Morelos next club revealed as ex-Rangers striker 'finalising move' Alfredo Morelos is reportedly finally closing in on a move to his next club. The National (Scotland) · Sep 3, 2023
Climate, migration and resistance in focus at French photojournalism festival The Visa pour l'Image international festival of photojournalism kicks off on Saturday in Perpignan, in the south of France. The 35th edition will highlight the consequences of climate change, as well as migrant crises in the Mediterranean and South America, the war in Ukraine and uprisings in Iran. Radio France Internationale · Sep 2, 2023
Peru's lost daughters: Families of missing women fight for justice In Peru, 60 percent of people who disappear are women. Over 11,000 women were reported missing in the country last year, the majority of them teenagers. Some disappearances are voluntary. But most are linked to human trafficking networks, prostitution and domestic violence. Despite this poor record, Peru was the first… France 24 · Aug 30, 2023
Beaten, suffocated, forced into an abortion: the fate of one Venezuelan woman under Maduro Latest Amnesty International report documents ongoing state detention and torture in the South American country – all while its president seeks renewed links with the west The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023
Temperatures hit 41C in Brazil amid freak winter heatwave gripping South America Rare heatwave engulfs 19 of Brazil’s 26 states as several South American countries experience record highs The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023
BRICS now a non-western grouping with the induction of six more member nations BRICS expands to 11 members, strengthening its position as a global grouping. New members from Middle East, Africa, South America chosen, sending message of multipolarity. India took lead in drafting criteria, most new members strategic partners. Expansion sends message against US sanctions, energy players join. BRICS now a recognised global… The Hindu · Aug 24, 2023
Chinese-backed port project in Peru to be the 'gateway from South America to Asia,' official says Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the regions The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments. WEKU · Aug 18, 2023
AOC calls on US to declassify documents that could shed light on Washington’s involvement in Chilean coup U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says in Chile that it is imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on its involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on US to declassify documents on Chile's 1973 coup U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says in Chile that it is imperative for the United States to declassify documents that could shed light on its involvement in the South American country’s 1973 coup The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023
Parasite triggered painful uvula ulcer in man 5 years after he caught it in South America A man unwittingly picked up a parasite, and years later, it triggered a throat infection. LiveScience · Aug 17, 2023
Argentina presidential frontrunner calls China an ‘assassin’ Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Javier Milei would freeze relations with China and pull South America’s second-biggest economy out of the Mercosur trade bloc with Brazil, foreign policy proposals that are as radical as his economics. The Times of India · Aug 17, 2023
New Paraguay president stresses South American country's ties with Taiwan at swearing-in ceremony President Santiago Peña said Paraguay and Taiwan are “not just allies, but also brothers” when he was sworn in as the South American country’s new president on Tuesday The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023
Alfredo Morelos and the post-Rangers Brazil transfer option It's said the 27-year-old could be set for a permanent return to South America. The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023 Taiwan's vice president leaves on Paraguay trip amid Chinese efforts to isolate the island Taiwan’s vice president has left on a trip to Paraguay to reinforce relations with his government’s last diplomatic partner in South America at a time when China is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023 Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s biggest rainforest – and create ‘a just ecological transition’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023 Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C
The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2023 ‘Winter is disappearing’: South America hit by ‘brutal’ unseasonal heatwave Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, Chile sees highs towards 40C and Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil also bake
Space · Jul 31, 2023 Argentina signs NASA's Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration Argentina became the 28th country to sign the Artemis Accords on July 27, as NASA administrator Bill Nelson was in South America on a goodwill tour.
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023 Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China's yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar Bolivia is using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023 Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023 The Guardian announces new roles in the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and expands its reporting on race in the UK and US The seven newly-advertised roles – now open for applications – form part of the Guardian’s long-term programme of restorative justice following the publication of the Scott Trust’s legacies of enslavement report in March
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023 Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next
The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023 Brazilian players at the Women's World Cup urge fans back home to skip work to watch their matches Brazil’s players have urged their fans back in South America to stay home from work and watch them begin their Women’s World Cup campaign against Panama
LiveScience · Jul 21, 2023 Rare piranha-like fish with 'human teeth' caught by young angler in Oklahoma The invasive fish, known as a pacu, originates from South America and has evolved human-like gnashers to accommodate its varied diet.