Topic: Latin America — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-08 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A child watches a plane at the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
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[2026-08-08 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, recibe el bastón de mando de manos del presidente del Senado, Honorio Henríquez, durante su investidura el viernes 7 de agosto de 2026, en Cali, Colombia. (AP Foto/Matías Delacroix)
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[2026-08-08 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The soccer ball that Diego Maradona used to score his infamous "Hand of God" goal during Argentina's win over England in the 1986 World Cup is expected to sell for $10 million at a US auction this month.
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[2026-08-08 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Ocho militares peruanos abandonaron el viernes una cárcel de los Andes y afrontarán en libertad una investigación por el asesinato de cuatro peruanos y un colombiano acribillados en abril durante un operativo en el caso más reciente de presunto uso letal de la fuerza por parte de uniformados contra civiles en Perú.
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[2026-08-08 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday under heavy security in Cali, a city in the country’s volatile southwest, breaking with the tradition of holding the ceremony in the capital, in a move meant to signal his hard-line approach to illegal armed groups. (AP Video: Marko Alvarez)
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[2026-08-08 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has been sworn in as Colombia‘s president after winning a run-off election on promises to crack down on the armed groups, cut government spending by as much as 40 percent, and revive the South American country’s oil and gas industry.
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[2026-08-08 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CALI — Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella took office Friday, vowing to wage war on drug-running guerrillas and usher in a new era of close ties with the United States.
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[2026-08-08 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella waves after receiving the presidential sash from Senate President Honorio Henriquez during his inauguration in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-08-08 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pilgrims attend an outdoor Mass outside the Church of San Cayetano during the annual pilgrimage honoring Saint Cajetan, the patron saint of work, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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[2026-08-08 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Central banks stay silent on pilot that would let tourists scan and pay weeks after Washington taxed the system
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[2026-08-08 05:59 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Central banks stay silent on pilot that would let tourists scan and pay weeks after Washington taxed the system
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[2026-08-08 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Colombia and Israel are restoring ties ahead of Friday’s inauguration ceremony of new Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, with senior Colombian officials expressing strong support for Israel and intent to expand cooperation.
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[2026-08-08 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una pancarta del papa León XIV cuelga en el exterior de la iglesia de San Cayetano durante la peregrinación anual en honor a San Cayetano, patrón del trabajo, en Buenos Aires (Argentina), el viernes 7 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
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[2026-08-08 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente electo de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, habla en una conferencia de prensa en Bogotá, Colombia, el jueves 30 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/John Vizcaino)
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[2026-08-08 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Argentina] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Social media video shows 60-year-old woman being led away in handcuffs, but she was released minutes later
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[2026-08-08 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella speaks during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/John Vizcaino)
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[2026-08-08 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: James Harden llega previo al inicio de la Final de la Copa del Mundo entre España y Argentina, el domingo 29 de julio de 2026, en East Rutherford, Nueva Jersey, cerca de Nueva York. (AP Foto/Adam Hunger)
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[2026-08-08 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: James Harden arrives before the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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[2026-08-08 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A JBS meat plant in Brazil. JBS and Danantara will form a joint venture. © Reuters
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[2026-08-08 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Footage captured by a civil servant shows capybaras calmly roaming the entrance hall of the legislative assembly building in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The large rodents are regular visitors, often wandering over from a nearby park. 'They show up here quite often, so we've gotten used to seeing them,' Nayara Bueno says
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[2026-08-07 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente electo Abelardo de la Espriella pronuncia un discurso durante un desfile militar con motivo del Día de la Independencia en Bogotá, Colombia, el lunes 20 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Miguel Ángel López)
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[2026-08-07 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A soldier keeps watch from the turret of an armored vehicle ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
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[2026-08-07 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Perú y México acordaron la reanudación de sus relaciones diplomáticas, rotas desde noviembre de 2025, mientras Lima otorgó un salvoconducto a una exministra peruana asilada en la embajada mexicana en la capital, informaron el viernes ambos países en un comunicado conjunto.
