Latin America

Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:30 UTC
Leo XIV begins his tour in Uruguay, praising Mercosur and peace and questioning abortion and euthanasia

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on Friday, the first stop on his South American tour, and in a speech to Uruguayan authorities praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, but also defended life “even that which is still growing in the mother’s womb” and questioned euthanasia, in a country where both are legal and which is considered the most secular in the region.
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Friday, November 6th 2026 - 01:38 UTC
Watchdog publishes a list of 77 clergy accused of abuse in Peru ahead of the Pope’s visit

US-based organisation Bishop Accountability on Thursday presented in Lima a list of 77 members of Peru’s Catholic clergy publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, days before Pope Leo XIV, who lived in the country for more than two decades, begins his tour of South America. Victims and the organisation called on the pontiff to take concrete steps, including setting up a truth commission.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:21 UTC
Ibero-American foreign ministers unanimously back Argentina’s Falklands claim

Ibero-American foreign ministers meeting in Madrid unanimously approved a special communiqué backing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, on the eve of the Hamburg hearing on the Sea Lion oil project.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:14 UTC
One dead and more than 2,000 affected by El Niño flooding in the Galápagos

Heavy rains linked to the El Niño phenomenon triggered a flash flood on Santa Cruz island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago overnight from Friday to Saturday, leaving one person dead and more than 2,000 affected, according to local mayor Fanny Uribe. Water reached up to three metres deep in some neighbourhoods of Puerto Ayora, the island’s main town.
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Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:00 UTC
Peru declares an El Niño emergency in nearly three-quarters of the country ahead of the Pope’s visit

Peru’s government has declared a two-month state of emergency over the risk of heavy rains linked to the El Niño phenomenon in 1,380 of the country’s 1,891 districts, about 73%, including all the places Pope Leo XIV will visit in northern Peru from November 13. The measure covers districts in all 24 departments and the province of Callao.
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Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Cristina Kirchner meets Lula’s digital strategist in a bid to replicate his comeback in Argentina

Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner on Monday received Brazilian lawmaker André Janones, creator of the WhatsApp channel that helped Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva win re-election, in Buenos Aires, as the Peronist opposition looks to Brazil for keys to defeating Javier Milei in the 2027 presidential election.
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Saturday, October 31st 2026 - 01:14 UTC
From Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina

Pope Leo XIV will begin a tour of South America in Montevideo on November 6 that will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with open-air Masses, meetings with Presidents Yamandú Orsi and Javier Milei, and events with young people, workers and prisoners. His stop in Argentina, from November 8 to 11, will be the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II’s in April 1987.
Wednesday, October 28th 2026 - 14:50 UTC
Argentina confirms Bolsonaro crossed via Iguazú before flying to Miami

Argentina’s government confirmed that Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated in Sunday’s presidential runoff and barred by a court from leaving Brazil, entered Argentina at Puerto Iguazú with his family before flying to the United States on a private plane. Bolsonaro landed on Wednesday morning at Opa-locka Executive Airport in Miami.
Wednesday, October 28th 2026 - 03:30 UTC
Latin America’s energy inflation reaches its highest level in a year

Annual energy inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean accelerated to 8.33% in August, its highest level in twelve months, and pressure on fuel prices continued in September and October, when diesel prices matched petrol for the first time, according to a report by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) published by the Energy Report website.
Monday, October 26th 2026 - 13:16 UTC
Trump questions Lula’s victory as most of the region, including the right, congratulates him

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election in Brazil and compared it with the 2020 US election, while most Latin American governments, including several right-wing allies of Washington, congratulated the Brazilian president. In Argentina, President Javier Milei remained silent.