Topic: Latin America — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a smuggling ring in Chile to rare earth wrangling in Brazil, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in March 2026
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[2026-05-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a smuggling ring in Chile to rare earth wrangling in Brazil, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in March 2026
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[2026-05-02 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Periodistas permanecen afuera de la Casa Rosada, sede del gobierno, después de que el presidente Javier Milei les bloqueara el acceso, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el jueves 23 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-05-02 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los personajes Tulio Triviño y Juanín Juan Harry del programa de televisión chileno de marionetas “31 Minutos” ofrecen un concierto gratuito para celebrar el Día del Niño en el Zócalo de la Ciudad de México, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Marco Ugarte)
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future
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[2026-05-02 00:14 UTC+10:00] [Agriculture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Large parts of the EU’s mega trade deal with the Latin American Mercosur bloc finally kicked in Friday, but the political fight over it continues.
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[2026-05-01 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Javier Milei has recently sharpened his rhetoric on Argentina’s claim to the British-controlled Falkland Islands, at a time when his close relationship with United States President Donald Trump and the latter’s mounting tensions with the United Kingdom have drawn attention to the future of the contested territory.
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[2026-05-01 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Familiares lloran durante el funeral de las víctimas de un ataque en la carretera Panamericana que las autoridades atribuyen a disidentes de las antiguas FARC, en Cajibio, Colombia, el 28 de abril de 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga, archivo)
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[2026-05-01 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Brazil's Congress has overturned a veto of a bill that would dramatically reduce former president Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the last election.
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[2026-05-01 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives mourn during a funeral for victims who were killed in an attack on the Pan-American Highway that authorities blamed on dissident former FARC rebels, in Cajibio, Colombia, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga, File)
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[2026-05-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions
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[2026-05-01 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Congress voted Thursday to override a presidential veto and adopt a bill to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup, in a blow to his political rival and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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[2026-05-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un miembro designado por el Jurado Electoral Especial analiza una papeleta durante el recuento de votos emitidos en las elecciones generales de 2026, en Lima, Perú, el miércoles 29 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Martín Mejía)
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[2026-05-01 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Trabajadores sostienen bengalas durante una manifestación del Día de los Trabajadores en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-05-01 09:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kei Nishikori of Japan reacts after defeating Thiago Monteiro of Brazil during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-05-01 07:18 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President Lula’s veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil’s congress and senate, meaning it now awaits confirmation by supreme court
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[2026-05-01 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 novel Man On Fire has been adapted for movies and TV more than one might expect; there were films in 1987 and 2004, and now a seven-episode series on Netflix. They all take place in different locales, but the gist of all of them is the same.
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[2026-05-01 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-president had faced 27 years behind bars for his coup attempt, but the term could now be dramatically reduced
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[2026-05-01 06:39 UTC+10:00] [President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-president had faced 27 years behind bars for his coup attempt, but the term could now be dramatically reduced
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[2026-05-01 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Direct flights from the US to Venezuela have resumed for the first time in nearly a decade – just months after the US toppled the Latin American nation’s despotic dictator, Nicolas Maduro.
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[2026-05-01 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Hasidic dad from Brooklyn whose body was dismembered and dumped by Colombian thugs was in South America to meet a potential new wife, a close pal told The Post.
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[2026-05-01 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine workers protested in the capital of Buenos Aires on Thursday, as annual May Day demonstrations in the South American nation coincided with smoldering anger over President Javier Milei’s recent overhaul of long-robust labor protections.
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[2026-05-01 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: 1 of 16 Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker greet one another with an embrace at a literary engagement at New York Public Library in NYC. Getty Images 2 of 16 Noah Beck goes for a jog while on the set of “Baywatch” in Venice Beach, Calif. Dsanchez/CPR / BACKGRID 3 of 16 Shakira greets fans after landing at Galeao Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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[2026-05-01 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dalma Maradona, a la izquierda, hija del fallecido Diego Maradona, y Verónica Ojeda, excompañera sentimental del exfutbolista, asisten a la primera jornada del juicio contra su equipo médico por presunto homicidio por negligencia en San Isidro, Argentina, el martes 14 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For the past seven years, passengers have relied on international airlines and indirect routes through neighbouring Latin American countries
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For the past seven years, passengers have relied on international airlines and indirect routes through neighbouring Latin American countries
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[2026-04-30 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Oil-rich African nations at global fossil fuel phaseout talks in Colombia said Wednesday they would keep drilling to support economic growth, highlighting tensions between climate and fiscal realities for developing producers.
