Milei marks war anniversary with Malvinas oil warning

President Javier Milei marked the anniversary of the 1982 South Atlantic war on Thursday with a vow that Argentina would respond with “all necessary diplomatic measures” to oil exploration around the Malvinas... Read more »

A low-profile Lula loyalist is Brazil’s new chief of staff

Miriam Belchior, President Lula’s new chief of staff, was in practice the key official directing the team that manages the federal administration. The new minister, previously the executive secretary in the same... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: March 27 to April 1

  VETERANS DAY President Javier Milei and his Vice-President Victoria Villarruel marked the 44th anniversary of the outbreak of the South Atlantic war last Thursday over 3,000 kilometres apart, addressing rallies in... Read more »

U.S. advances trade investigation that could lead to new sanctions against Brazil

The U.S. administration has told officials in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government that it is nearing the final stages of its main trade investigation opened against Brazil last year, which... Read more »

Agustín Salvia: ‘Poverty has fallen, yet we are becoming poorer’

Sociologist and analyst Agustín Salvia is the Director of the Observatorio de la Deuda Social Argentina (“Argentine Social Debt Observatory”) at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), a research centre that measures... Read more »

As legacy basins plateau, advanced seismic data is guiding exploration into Brazil’s next high-potential frontiers.

For more than 40 years, multiclient seismic data has been a quiet and steadfast engine propelling global exploration. Central to play-opening discoveries from the North Sea to the Southern Atlantic, multiclient seismic... Read more »

‘The US is no longer the go-to place’: How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm | K-pop

On the polished flagstones of a Santiago cultural centre’s forecourt, four Chilean girls dance in energetic union, counting their steps aloud in Korean. In front of them, a YouTube video with 1.3bn... Read more »

‘The US is no longer the go-to place’: How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm | K-pop

On the polished flagstones of a Santiago cultural centre’s forecourt, four Chilean girls dance in energetic union, counting their steps aloud in Korean. In front of them, a YouTube video with 1.3bn... Read more »

Astronauts blast off for historic ‘Artemis II’ US lunar journey

Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the Moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With an intense roar that... Read more »

How weaving, glamping and kayak tours are helping to tackle deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco | Global development

Jorge Luna stands in a piece of Argentina’s Gran Chaco forest that he calls his own. Birds sing as he surveys skyscraping molle trees, known as pepper trees, palo santo and algarrobo,... Read more »