Topic: Latin America — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Argentina’s Lionel Messi hoists the winning team replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy during a celebration ceremony for local fans after an international friendly soccer match against Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, file)
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[2026-03-17 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una partidaria de la expresidenta argentina Cristina Fernández utiliza una escoba para pegar una foto suya en un muro delante de su casa después de que el Supremo del país respaldara la condena de corrupción de Fernández, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el martes 17 de junio de 2025. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko)
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[2026-03-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern
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[2026-03-17 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una persona sirve vino tinto a turistas durante una cata en la bodega Lagarde en Mendoza, Argentina, el jueves 12 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-03-17 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Argentina’s wine industry, once a thriving business, is facing its worst crisis in more than 15 years, with record-low domestic consumption, dwindling exports and low-yielding crops. ( AP Video by Victor R. Caivano)
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[2026-03-17 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Con un doblete de Adrián Martínez, Racing Club venció 2-0 en casa a Estudiantes de Río Cuarto y volvió a meterse en zona de playoffs, mientras que Defensa y Justicia infligió una goleada 5-2 a domicilio a San Lorenzo de Almagro, en partidos por la 11ma.
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[2026-03-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Chinese scientists] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Scientists on Chinese research ship aimed to uncover mysteries of the trench in ‘most ambitious’ deep-sea expedition in the eastern Pacific
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[2026-03-17 13:32 UTC+10:00] [drug trafficking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Arch-conservative leader Kast has vowed to crack down on immigration from Peru and Bolivia with his ‘Border Shield’ plan
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[2026-03-17 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un empleado de Vitral, empresa importadora de aluminio de Ecuador, transporta materiales en su almacén en Bogotá, Colombia, el jueves 5 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-17 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei (a la derecha), y la secretaria general de la Presidencia, Karina Milei, sonríen durante la ceremonia de investidura del presidente José Antonio Kast en el Congreso de Valparaíso, Chile, el miércoles 11 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Cristóbal Basaure)
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[2026-03-17 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police released on Monday three Israeli tourists who this weekend were involved in a disturbance with pro-Palestine residents of a beachfront city in the country’s tropical northeast.
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[2026-03-17 09:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brentford’s Igor Thiago celebrates scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers in London, Monday March 16, 2026. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)
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[2026-03-17 09:05 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad and impending fatherhood, scored a fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. Instead, the club’s quest to reach European football for the first time in their history received a severe jolt.
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[2026-03-17 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A soldier stands near a machine digging along the northern border at the Chacalluta border crossing, in Arica, Chile, Monday, March 16, 2026, as part of the measures to deter irregular migration. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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[2026-03-17 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s national soccer team head coach Carlo Ancelotti announces the players who will play friendly matches against France and Croatia in preparation for the upcoming World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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[2026-03-17 06:12 UTC+10:00] [Panama Canal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US consul-general Kevin Murakami told port executives the Santos megadeal should not fall into ‘unwanted hands’
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[2026-03-17 06:08 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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[2026-03-17 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian soccer player Neymar gives a news conference in Santos, Brazil, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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[2026-03-17 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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[2026-03-17 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: METEOROLOGIST Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect” as a metaphor suggesting that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could unleash a tornado in Texas. It illustrates how very small changes in a system can lead to dramatic outcomes somewhere in a distant corner of the world.
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[2026-03-16 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Far-right loses speed in Castilla y León election, Spain vs Argentina 'Finalissima' clash cancelled, second fastest ever women's marathon time set in Barcelona and more news from Spain this Monday March 16th.
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[2026-03-16 14:15 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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[2026-03-16 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian soccer player Neymar gives a news conference in Santos, Brazil, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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[2026-03-16 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Finalissima football match featuring Spain with Lamine Yamal and Argentina with Lionel Messi has fallen victim to the ongoing Middle East conflict. (Getty Images)
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[2026-03-16 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian presidential candidate died Sunday in a car accident on a remote Andean highway while traveling to a political rally.
