Argentina's majority state-owned energy company YPF has filed to enroll its Argentina LNG project in the country's RIGI investment incentive regime. The $51 billion project is the largest ever submitted under the scheme, underscoring the scale of the country's Vaca Muerta gas ambitions.
Venezuela's government released 131 detained prisoners on Friday, with human rights groups hailing the freeing of people they say were held unjustly or for political reasons. Families described emotional reunions after months of uncertainty.
A Quaest poll shows Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's rejection rate at 54%, two points above President Lula's 52%. The figures were released two days before campaigning officially opens for Brazil's October 4 elections.
Deivi Delfín and his brother, who lost their mother in an earlier Venezuelan quake, moved to Colombia seeking safety, only to be caught in the deadly earthquake that struck the Cali region. Their story highlights the human toll of the region's back-to-back disasters.
Argentina's Supreme Court declared a 2019 emergency-decree provision unconstitutional, ruling the government failed to justify using emergency powers to amend a matter reserved for Congress. The decision tightens judicial oversight of presidential decree authority.
Rescue teams in Colombia rushed on Friday to free a survivor trapped under rubble left by a powerful earthquake nearly four days earlier that has killed at least 285 people and injured 4,000. About 400 people remain missing and tens of thousands of homes were damaged.
Brazil's Liberal Party was unable to file Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy with the Superior Electoral Court, after the electoral system recorded him as a member of a different party. The deadline for submitting candidacies expires Saturday evening.
Hopes of finding survivors are fading in Colombia after Monday's powerful earthquake, with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. Rescue teams near the epicenter city of Cali are increasingly focused on recovering bodies, even as some families continue searching on their own.
President Donald Trump on Thursday imposed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and their components, including from key US allies, citing national security concerns and a need to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. The measures are set to take effect in 21 days.
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella declared an economic emergency on Wednesday to address the consequences of Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west of the country. The move comes against a backdrop of fiscal constraints that will shape how reconstruction is financed.