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[2026-08-07 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Norwegian federation president Lise Klaveness says ‘there is no trust in Infantino now’ and ‘there is no going back’
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[2026-08-07 20:49 UTC+10:00] [Lise Klaveness] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Norwegian federation president Lise Klaveness says ‘there is no trust in Infantino now’ and ‘there is no going back’
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[2026-08-07 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hosts Poland are scheduled to play Argentina in the opening match of the Fifa Women's Under-20 World Cup on 5 September
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[2026-08-07 19:33 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mexico breaks ranks with Concacaf to support Fifa chief
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[2026-08-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mexico has gone against its regional governing body, Concacaf, by publicly backing Gianni Infantino
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[2026-08-07 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A split is happening across Latin America. Poll after poll shows the region’s publics turning against Israel, whose three-year assault on Gaza is widely considered a genocide.
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[2026-08-07 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La lava fluye del cráter del volcán de Fuego el martes 4 de agosto de 2026, visto desde San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala. (AP Foto/Moisés Castillo)
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[2026-08-07 15:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Patriot Resources has expanded its 100 per cent-owned Tassa silver-gold project in southern Peru, staking a new tenement that directly adjoins its existing 31.4-million-ounce silver-equivalent maiden resource. The move comes against a global backdrop of persistent silver supply deficits and renewed interest in high-grade development stories.
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[2026-08-07 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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[2026-08-07 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: De izquierda a derecha, la deportista paralímpica colombiana Karen Palomeque, la presidenta peruana Keiko Fujimori y la gimnasta esrtadounidense Simone Biles oprimen el botón para activar la cuenta regresiva rumbo a los Juegos Panamericanos en Lima, el jueves 6 de agosto de 2026 (AP Foto/Guadalupe Pardo)
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[2026-08-07 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazil’s federal police have formally accused 16 current and former employees of the Voepass airline of actions contributing to the August 2024 crash that killed all 62 people on board the plane.
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[2026-08-07 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El técnico de Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, atiende conferencia de prensa previa a la final del Mundial contra España en Nueva York, viernes 17 julio, 2026. (AP Foto/Frank Franklin II)
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[2026-08-07 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente argentino Javier Milei pronuncia un discurso en la ceremonia de inauguración de la exposición anual de la Sociedad Rural en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el domingo 26 de julio de 2026. (Foto AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
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[2026-08-07 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una niña saluda con la mano al pasar por un control de seguridad antes de la toma de posesión del presidente electo Abelardo de la Espriella en Jamundí, a las afueras de Cali (Colombia), el jueves 6 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Iván Valencia)
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[2026-08-07 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los Granaderos de Tarqui, la guardia presidencial, desfilan frente al Palacio de Carondelet antes de una reunión entre el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, y el presidente de Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, en Quito (Ecuador), el jueves 6 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Dolores Ochoa)
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[2026-08-07 08:29 UTC+10:00] [Vinícius Júnior] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brazil international has agreed a new six-year deal
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[2026-08-07 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — China and the United States are clashing diplomatically in Argentina as President Javier Milei seeks to preserve his close alliance with Washington while pursuing deeper economic ties with Beijing.
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[2026-08-07 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MADRID (AP) — Brazil star Vinícius Júnior has agreed to a contract extension with Real Madrid to remain at the Spanish powerhouse through June 2032, the club announced Thursday.
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[2026-08-07 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,3 remeció el jueves una región de los Andes de Perú y dejó hasta el momento un herido, indicaron las autoridades.
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[2026-08-07 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A view of the debris of a Voepass airplane that crashed the previous day, in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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[2026-08-07 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buenos Aires locks in the yuan line until 2031, months after the US Treasury Department offered a rival facility
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[2026-08-07 05:21 UTC+10:00] [Alberto Fernandez] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buenos Aires locks in the yuan line until 2031, months after the US Treasury Department offered a rival facility
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[2026-08-07 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente chileno José Antonio Kast se reúne con agentes de policía tras anunciar una nueva agenda de seguridad y un endurecimiento de las leyes migratorias en la Plaza de Armas de Santiago, Chile, el jueves 6 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Esteban Félix)
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[2026-08-07 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Brazil winger Vinicius Jr has agreed a new six-year contract with Real Madrid that will keep him at the Bernabeu until 2032.
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[2026-08-07 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: QUITO (AP) — La policía de Ecuador en cooperación con su par de Chile anunció el jueves la desarticulación de una banda transnacional dedicada al tráfico de armas, la extorsión y otras actividades delictivas tras un operativo que dejó 13 detenidos.
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[2026-08-07 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Bruno Guimaraes has won 48 caps for Brazil
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[2026-08-06 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A baby hippopotamus descended from creatures that belonged to Pablo Escobar died Wednesday after being rescued in northwestern Colombia, an environmental organization told AFP.
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