Falklands: Chilean shipping line drives new link and promotes Expo with Islands and Punta Arenas products
MercoPress·28 Aug 2026
The formalization of a regular commercial maritime link between the Falklands and Chile, together with the promotion of an Expo of Islands and Chilean products in Punta Arenas, are being pushed...
Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
Uruguay bade farewell on Thursday to musician Ruben Rada with a wake open to the public at the Legislative Palace, the seat of parliament, after hundreds of people had gathered the previous night...
Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
Video game and technology outlets estimate that the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, scheduled for November 19, could cost the United States economy more than a billion dollars in lost productivity...
More than 390 bodies recovered and nearly 1,500 unaccounted for after the Nepal Himalaya flood
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
Rescue teams have recovered at least 389 bodies in Nepali territory and three more in China's Tibet region, while close to 1,500 people remain unaccounted for after the flood that swept down...
The Falklands close the second Loligo squid season three days after reopening it
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department announced on Thursday the closure of the second Loligo squid season due to low biomass levels, just three days after fishing had resumed following a...
Beijing asks Washington to “overcome obstacles” before Xi's White House visit
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the United States to “remove interference” and “overcome obstacles” in high-level exchanges between the two countries, during a meeting in Beijing on...
Argentine lawmakers travel to Brasília to repair relations with Brazil
MercoPress·27 Aug 2026
A delegation of Argentine deputies and senators from opposition parties will travel to Brasília next Wednesday with the aim of repairing bilateral relations, strained since President Javier Milei...
Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
Uruguayan singer, composer and percussionist Ruben Rada died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Montevideo.
Twelve Britons are among travellers unaccounted for after the flood on Nepal's border
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
Twelve British citizens appear on a provisional list of travellers Nepali authorities have been unable to contact following the flash flood and landslides that struck the border corridor between...
The US postpones residence visa interviews at all its consulates
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
The United States State Department has instructed its embassies and consulates worldwide to reschedule immigrant visa interviews, the category covering applicants for permanent residence from...
Chile debates a state of emergency of up to eight months without congressional approval
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
José Antonio Kast's government indicated on Tuesday it was willing to amend the constitutional security reform bill it submitted to the Senate on August 17, after the proposal drew objections both...
PM Burnham on taxes, “I won't be unrealistic, and people need to understand that”
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested tax rises could be on the cards in the coming Autumn Budget, warning “I won’t be unrealistic” over the state of the public purse.
Bolivia deploys troops against blockades over a decree its own government wants repealed
MercoPress·26 Aug 2026
Bolivia's government deployed military and police units on Tuesday in the municipality of Yapacaní, in Santa Cruz department, ahead of announced road blockades called by farming organisations...
Argentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals
MercoPress·25 Aug 2026
The number of Argentine residents leaving the country in July fell 21.2% year on year, to 1.22 million people, according to the international tourism statistics report released on Tuesday by the...
Argentina acknowledges the Magellan treaties and seeks to defuse friction with Chile
MercoPress·25 Aug 2026
Argentina's foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday reaffirming that its position on the Strait of Magellan is the one established by the 1881 Boundary Treaty and the 1984 Treaty of Peace...
Chile protests to Argentina over a military chief's remarks on the Strait of Magellan
MercoPress·25 Aug 2026
Chile's foreign ministry announced on Monday it will send a note of protest to the Argentine government over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff, Brigadier General Gustavo...
The Pan-American Congress closes with a call for more equal north-south dialogue
MercoPress·24 Aug 2026
The third Pan-American Congress concluded on Sunday in Montevideo with a call to reframe relations between the north and south of the Americas on more equal terms.
Man detained in Buenos Aires after driving a stolen bus, saying it was his dream
MercoPress·24 Aug 2026
A man was detained on Sunday in the western part of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area after driving a city bus for several kilometres, having taken it without authorisation from a depot, following...
Colombia orders deportation of irregular migrants after a decade as the main host country
MercoPress·24 Aug 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered coordinated operations between the migration authority and the police to begin this week to identify and deport foreigners without regular...
Milei links Lula to the case of the Argentine former adviser detained in Bolivia
MercoPress·24 Aug 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei has attributed the criminal case against his former adviser Fernando Cerimedo, detained in Bolivia over an attempted femicide, to a regional plot in which he...
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