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'Football Belongs to No Individual': Three Confederations Accuse Infantino as Trump Rushes to His Defence
UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC — three of FIFA's six confederations, whose presidents are also FIFA vice-presidents — accuse Gianni Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" and demand an independent review of the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup. CAF and CONMEBOL did not sign. That evening, Donald Trump said replacing him would be "a terrible mistake".
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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Colombia: National Disaster Declared Three Days After Espriella's Inauguration
At 7:34 a.m. on Monday, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, with its epicentre in Chocó. Felt as far as Quito, Panama and Caracas, it collapsed Pereira's airport and damaged hundreds of buildings. The president, in office for three days, declared a national disaster. Depending on the newsroom, the toll runs from 111 to 138 dead — and more than 2,000 people are registered as missing.
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Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president, in Cali not Bogotá
On 7 August 2026, millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in for 2026-2030 before Milei, Kast, Noboa, Felipe VI and Infantino — but not Gustavo Petro. The ceremony was moved to Cali, the first speech delivered in a barracks, 11,000 personnel deployed. Fifteen countries describe the same man under fifteen different names: Trump ally, far-right president, anti-establishment outsider.
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Trump narrows birthright citizenship and bans 'birth tourism'
Five weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his first executive order, Donald Trump signed two more on 6 August 2026: one denies automatic citizenship to children of four categories of non-citizen parents, the other bans 'birth tourism'. Fourteen countries read it from very different vantage points — a constitutional precedent for some, a direct threat to their nationals for others.
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Leo XIV Announces His First Latin American Trip: Uruguay, Argentina and Peru — but Not Brazil
The Vatican confirmed on Wednesday that Leo XIV will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6 to 17 November. The pope will return to Chiclayo, where he was bishop, and Argentina will receive a pope for the first time in nearly forty years — something Francis, an Argentine, never did. Brazil is not on the itinerary. Five countries read the announcement by what they get.
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Lula, 80, Runs for a Fourth Term in Brazil
On August 2 the Workers' Party formally nominated Lula, 80, for a fourth term against Flavio Bolsonaro. "I have the energy I had at 30," he said. From Buenos Aires, Milei calls him "a thief"; from Santiago, the same bid reads as a bulwark against the far right. Ten countries treat one candidacy as a test of longevity, of sovereignty, or of democracy itself.
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Ollanta Humala freed after his conviction is annulled
Peru's Constitutional Court has annulled, by five votes to two, the entire criminal case against former president Ollanta Humala, sentenced in 2025 to fifteen years in prison in the Odebrecht affair. Now out of Barbadillo, he leaves Latin America divided over what the ruling means.
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Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's president, vows the army against crime
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in on July 28 as president of Peru for 2026-2031, the first woman elected to the post. Before several Latin American heads of state, she announced deploying the armed forces against crime and a minimum-wage increase, in a deeply divided country.
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Colombia: president-elect De La Espriella breaks with Cuba and closes 14 embassies
Far-right president-elect Abelardo De La Espriella announces closing 14 embassies and severing ties with Cuba and Nicaragua, aligning Bogota with the Trump-Milei axis. His August 7 inauguration, moved to Cali, divides opinion, while Western coverage of the story remains nearly absent.
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US Hits Brazil With 25% Tariff, Lula Invokes Reciprocity Law
Washington slaps a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods; Lula's government retaliates via the Reciprocity Law, the Ibovespa falls and industry sounds the alarm. Latin American neighbors watch the trade clash between the Americas' two largest economies.
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Deadly double earthquake strikes Venezuela
A double earthquake hit Venezuela, killing around 3,600 people and injuring more than 17,000 according to the government toll. International rescue teams mobilised as thousands remained homeless and Caracas airport struggled to reopen.
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