Topic: Latin America — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 04:12 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cargo plane carrying between 80 and 110 soldiers crashes shortly after takeoff in southern Amazon region
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[2026-03-24 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTÁ (AP) — Un avión militar de carga se estrelló poco después de despegar el lunes en el suroeste de Colombia, lo que causó un número indeterminado de víctimas, informó el ministro de Defensa del país.
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[2026-03-24 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Simpatizantes asisten a un mitin de campaña del candidato presidencial Rafael López Aliaga, del partido Renovación Popular, en la localidad de Huaycán, en las afueras de Lima, Perú, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Martín Mejía)
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[2026-03-23 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two-time Olympic champion pips fellow Hongkonger Ryan Choi in quarter-final, as 18-year old Harris Ho also reaches last eight
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[2026-03-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Oceans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sixty years after the discovery of a colony of Juan Fernández fur seals, previously thought to be extinct, a landmark agreement extends ‘no take’ zone around the wildlife-rich archipelago
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[2026-03-23 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Saturday accused major powers of reviving a colonial approach toward developing nations, warning against interference in national sovereignty. Speaking at a regional summit, Lula said countries in Latin America must resist external control over their territories and resources.
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[2026-03-23 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HEFEI, China, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungrow Hydrogen has achieved a major accomplishment in its global engagement with the back-to-back shipment of its flexible green hydrogen systems to Oman, Italy and Brazil—spanning Asia, Europe, and South America. This achievement underscores the company's technological leadership and strong project delivery capabilities in green hydrogen sector.
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[2026-03-23 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ana Ramos llora mientras sostiene los restos de su hermano José Eduardo Ramos, que al igual que su esposa, Alicia Dora Cerrota, fue secuestrado y desaparecido por la dictadura argentina en 1976, en un cementerio donde fue enterrado en Tafi Viejo, el jueves 5 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Victor R.
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[2026-03-23 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nearly 50 years after the Argentina’s 1976 coup that led to a repressive dictatorship, families are still searching for and burying the disappeared. Recently, relatives in northern Argentina laid to rest a young couple identified from a clandestine mass grave, showing both progress and limits in the search. (AP video shot by: Victor R.
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[2026-03-23 15:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Genesis BBQ, a Korean fried chicken franchise operator, said Monday it has opened its first South Americann outlet, BBQ Provenza, in Medellin, Colombia, marking a key step in its expansion across the Americas.
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[2026-03-23 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — El ministro peruano de Energía y Minas, Ángelo Alfaro, renunció el domingo tras ser acusado por una mujer de violarla hace 26 años, cuando ella era menor de edad. Ambos procrearon un hijo.
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[2026-03-23 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES (AP) — River Plate encadenó su tercer triunfo consecutivo bajo el mando de Eduardo Coudet, al derrotar 2-0 a domicilio a Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, mientras que Boca Juniors volvió a cantar victoria tras cuatro empates consecutivos en La Bombonera, al imponerse a Instituto de Córdoba también por 2-0, en sendos partidos disputados este domingo por la 12da.
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[2026-03-23 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jorginho, del Flamengo de Brasil, celebra tras anotar el segundo gol de su equipo desde el punto penal durante el juego de vuelta de la final de la Recopa Sudamericana contra el Lanús de Argentina, el jueves 26 de febrero de 2026, en Río de Janeiro. (Foto AP/Bruna Prado)
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[2026-03-23 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A protester holds a sign that reads in Spanish, “No punishment,” a pun involving the name of Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast, during a march marking World Water Day demanding greater environmental protection and animal welfare, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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[2026-03-23 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Second Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between Sri Lanka and Brazil were held at the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Ministry in Colombo recently, marking an important step in further strengthening the longstanding and friendly relations between the two countries. The meeting was co-chaired by Ministry Secretary Aruni Ranaraja and Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry (Asia and the Pacific) Secretary Ambassador Susan Kleebank.
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[2026-03-23 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Miles de personas se movilizaron el domingo en Santiago y otras ciudades de Chile para conmemorar el Día Mundial del Agua y en respuesta directa al retiro de 43 decretos ambientales del anterior gobierno, realizado por la administración del nuevo presidente José Antonio Kast durante la pasada semana.
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[2026-03-23 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chappell Roan denied explosive allegations that she made Jude Law’s minor daughter cry during an interaction in Brazil.
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[2026-03-22 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Latin America faces the threat of a return to colonial rule, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said, describing the White House’s recent moves in the region as undemocratic.
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[2026-03-22 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Latin America faces the threat of a return to colonial rule, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said, describing the White House’s recent moves in the region as undemocratic.
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[2026-03-22 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro, centro, saluda a partidarios que se congregaron para mostrar su apoyo al sistema de salud de su gobierno en Bogotá, Colombia, el jueves 26 de febrero de 2026. (Foto AP/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-22 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has criticised what he called the return of a colonial approach towards developing nations during a summit in Colombia.
