Brazil says that it is deploying troops along its border with Venezuela after the Venezuelan government announced plans to incorporate an area controlled by Guyana into its territory. The oil-rich Essequibo region has been in dispute since the 19th Century when Guyana was a British colony...
Far inside Argentina’s remote Patagonian Desert, a massive radio antenna with a 100-foot diameter dish reaches to the sky from the dusty landscape. The giant antenna is part of a 400-acre deep-space ground station operated by China’s military, which has assured its host country that the...
Argentina’s new far-right president has vowed to deliver economic “shock treatment” in his first speech after formally taking office. Javier Milei warned Argentines “there is no money” and recommitted to a programme of harsh austerity measures. The populist...
If Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh was bothered about the claims made about her in Omid Scobie’s bombshell book, she certainly didn’t show it as she completed a visit to Colombia. The Duchess was invited on the trip at the request of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
It is hot in Brazil, so hot that pop star Taylor Swift had to postpone concerts in Rio de Janeiro last week, after a first concert where the heat might have contributed to one fan’s death. This event, that occurred as the heat index (accounting for humidity) in the city approached a...
