The fierce battle over the 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks
Colombia and a US firm are fighting over a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea that could be worth $18bn.
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How Venezuela imploded (update)
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2016 .) Back in 2016, things were pretty bad in Venezuela. Grocery stores didn't have enough food. Hospitals didn't have basic supplies, like gauze. Child mortality was spiking. Businesses were shuttering. It's one of the epic
Lula back in Brasilia after botched flight
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is finally back in Brasilia since 10.12 am local time Wednesday after a second Brazilian Air Force (FAB) airplane was sent to Mexico City to pick him up alongside his entourage following a technical problem with the VC-1 Airbus A329CJ
US election: The view from Mexico
BBC Monitoring's Luis Fajardo looks at how the Mexican media has been reporting on US elections.
Guterres becomes persona non grata in Israel
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was declared persona non grata Wednesday by Israel after failing to condemn Tuesday's rocket attack by Iran, Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on X. The former Portuguese Prime Minister has thus been banned "from entering
Mexico's first female president vows 'it's time for women'
At her inauguration, the first female president of Mexico promises to focus on improving health and education.
Orsi and Cosse reach out to Uruguayan voters living in Argentina
Uruguay's presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) and his running mate Carolina Cosse were in Buenos Aires this week in a campaign maneuver seeking to lure residents in neighboring Argentina to "cross the pond" and vote for him in the Oct. 27
Lula's presidential airplane makes emergency landing
Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) VC-1 aircraft carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent five hours flying in circles, presumably to burn fuel, before making an emergency landing due to technical problems at the Felipe Angeles International Airport, a commercial terminal
Assange says he was free not because the system worked
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday in his first public appearance after his release from the Belmarsh maximum security prison in the United Kingdom in late June that he was "free because I pled guilty to journalism."
China opens up to 4 Argentine meat plants
A total of four new Argentine meat plants were allowed by China to send beef shipments to the Asian country, it was announced this week by Buenos Aires' Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Secretariat. The new clearance was said to have resulted from negotiations with
Falklands Tourist Board and cruise lines working on solutions for clash days
The issue of the controversial clash days during the cruise summer season was also addressed by ExCo in its end of September meeting. It was noted that the Falkland Island Tourist Board (FITB) is currently taking cruise ship bookings out to the 2026/27 season and intends to
UK "green milestone", the last power station fueled by coal has finished
UK's last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finished operations on Monday September 30th, after running since 1967 and ending 142 years of reliance on the fossil fuel. The milestone is a major event in UK's ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is
LATAM with improved performance results looking to refinance debts
LATAM Airlines has announced an interest in refinancing its US$450 million 13.375% Senior Secured Bonds maturing in 2027, and its current US$1.1 billion term loan agreement. The debt was issued in October 2022 in connection with its exit from the reorganization proceedings
The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution, according to The Economist
The graffiti are still visible. Walls shout: “Death to the police!” Bus shelters demand: “No more private pensions!” Yet the occasionally violent social upheaval that rocked Chile from 2019 to 2022 is past. And the radical left-wing movement it propelled to power is now
Falklands, "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse begins peaking at 17:30
This Wednesday afternoon a spectacular "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse will be visible for some parts of South America. While southern Chile and Argentina, Patagonia, will see a ring of the Sun as the Moon passes in front of it, those in the Falklands Islands will see a
UN Human Rights Council 57: UPR Adoption of Chile
UK Statement for the Universal Periodic Review Adoption of Chile as delivered at the 57th Human Rights Council in Geneva. From the Mission to the WTO, UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva.30 September 2024 (*)