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[2026-03-16 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, center, Daniel Martinez Poveda of Colombia,left and second place, and Georg Steinhauser of Germany, third place and wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, celebrate on the podium after the last stage of the Paris Nice cycling race with start and finish in Nice, France, Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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[2026-03-16 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Un candidato presidencial peruano falleció el domingo tras un accidente de tránsito en una remota carretera de los Andes cuando se dirigía a un acto político, a menos de un mes de las elecciones generales de Perú donde se elegirán a un presidente, 130 diputados y 60 senadores del país sudamericano.
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[2026-03-16 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chet Hanks stepped out to a pre-Oscars party with his mom, Rita Wilson, more than two weeks after the nepo baby claimed he was trapped in Colombia.
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[2026-03-16 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El astro argentino Lionel Messi alza una réplica de la Copa Mundial tras un partido amistoso contra Panamá, el 23 de marzo de 2023, en Buenos Aires. (AP Foto/Gustavo Garello)
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[2026-03-16 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been canceled after the widening Middle East war.
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[2026-03-16 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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[2026-03-15 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — Toko Koga headed in two goals as Japan routed Philippines 7-0 on Sunday to advance to the Women’s Asian Cup semifinals and secure a spot in next year’s World Cup in Brazil.
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[2026-03-15 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for plotting a coup after he lost the country’s last election, is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia.
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[2026-03-15 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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[2026-03-14 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Hollywood actors might rule the silver screen — as Sunday’s Academy Awards are poised to prove — but Brazil’s path to stardom often starts under the bright lights of a TV studio rather than a sprawling movie set.
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[2026-03-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Latin America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: TCL and Xpeng founders also vow to keep investing in Latin America – despite US intervention in Venezuela this year
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[2026-03-14 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned a US diplomat who wanted to visit the jailed former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro amid fears of US meddling ahead of elections this year.
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[2026-03-14 12:39 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Colombia Dance Au, Moomba festival parade in Kings Domain, Melbourne.Credit:Ruby Alexander
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[2026-03-14 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wiriya Sati is a features reporter in Port Macquarie. Before joining ABC in 2011 as an Open producer, Sati was a freelance documentary film maker and directed, co-wrote and co-shot a half-hour film called The Buddha's Forgotten Nuns. During and before this she was shooting and editing documentaries in the central Australian desert and working with Aboriginal media organisations such as CAAMA and PY Media in a training role.
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[2026-03-14 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Marcel Ruiz, de la selección de México, espera el inicio de un partido amistoso ante Colombia, el sábado 11 de octubre de 2025 en Arlington, Texas (AP Foto/Julio Cortez, archivo)
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[2026-03-14 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexico’s Marcel Ruiz looks on prior to an international soccer friendly match between Mexico and Colombia Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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[2026-03-14 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Un chofer murió el viernes en la capital de Perú tras sufrir quemaduras en su cuerpo luego que la víspera criminales incendiaron el autobús en el que trabajaba. Es el segundo conductor muerto en la semana en medio de una ola de criminalidad que no ha disminuido tras el inicio del gobierno del presidente interino José Balcázar.
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[2026-03-14 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives of Colombians imprisoned in Venezuela protest for the release of their loved ones near the Atanasio Girardot Binational Bridge, in Villa del Rosario, Colombia, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-14 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Equipos de rescate buscan supervivientes entre los escombros tras un ataque en el sur de Teherán, Irán, el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Sajjad Safari)
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[2026-03-14 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Actors Danton Mello, left, and Theresa Fonseca, second from right, prepare to film a scene of the soap opera “A Nobreza do Amor,” at a TV Globo set in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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[2026-03-14 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre empuja su auto en una fila de automovilistas que esperan para comprar gasolina después de que las autoridades la racionaran debido a una rotura en un gasoducto principal que afecta el suministro de gas a Lima, Perú, el miércoles 11 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Martín Mejía)
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[2026-03-14 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The government of Brazil has revoked the visa of Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser to United States President Donald Trump who had planned to visit ex-President Jair Bolsonaro in his prison cell in Brasilia.
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[2026-03-14 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Familiares de colombianos encarcelados en Venezuela protestan por la liberación de sus seres queridos cerca del Puente Binacional Atanasio Girardot, en Villa del Rosario, Colombia, el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-14 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revokes Darren Beattie’s visa in retaliation for Brazilian health minister being denied visa for US
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[2026-03-14 04:09 UTC+10:00] [Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup, was moved from prison to a hospital in Brasilia
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