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News from South America

MercoPress South Atlantic News Agency

  • Three dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde
    on May 4, 2026

    The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through rodents. The vessel, operated by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, had set sail from the port of Ushuaia, in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, on March 20, bound for the […]

  • Orsi follows Milei and Kast aboard USS Nimitz as opposition alleges unconstitutionality
    on May 4, 2026

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi visited the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz of the United States Navy in international waters off the Uruguayan coast on Saturday, in a new chapter of the Southern Seas 2026 regional deployment, following the steps of Argentine President Javier Milei and Chilean President José Antonio Kast, who had toured the […]

  • Venezuelans rally in more than 120 cities worldwide demanding release of political prisoners
    on May 4, 2026

    Dozens of cities in Venezuela and more than 120 gathering points around the world joined on Sunday a global day of mobilization called by Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado to demand the release of political prisoners and to bring international visibility to the country's human rights situation. The rallies took […]

  • Trump threatens to take Cuba 'almost immediately' after tightening sanctions on the regime
    on May 3, 2026

    US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country would take Cuba “almost immediately,” in remarks made during a private event at the Forum Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours after signing an executive order substantially expanding economic sanctions against the Havana regime. The president's words, though framed in colloquial tone, […]

  • Another Antarctica season of over 100.000 visitors, according to IAATO
    on May 3, 2026

    The latest official report from IAATO, (International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators), put total 2024-25 visitation at 118,491, after 122,072 in 2023-24, meaning traffic remains well above the 100,000 mark even after a modest pullback.

  • Falklands with the highest per capita ownership of the iconic Land Rover
    on May 3, 2026

    End of the month, 30th April, was Land Rover Day, and the Falkland Islands are known as the Land of the Rover, with the highest per capita ownership of the iconic vehicle, which is so closely linked to the rural development of the Islands.

  • Falklands, public consultation on Nature Reserves closes 5 May
    on May 3, 2026

    The Falkland Islands Environment Department would like to remind members of the public that the consultation on its proposal to designate and expand National Nature Reserves will close on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

  • RAF chief calls Falklands defence 'non-negotiable' as Rubio plays down Pentagon memo
    on May 1, 2026

    The head of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF), Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, said on Friday that the United Kingdom remains “on high alert and ready” to defend the Falklands “at a moment's notice,” in remarks published by The Times that reaffirm London's military stance on the archipelago following the leak of an internal Pentagon memorandum that […]

  • Bolivia's agro-environmental court judge shot dead amid wave of drug-related violence
    on May 1, 2026

    Víctor Hugo Claure, dean of Bolivia's Agro-Environmental Court, was shot dead late Thursday in the eastern city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in what authorities describe as an attack carried out by hitmen and which falls within a sequence of violent events linked to the growing influence of drug trafficking in the country's main city. The killing has […]

  • Pentagon seals artificial intelligence agreements with seven tech giants
    on May 1, 2026

    The United States Department of War announced the signing of agreements with seven leading technology companies to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) tools into classified operational environments. The contracts, which include SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services, seek to consolidate Washington's military […]