Stories that caught our eye: August 29 to September 5

  A PROVINCE VOTES Buenos Aires Province will be holding advanced midterm elections tomorrow at provincial level to renew half its bicameral legislature (i.e. 23 deputies and 46 senators) as well as... Read more »

Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial | Jair Bolsonaro

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was days away from taking office for his third term as the Brazilian president when soldiers from a special operations unit allegedly discussed the best way to... Read more »

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank as violence surges | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank amid a sharp escalation of violence, following the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call this week to take over most... Read more »

What’s at stake in Sunday’s election

President Javier Milei’s government goes to the polls tomorrow seeking the backing of voters at its worst moment. The lacklustre midweek campaign closing ceremony is symptomatic of the disorder reigning within the... Read more »

All set for first day of coup trial against Bolsonaro and others — MercoPress

All set for first day of coup trial against Bolsonaro and others Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 – 10:26 UTC “We have had 40 years of institutional stability,” Barroso stressed Brazil’s... Read more »

GE Aerospace strikers: “There’s got to be a line in the sand—that’s what we’re doing”

Are you a striking GE Aerospace or Boeing worker? To build rank-and-file committees to transfer power from the union apparatus to workers on the shop floor, fill out the form at the... Read more »

Messi bags a brace, enjoys last World Cup qualifier to fullest

Skipper Lionel Messi bid farewell to his home crowd and World Cup qualifying on Thursday at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires with a brace.  In his final South American qualifier, Argentina’s... Read more »

Argentina Markets Weather Political Storm as Peso Finds Footing

Markets across Argentina showed resilience on September 5, 2025, despite political turmoil surrounding President Javier Milei ahead of crucial provincial elections. The S&P Merval surged 3.08% to close at 1,993,559 points, recovering... Read more »

Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan? | India-Pakistan Tensions News

Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s north and central regions, particularly in its Punjab province, submerging villages,... Read more »

Major defeat for Milei: Senate overturns veto of disability law

Javier Milei suffered a humbling defeat on Thursday as the Senate vowed to overturn a presidential veto for the first time in 22 years. In a major political blow for the Casa... Read more »