South America - Page 40

February 13, 2024

Milei, Pope Francis embrace in Rome despite past insults: 'May the forces of heaven accompany us'

President Javier Milei, who previously called Pope Francis an "imbecile" and a "son of a b----," embraced the pontiff in an emotional hug this week at the Vatican.

February 12, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago facing 'national emergency' after major coastal oil spill

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley has announced a "national emergency" following a large oil spill off the southern Caribbean nation's coast.

February 7, 2024

Ecuador to decriminalize euthanasia after landmark legal ruling regarding terminally ill patient

Ecuador's high court ruled Wednesday in favor of a terminally ill woman seeking 'death with dignity,' or decriminalization of euthanasia in the South American country.

February 7, 2024

Chile's former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash at the age of 74

Chile's former president Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash. He was known for helping Chile become one of the top countries with the highest COVID vaccination rates.

February 6, 2024

The death toll from Chile's wildfires reaches 131, and more than 300 people are missing

Raging wildfires outside of Valparaiso, in central Chile, are the most serious disaster the nation has confronted since the devastating 2010 earthquake.

February 6, 2024

Argentina's maverick Javier Milei pledges to move embassy to Jerusalem, Bibi praises 'dear friend'

Argentinian President Javier Milei is spending three days in Israel, where he will visit a kibbutz devastated by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and meet with Israeli leadership.

February 5, 2024

122 dead, hundreds more missing as central Chile torched by wildfires

Chilean officials raised the death toll from a series of recent wildfires to 122 Monday, with hundreds of others still unaccounted for as rescuers scour affected areas.

February 5, 2024

US pledges urgent military aid increase for Guyana amid continued Venezuelan aggression

The U.S. government will increase urgent military assistance to Guyana, officials reported Monday, as neighboring Venezuela continues encroaching upon its Essequibo territory.

February 4, 2024

Hippos from hell: Pablo Escobar's private zoo leaves nation racing against time to save ecosystem 40 years on

Fox News' Griff Jenkins travels to Colombia to give an inside scoop on the devastating hippo crisis wreaking havoc on the country's ecosystem in Fox Nation's 'The Drug Lord's Hippos.'

February 2, 2024

Milei-backed 'omnibus' reform bill gets initial approval from Argentine lawmakers

Argentina's lower chamber of deputies granted approval to a broad-ranging "omnibus" reform bill championed by libertarian President Javier Milei