Topic: Latin America — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-14 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the Korea-Brazil Business Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-03-14 03:52 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 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has cautioned the US administration against trying to build “an empire” in Latin America, urging Washington to pursue dialogue rather than military intervention.
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[2026-03-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has cautioned the US administration against trying to build “an empire” in Latin America, urging Washington to pursue dialogue rather than military intervention.
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[2026-03-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAN JOSÉ (AP) — El gobierno de Costa Rica deportó el viernes a 33 personas acusadas de varios delitos en el país y que fueron transportadas en colaboración con Estados Unidos.
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[2026-03-14 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Un sismo de magnitud 6,3 se produjo el viernes cerca de las costas de la región de Atacama, en el norte de Chile, sin que se hayan reportado víctimas ni daños hasta el momento.
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[2026-03-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Rio de Janeiro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People from across the world queue for hours to get a video taken on the famous ‘Gateway to Heaven’ rooftop in the heart of Brazil’s most iconic city
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[2026-03-13 17:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado junto con las banderas de Venezuela y Chile en una reunión con la comunidad venezolana en Santiago de Chile, el 12 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Esteban Felix)
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[2026-03-13 17:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Latin boy band Santos Bravos released its first EP, “Dual,” on Friday, marking the group’s first new music in about two months, according to Hybe Latin America on the same day.
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[2026-03-13 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El entrenador Eduardo “Chacho” Coudet debutó con éxito en el banquillo de River Plate, que venció el jueves 2-1 a domicilio a Huracán, en el encuentro que cerró la 10ma. fecha del Torneo Apertura del fútbol argentino.
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[2026-03-13 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SANTIAGO, Chile — The government of Chile's new right-wing president Jose Antonio Kast signed a memorandum with the United States on Thursday to cooperate on the supply of critical minerals and rare earths.
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[2026-03-13 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave to supporters from the balcony of La Moneda presidential palace after his inauguration in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
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[2026-03-13 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIMA (AP) — Al menos tres personas murieron y otras cinco permanecían desaparecidas en los Andes el jueves a consecuencia de las fuertes lluvias que golpean varias zonas de Perú debido al incremento de la temperatura en las aguas oceánicas que las autoridades atribuyen al fenómeno climático El Niño Costero.
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[2026-03-13 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves after bidding farewell to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright following their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-03-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta interina de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, sonríe mientras se despide del secretario de Energía de Estados Unidos, Chris Wright, al finalizar su encuentro del miércoles 11 de febrero de 2026, en el palacio de Miraflores, en Caracas. (AP Foto/Ariana Cubillos)
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