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Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena delivers a speech after a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Asuncion in July. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

Paraguay eyes Chinese parts assembly plan amid US tariff war with China, Brazil

Effort comes as pressure mounts for country to review recognition of Taiwan.

Crime

Colombian presidential hopeful dies 2 months after shooting

Donald Trump

Mexico vows ‘no invasion’ over Trump threat to target cartels

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Crime

New president for Haiti as gangs threaten to topple government

Wealthy businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr assumes leadership of the transitional council, which has struggled to contain the country’s armed groups.

Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is riddled with poverty and gang violence against a backdrop of political instability. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil’s Lula rejects ‘humiliation’ of calling Trump over tariff row

US duties on Brazilian goods have jumped to 50 per cent, but the South American leader says he thinks Trump ‘doesn’t want to talk’.

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Brazil

China opens door to Brazilian coffee as US slaps on new tariff

Move is expected to boost Brazilian coffee shipments as Chinese demand is rising.

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Colombia

Colombia ex-president Alvaro Uribe gets 12 years house arrest for bribery

His trial gripped the country, tarnishing the legacy of a politician credited by many for saving the country from becoming a failed state.

A screen grab from a live broadcast shows Colombian former president Alvaro Uribe gesturing during his sentencing hearing in Bogotá on Friday. Photo: Juzgados Especializados de Paloquemao via AFP
Human rights

El Salvador clears path for endless Bukele rule by scrapping term limits

Changes will allow indefinite presidential re-election, extend terms from five years to six and scrap run-offs.

Hong Kong economy

Panama logs over 160 actions in ports investigation amid US-China canal dispute

Panama’s attorney general says inquiry into alleged wrongdoing by CK Hutchison unit that runs two Panama Canal ports is ‘not a routine case’.

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Crime

Uribe becomes first Colombian ex-leader to be convicted of a crime

US State Secretary Marco Rubio has called the former president’s trial ‘the weaponisation of Colombia’s judicial branch by radical judges’.

Alvaro Uribe’s supporters wear masks of the former Colombian president as they gather outside the Paloquemao Judicial Complex in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday. Photo: EPA
Google

Google street nude? Man pictured naked in his yard gets payout

Argentine court rules Google violated dignity by capturing and publishing homeowner’s image from his backyard.

A Google Street View camera. File photo: Shutterstock
United States

Argentina eases visa requirements for Chinese nationals in new overture to Beijing

Move comes as President Milei seeks to shift foreign policy amid delayed US trade talks.

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Brazil

Police raid Bolsonaro’s home as US revokes Brazil judge’s visa in widening feud

Washington’s move came after judge Moraes imposed ‘suffocating’ curbs on the former leader, who is facing coup charges.

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Vietnam

‘Barbaric’ migrants from Vietnam, Laos, other nations deported by US to eSwatini

The five foreign nationals, convicted of violent crimes, were deported after their countries refused to repatriate them.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer watches as deportees board a military plane. Photo: Sergeant Walker Pino/US Department of Defence/AFP
US-Cuba relations

Cuba minister resigns after saying her country has no beggars

Cuba’s labour minister draws fire for asserting those seen begging in her economically depressed country were pretending to be poor.

A woman in Havana, Cuba. searches through a dumpster looking for useful items. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Trump to hit at least 100 smaller nations with tariffs over 10%

US Commerce chief Howard Lutnick says the countries with goods being taxed at these rates would be in Africa and the Caribbean.

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Crime

Gangs burn iconic Haiti hotel that rose to international fame

Grand Hotel Oloffson, famed for inspiring books and hosting celebrities, destroyed as gang violence sweeps Port-au-Prince.

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US immigration

US will try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to ‘third country’ before trial

Justice Department lawyer reveals plan to expel El Salvadoran man, who is at the centre of a lawsuit over deportation.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned in March before being returned to the United States. Photo: Abrego Garcia family via Reuters
India

Suriname’s parliament elects country’s first woman president

Jennifer Simons is set to helm the South American country on the cusp of a predicted oil boom.

Colombia

Colombia police capture alleged mastermind in attack on presidential candidate

The conservative senator is still in intensive care after he was struck from behind while giving a speech in a Bogota park.

Colombia

US and Colombia recall their ambassadors in diplomatic tussle

Presidents Trump and Petro had previously clashed over Colombia’s refusal to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants.

Colombia and the US managed to pull back from the brink of a trade war earlier this year. Photo: AP
Crime

Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-sub fitted with Starlink

The vessel was believed to be on a trial run by a drug trafficking cartel.

An unmanned semi-submersible between two Colombian Navy boats on July 2, 2025. Photo: Colombian Navy via AFP
El Salvador

El Salvador takes swipe at Paris fashion show over tribute to mega-prison

President Nayib Bukele said the event attempted to ‘glorify criminality’ as he offered to send prisoners to France.

China trade

China imports Argentina soybean meal in trial amid US tensions

Shipment expected to arrive in Guangdong in September as country seeks to secure supplies of key animal feed ingredient during US trade war.

Environment

Chinese energy firms say Brazil must clarify rules or face loss of investments

Energy Summit panellists say that Brasília needs to act quickly on framework for energy storage and long-term concessions.

The Canudos Wind Energy Complex in Bahia state, Brazil. China has become one of Brazil’s biggest energy investors, with roughly 72 per cent of confirmed projects focusing on wind, solar and other clean technologies. Photo: AFP
Crime

Ecuador recaptures most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ in army operation

Notorious drug lord, whose 2024 escape triggered widespread violence, was apprehended after a months-long manhunt.

Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar after being recaptured. Photo: Ecuadorean Army via AFP
Aviation accidents

Hot-air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing 8

Thirteen people survived, including the pilot, who had lowered the balloon and ordered passengers to jump out.

War and conflict

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua, dead at 95

The first woman to be elected president in the Americas, Chamorro ended the civil war between the Contras and the Sandinista government.

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