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Argentine household arrears reach 17.5% and the government rules out intervening — MercoPress
7+ hour ago (281+ words) Montevideo, August 16th 2026 - 08:17 UTC Arrears on credit to individuals in Argentina reached 17.5% of total lending in June, according to a study by Universidad Austral and the consultancy Eco Go based on central bank data. Javier Milei's government has ruled out intervening…...
Colombia asks Washington to suspend 12.5% tariffs over the earthquake emergency
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (236+ words) Montevideo, August 16th 2026 - 07:50 UTC Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Saturday asked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to temporarily suspend tariffs on Colombian goods, arguing this would give exporters relief as the country faces the economic consequences of Monday's magnitude…...
Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira “apocalyptic” after touring the city
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (88+ words) Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira "apocalyptic" after touring the city MercoPress Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira “apocalyptic” after touring the city Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday described the situation…...
Colombia: De la Espriella calls the situation in Pereira “apocalyptic” after touring the city
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (266+ words) Montevideo, August 15th 2026 - 01:38 UTC Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Friday described the situation in Pereira, capital of Risaralda department and one of the places worst hit by Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west and center of the country, as…...
Rejection of Flávio Bolsonaro exceeds Lula's despite his gains in voting intention
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (155+ words) Montevideo, August 15th 2026 - 01:07 UTC Senator Flávio Bolsonaro registers a 54% rejection rate among Brazilian voters, two points above the 52% recorded by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the Quaest poll released on Friday, two days before campaigning officially opens for…...
Peru rehearses its response to a magnitude 8.8 quake off Lima and Callao
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (256+ words) Montevideo, August 15th 2026 - 00:59 UTC Peru held the year's second national multi-hazard drill on Friday, an exercise testing evacuation protocols and the response capacity of the public and the authorities to a possible magnitude 8.8 earthquake centered off the central coast of Lima…...
The Falklands Legislative Assembly marks 434 years since the first recorded sighting
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (248+ words) Montevideo, August 14th 2026 - 23:36 UTC The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly marked Falklands Day on Friday, the anniversary of the first recorded sighting of the archipelago, on August 14, 1592. The day was marked by raising the Falkland Islands flag and the Union flag side…...
Peña says the Milei-Lula crisis has not affected how Mercosur functions
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (452+ words) MercoPress Peña says the Milei-Lula crisis has not affected how Mercosur functions Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said on Friday that the differences between his Argentine and Brazilian counterparts, Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have had no consequences…...
A year from the presidential vote, Argentina's parties begin to define alliances
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (255+ words) Montevideo, August 14th 2026 - 10:59 UTC Macri and the general secretary of the presidency, Karina Milei, held a telephone conversation of around thirty minutes on Monday, their first in more than nine months. On Thursday, delegates from both forces met for two hours…...
Argentina restricts access to an Andean plain after damage caused by a pickup truck
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (245+ words) Montevideo, August 14th 2026 - 10:50 UTC Authorities in the Argentine province of San Juan will keep access to Pampa del Leoncito restricted until the end of the month, after a vehicle drove across the white clay plain, located at 1,500 meters above sea level…...