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[2026-04-30 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summits
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[2026-04-30 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, ofrece un discurso en el Palacio de Miraflores durante una reunión con el presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, en Caracas, Venezuela, el 24 de abril de 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-04-30 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: De izquierda a derecha, Philip Nugent, director general de Asuntos de la UE, Internacionales y Marinos; la ministra de Medio Ambiente de Colombia, Irene Vélez Torres; Stientje van Veldhoven, ministra de Política Climática y Crecimiento Verde de Holanda, y Maina Talia, ministro del Interior, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente de Tuvalu, posan al final de una conferencia sobre la transición para dejar los combustibles fósiles, el 29 de abril de 2026, en Santa Marta, Colombia.
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[2026-04-30 13:53 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Santa Marta, Colombia – Nearly 60 nations hailed progress in the fight to exit fossil fuels as a breakaway conference wrapped up in Colombia on Wednesday — but now face the harder work of turning words into action.
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[2026-04-30 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAO PAULO — Brazil's Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his nomination to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years and a sign that the veteran leader is not popular among many important lawmakers as he seeks reelection.
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[2026-04-30 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Philip Nugent, director general for EU, international and marine affairs, from left, Colombia’s Environmental Minister Irene Vélez Torres, Stientje van Veldhoven, minister of climate policy and green growth of the Netherlands, and Maina Talia, minister of home affairs, climate change and environment of Tuvalu, pose at the end of a conference aimed at transitioning away from fossil fuels Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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[2026-04-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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[2026-04-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [Qwen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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[2026-04-30 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Las embajadas de Israel y Alemania calificaron el miércoles de “absurda” la afirmación del presidente interino de Perú, José María Balcázar, sobre que los judíos empujaron a Alemania a la Segunda Guerra Mundial por controlar el comercio, la banca y la práctica de la usura.
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[2026-04-30 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro, a la derecha, y el presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa asisten a una ceremonia de condecoración del presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva en el palacio presidencial, el 28 de enero de 2026, en Ciudad de Panamá. (AP Foto/Matías Delacroix, archivo)
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[2026-04-30 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Employees walk in front of the entrance to the JBS meat processing plant, July 23, 2021, in Greeley, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-04-30 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, habla durante una conferencia de prensa con el presidente electo de Chile en el palacio presidencial en San Salvador, El Salvador, el viernes 30 de enero de 2026. (Foto AP/Salvador Meléndez)
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[2026-04-30 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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[2026-04-30 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The new Prime Video series The House Of The Spirits is the latest adaptation of Isabel Allende’s sprawling debut novel, which covers four generations of the Trueba family, interacting with historic events in Chile’s history, mixed with a fair amount of spiritual storytelling.
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[2026-04-30 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Parts of the Amazon rainforest are often deforested and burned to clear way for new farmland. © Reuters
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[2026-04-30 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hinchas de River Plate arrojan confeti para recibir a su equipo antes de jugar el clásico ante Boca Juniors por la liga argentina, el el domingo 19 abril de 2026, en Buenos Aires. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-04-29 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, habla en la Universidad Yeshiva el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026 en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Kena Betancur)
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[2026-04-29 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The loss of tropical rainforests slowed last year, new satellite data suggests, largely due to Brazil's efforts to curb deforestation in the Amazon.
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[2026-04-29 23:03 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacks
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[2026-04-29 22:27 UTC+10:00] [Hippopotamuses] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: They are not known to have any taste for raw coca leaf. But the hungry hippos of Colombia’s Antioquia department have been rampaging through too much of the marshy flora that lines the waterways of the Magdalena River basin.
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[2026-04-29 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-04-29 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity
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[2026-04-29 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision - hippopotamuses can surface without warning, closing the distance to a vessel in a single heartbeat. (AP video by Marko Alvarez)
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