last two days, amid a wave of violence linked to drug-trafficking.
27 Apr 2026 - 7:27AM
Donald Trump
Shackled and shaved: El Salvador holds mass trial for hundreds of gang members
President Nayib Bukele – the self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ – publicises the largest mass trial yet of his gang crackdown.
24 Apr 2026 - 3:10PM
Peru
Top Peru ministers quit in protest over stalled US F-16 jet deal
Peru’s interim president defers decision on the US$3.5 billion deal to his successor who will emerge from a run-off vote in June.
23 Apr 2026 - 1:53PM
United States
Cuba confirms rare Havana talks with US officials
A senior diplomat describes ‘professional’ meetings as Havana seeks an end to the US oil blockade.
21 Apr 2026 - 12:14PM
US-Venezuela conflict
Venezuela’s Machado says ‘no regrets’ about giving her Nobel Prize to Trump
The opposition leader called the US president a leader who ‘risked the lives of his country’s citizens’ for her nation’s freedom.
19 Apr 2026 - 4:10AM
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Spain
Spain signs deals with Brazil as Sanchez builds anti-Trump bloc
The Spanish leader is hosting heads of state and government in a bid to counter the US president and revive the political left.
18 Apr 2026 - 5:23AM
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US-Venezuela conflict
IMF, World Bank say they are resuming dealings with Venezuela
The move follows the January ouster of Nicolas Maduro and could unlock billions in frozen assets for the Rodriguez administration.
17 Apr 2026 - 10:37AM
United States
Lula blasts Trump’s fear-based rule, calls for ‘great maturity’
‘Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country,’ Brazil’s president says.
16 Apr 2026 - 6:38PM
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United States
US military says 4 killed in fourth ‘drug boat’ strike in a week
Death toll from controversial campaign reaches 174 as the US military increases kinetic operations in the eastern Pacific.
15 Apr 2026 - 10:13AM
Peru
Peru presidential run-off looms as Fujimori leads troubled vote
Daughter of former strongman is ahead in the race, but logistical issues have forced a one-day voting extension for tens of thousands.
13 Apr 2026 - 6:18PM
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