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[2026-03-22 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, waves to journalists as he arrives to attend the Community of Latin American and Caribbean, CELAC-AFRICA, Summit in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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[2026-03-22 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTÁ (AP) — Los presidentes de Brasil y Colombia coincidieron el sábado en cuestionar fuertemente la capacidad de las Naciones Unidas para frenar las guerras en el mundo y abogaron por el multilateralismo, especialmente entre las naciones del sur global, durante una reunión de la CELAC-África celebrada en Bogotá.
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Alien life] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sightings in Varginha in 1996 have been dismissed as hoax, but saga continues to draw people from around world
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[2026-03-21 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Columbia Lions (21-8, 11-4 Ivy League) at North Dakota State Bison (29-4, 17-2 Summit)
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[2026-03-21 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — La justicia de Perú sentenció el viernes a 20 años de cárcel al exjefe de espías del fallecido expresidente Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), Vladimiro Montesinos, por los asesinatos de una periodista y un hombre en 1991 tras las explosiones de “sobres bomba” dirigidas a una revista considerada por el gobierno como brazo mediático de un grupo terrorista.
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[2026-03-21 10:45 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The once-dominant men’s football team, four-time world champions, are at risk of failing to qualify for a third consecutive finals
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[2026-03-21 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The new Brazilian drama on Netflix, Radioactive Emergency, is a fictionalized account of a real-life 1987 radiological accident in the city of Goiânia. Four people died, but health officials examined over 110,000 people and found over 240 were contaminated. How this happened, and what the response was, are explored in the series.
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[2026-03-21 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Trabajadores de la Cruz Roja Colombiana entregan el desayuno a una mujer dentro de una casa que se inundó luego de que el río Botello se desbordara debido a las fuertes lluvias en Facatativa, Colombia, el viernes 20 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-21 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been named in two separate criminal investigations led by prosecutors in the United States.
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[2026-03-21 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and outgoing Finance Minister Fernando Haddad shake hands during a ceremony announcing Haddad’s candidacy for governor of Sao Paulo state in the October elections, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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[2026-03-21 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El capitán de Argentina, Lionel Messi, celebra con el trofeo entre fanáticos tras ganar la final de la Copa del Mundo ante Francia en Lusail, Qatar, Dic. 18, 2022. (AP Foto/Martin Meissner, File)
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[2026-03-21 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: As últimas semanas foram de altos e baixos para o pinguim-de-humboldt, espécie que habita o litoral do Peru e, sobretudo, do Chile.
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[2026-03-21 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro tras votar en las elecciones legislativas colombianas en Bogotá, el 8 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-21 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-21 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: QUITO (AP) — El presidente Daniel Noboa reveló el viernes que poco antes de que Ecuador aumentara al 50% los aranceles a todas las importaciones de Colombia, hizo tres pedidos al gobierno de ese país que fueron ignorados.
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[2026-03-21 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente chileno, José Antonio Kast, ofrece una rueda de prensa en la base militar “Solo de Zaldívar”, cerca del paso fronterizo de Chacalluta, en Arica (Chile), el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026, tras firmar un decreto PARA frenar la migración irregular a lo largo de la frontera norte con Perú y Bolivia.
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[2026-03-21 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Military police patrol during a police operation in the Morro dos Prazeres community in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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[2026-03-21 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lamine Yamal del Barcelona cabecea al balón durante el partido contra Newcastle en la Liga de Campeones, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Joan Monfort)
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[2026-03-21 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTÁ (AP) — Colombia recibió en extradición desde España a alias “Mono Gerly”, un fugitivo presuntamente vinculado con la guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional que fue detenido en ese país en diciembre, informó el viernes la fiscalía.
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[2026-03-21 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente chileno José Antonio Kast camina junto a las excavadoras a lo largo de la frontera norte en el cruce de Chacalluta en Arica, Chile, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026, como parte de las medidas para disuadir la migración irregular. (AP Foto/Esteban Félix)
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[2026-03-21 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yolanda Flores, leader of the Aymara people in Peru, speaks during a press conference for the launch of a Mining Divestment Platform, at the Vatican, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-03-20 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s head coach Luis de la Fuente looks at the pitch during a World Cup 2026 group E qualifying soccer match between Georgia and Spain in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Tamuna Kulumbegashvili, File)
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[2026-03-20 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rivers and streams including Río Botello overflowed from around 04:00, flooding neighbourhoods such as Los Manzanos and La Selva. Residents reported water levels exceeding 1 metre inside homes, while at least 14 incidents were recorded across Cundinamarca, governor Jorge Emilio Rey said. Emergency services including the fire department, police and the Red Cross deployed pumps and evacuation teams throughout the day.
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[2026-03-20 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Stevie Young, guitarist for the legendary Australian rock band AC/DC, was hospitalized in Buenos Aires just days before he is scheduled to perform in the city as part of the band’s “Power Up” world tour.
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[2026-03-20 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Laurentino García López, a worker at a distillery in Soledad Salinas, Oaxaca, Mexico, moves the horse that shreds the agave plant Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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[2026-03-20 12:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A former South Korean ambassador to Brazil has been appointed as the country's new ambassador to Canada, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-03-20 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio ondea una bandera ecuatoriana durante un acto de campaña en una escuela, minutos antes de ser asesinado a tiros, en Quito (Ecuador), el 9 de agosto de 2023. (API vía AP, archivo)
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