UK prime minister vows to be 'relentless' in defending the Falkland Islanders' choice
MercoPress·29d ago
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the House of Commons on Wednesday that his government would be “relentless” in defending the right of Falkland Islanders to choose to be British, in a...
Anthropic researcher resigns, warning that AI “could kill us all” before the decade ends
MercoPress·29d ago
Jacob Coxon, a model pretraining researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation on Tuesday, accusing the company and OpenAI, where he also worked, of “not acting responsibly” and of “gambling...
Colombia's human rights ombudsman challenges De la Espriella over display of bodies
MercoPress·29d ago
Colombia's human rights ombudsman has challenged President Abelardo de la Espriella over the release of footage showing him walking among the bodies of suspected FARC dissident fighters killed in a...
Argentine industry contracted 5% in July from June, its steepest monthly drop this year
MercoPress·29d ago
Argentina's manufacturing output fell 5% in July from June in seasonally adjusted terms, the sharpest monthly decline so far in 2026, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC)...
Brent climbs back above US$100 to its highest level since late July
MercoPress·29d ago
Brent crude for November delivery rose above US$100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, in a session shaped by escalating attacks between the United States and Iran and by...
Argentina probes 60 people and companies over Falklands oil without disclosing new names
MercoPress·29d ago
Argentina's government has raised to 60 the number of individuals and companies subject to administrative proceedings over oil activity in waters near the Falklands, after opening case files...
Argentina files criminal complaint against Navitas over Falklands; firm silent, shares slide
MercoPress·29d ago
Argentina's government formally filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum and four other firms over hydrocarbon exploration in waters near the Falklands...
Latin America falls back in PISA 2025 as Argentina posts its worst score since 2006
MercoPress·29d ago
All 13 Latin American countries assessed in the PISA 2025 report, released Tuesday, scored below the OECD averages in the three subjects measured, in an edition marked by broad declines and by...
Six in ten Argentines attribute Milei's shift on the Falklands to political convenience
MercoPress·8 Sept 2026
Some 61.1% of Argentines believe President Javier Milei adopted his current position on the Falklands out of political convenience, against 24.7% who attribute it to conviction, according to a...
The Falklands pay tribute in London to the merchant seafarers who served in 1982
MercoPress·7 Sept 2026
The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the United Kingdom and Europe, Richard Hyslop, laid a wreath on Sunday on behalf of the people and Government of the islands during the annual...
A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
MercoPress·7 Sept 2026
Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and...
An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer
MercoPress·7 Sept 2026
An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted...
De la Espriella completes his first month with a full reversal of Petro's diplomacy
MercoPress·7 Sept 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella completed his first month in office on Monday with a series of foreign policy decisions that reverse his predecessor Gustavo Petro's approach and...
Five dead as a cargo jet operating for Amazon overruns the runway at Miami airport
MercoPress·6 Sept 2026
At least five people were killed and five others injured on Sunday when a cargo aircraft operating for Amazon overran the runway on landing at Miami International Airport, broke through the...
The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide
MercoPress·6 Sept 2026
The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country...
Lacalle Pou demands elections in Venezuela and reopens Uruguay's foreign policy debate
MercoPress·6 Sept 2026
Former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou has called for a democratic transition in Venezuela and questioned the terms of the oil agreement reached between the United States and Delcy Rodríguez's...
Cristiano Ronaldo and the final chapter of an extraordinary career
MercoPress·6 Sept 2026
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer chasing relevance. He is chasing the last frontier of a career that has already redrawn football's record books, and doing so with a clarity of purpose that...
Rockhopper and Navitas shares fall as operators defend Sea Lion timetable
MercoPress·4 Sept 2026
Shares in the two companies developing the Sea Lion field off the Falklands fell on Friday after Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would tighten sanctions on firms operating around the...
Bachelet concedes difficulty of her UN bid: “I know I'm not going to be secretary-general”
MercoPress·4 Sept 2026
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet acknowledged on Thursday the difficulties facing her candidacy for United Nations secretary-general.
“Our future is for the people who live here to decide,” Falklands Assembly tells Milei
MercoPress·4 Sept 2026
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly issued a statement on Friday in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, maintaining that the archipelago's future is for those who live...
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