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The Falklands turn into a small South Atlantic economic power as the ghosts of 1982 return
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (750+ words) The Falkland Islands are going through their traditional "commemoration season," the cycle of ceremonies that recall the 1982 war each year, culminating in Liberation Day on 14 June, at a moment defined by two overlapping realities: the consolidation of the archipelago as…...
Venezuela: Mother of political prisoner V'ctor Quero dies days after identifying his exhumed body
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (597+ words) Carmen Teresa Navas, 83, the mother of Venezuelan political prisoner V'ctor Hugo Quero, died on Sunday in Caracas, days after she had identified the exhumed body of her son, who had been buried in secret nine months earlier. The octogenarian, who…...
Mid-air collision between two US jets at airshow ends without fatalities in Idaho
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (427+ words) Two US Navy EA-18 G Growler jets collided in mid-air on Sunday during an aerial demonstration at Mountain Home Air Force Base in the state of Idaho, with no fatalities reported. The four crew members aboard the aircraft ejected in…...
Argentine Air Force bought a used aircraft at double its market price, Clar'n investigation finds
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (581+ words) The Argentine Air Force (FAA) acquired in 2025 an Embraer ERJ-140 LR aircraft for USD 4. 085 million, nearly double the price the same provider had quoted for an equivalent and better-conditioned plane to a private client just months later, according to an…...
Brazil leads South America's military spending and Uruguay posts one of the largest relative rises, SIPRI says
20+ hour, 39+ min ago (552+ words) Brazil consolidated its position as South America's leading defense spender during 2025, with a military budget of approximately USD 23. 9 billion and a 13% year-on-year increase, while Uruguay recorded one of the steepest relative rises in the region, according to the annual report…...
Venezuela hands over to the United States former minister and Maduro frontman Alex Saab
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (607+ words) The Venezuelan government on Saturday deported to the United States the Colombian businessman Alex Saab, considered for years the main financial operator of former president Nicol's Maduro and minister of Industry and National Production until January 2026. The businessman landed at…...
Trump claims he will engineer a “ turnaround” in Cuba and pull it away from China and Russia
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (843+ words) US President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will bring the Cuban government to align with Washington and pull away from the orbit of China and Russia, in his first public comments on the island since the unprecedented visit…...
Paz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (516+ words) Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Friday thanked his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for sending two C-130 Hercules military aircraft to reinforce the airlift aimed at supplying food and basic goods to the cities of La Paz and El Alto, affected by…...
Venezuela and World Bank agree to define technical cooperation areas after seven-year pause
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (535+ words) The Venezuelan government and the World Bank agreed on Friday in Caracas to work jointly on identifying concrete areas of technical cooperation, in the first high-level encounter between the two parties since the resumption of relations announced last month, which…...
Washington considers prosecuting Ra'l Castro over 1996 shootdown of civilian planes
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (531+ words) The US government is weighing a federal indictment against former Cuban president Ra'l Castro over the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft operated by the humanitarian organization Brothers to the Rescue, the CBS network and the Reuters news agency reported on…...