A sculpture team in Callao, Peru, completed the largest statue in the country this week: a towering, nearly 46-feet-tall likeness of Pope Leo XIV, who is expected to return to his adopted homeland on Wednesday.
Local authorities in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reported a harrowing attack by the Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) this weekend that resulted in the mass escape of Ebola patients at a local hospital, their whereabouts now unknown.
One of the top officials in Iran’s Foreign Ministry insisted in an interview on Monday that no peace deal with the United States could require the country to give up its large stash of enriched uranium, calling the prospect “off the table.”
Police and prosecutors in Paraguay revealed on Sunday the discovery of a mystery vault in a vacation home belonging to former President Santiago Peña, who was impeached and arrested on Friday in response to the seizure of one of the country’s most popular banks.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday to an expansive cavalry display and warm greeting from libertarian President Javier Milei, beginning the second leg of a three-country tour of Latin America.
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the frontrunner in this year’s presidential election in Brazil, asserted on Friday that the results showing that incumbent socialist President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva defeated him were “impossible.” Bolsonaro questioned whether Lula would even allow a presidential election in 2030 in his first major interview with Brazilian media since escaping to Florida last week.
The Congress of Paraguay rejected a request by President Santiago Peña — who unsuccessfully attempted to resign the day before — to be given 72 hours to prepare a legal case after Peña was blocked from resigning and forced to face impeachment.
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin welcomed the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, to the Kremlin on Thursday, receiving a message allegedly from missing “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei.
The Kremlin appeared to dismiss the idea that midterm election results would meaningfully change Russia’s relationship with the United States.
Conservative Santiago Peña of Paraguay resigned from the presidency of his country on Thursday after the Paraguayan legislature began impeachment proceedings against him for his allegedly role in the seizure of one of the largest banks in the country, which left millions unable to access their own money.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and signed a variety of agreements alongside that country’s crown prince.
Public health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) revealed this week the latest updated numbers on Ebola cases in the country have resulted in a death toll of over 50 percent.
The South Korean Defense Ministry debuted a new office to oversee the development and use of military drones, the Defense Drone Agency, on Monday, intended to make the country more independent from relying on foreign manufacturers and more competitive with communist North Korea.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro published a statement on Sunday hinting that he was planning several major media appearances in the next week to explain his departure from Brazil after losing the 2026 presidential election – and indicating that he had already rejected invites to interviews out of censorship concerns.
Steve Witkoff announced “working-level” talks between Russia and Ukraine scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi.
Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, anticipating meetings with leftist President Lee Jae-myung focused on broadening trade relations with the East Asian country.
Vente Venezuela, the political party of María Corina Machado, announced a plan recently to help identify Venezuelan population centers.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that it would be deploying a host of diplomats to critical Middle East countries in the next month to strengthen its economic and political position in the region, particularly in the context of the ongoing commercial shipping interruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Two Chevrolet Colorado vehicles outfitted with security bubbles in the back arrived in Lima, Peru, on Sunday from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where General Motors completed the customization of the pickup trucks to serve as “popemobiles” for Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the country this month.
Regime officials in Cuba staged a warm welcome on Thursday for Richard Tur, a former member of the country’s United Nations delegation who was expelled from America this week after attacking U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz’s spokesman.
The president of the Liberal Party (PL) of Brazil said Jair Bolsonaro was not aware of his son Flávio’s plan to leave the country.
The Foreign Ministry of Colombia announced on Thursday that, through information obtained from both Ukraine and Russia, it estimated that nearly 1,000 Colombian citizens were missing “in the context of” the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and another 256 were confirmed dead, fighting on both sides.
Chinese state media outlets issued scathing condemnations of Sanrio, the Japanese company behind characters such as Hello Kitty, over a TV collaboration.
The United Nations passed a symbolic resolution on Wednesday condemning the alleged American “embargo” on Cuba with the lowest number of positive votes since the tradition began in the 1990s, suggesting a dramatic turn against the communist state at the international body.
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro published a letter on Wednesday night, deleted and edited twice thereafter, in which he addressed his departure from Brazil after losing Sunday’s presidential election, declaring himself the victim of a “witch hunt” and insisting he had not abandoned his country.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping personally congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday after Brazil affirmed his victory in this year’s presidential election, extending his rule for a fourth term in office.
Brazilian news outlets claimed that Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro fled the country after authorities attempted to confiscate his passport.
Conservative presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro announced on Monday that he will ask the nation’s top electoral court to annul the results of Sunday’s presidential election, which declared incumbent socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the victor, citing various abuses of power.
A senior State Department official told reporters on Monday that the U.S. government expects the two sides negotiating the reconstruction of the government of Venezuela to have established a new, legitimate Supreme Court before the end of 2026 and a new National Electoral Council (CNE) by early 2027, paving the way for elections.
Marxist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used his victory speech on Sunday – following a hard-fought election in which a last-minute decision to keep some polling stations open past official time marred trust in the results – to warn that his government will use its power to attempt to censor objectionable political voices online.
Venezuela’s most popular opposition leader, former lawmaker and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, made a surprise arrival in her home country on Sunday after being trapped in exile for about a year, welcomed home by throngs of adoring crowds.
Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, was elected president of Brazil for a fourth term in Sunday’s runoff election, narrowly defeating conservative Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in a tightly contested race in which both sides alleged irregularities and the Supreme Court intervened to extend voting.
The government of Switzerland confirmed on Friday that a woman identified as the first patient in Nigeria diagnosed with Ebola Bundibugyo in the context of an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is an Ugandan-born Swiss national who had not recently visited the DRC.
Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said doing business with Turkey does not legitimize President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Local authorities in Tehran, Iran, erected an art display this week in which an actor depicting President Donald Trump is placed in a cage hanging above a public square, performing President Trump’s signature dance and eliciting jeers from passersby.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry belatedly condemned on Wednesday the issuing of an arrest warrant by Florida authorities for Raúl Castro, the 95-year-old communist dictator of Cuba, referring to the widely hated repressor as a “venerated revolutionary leader.”
Socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani congratulated Brazil on a new labor law, applauding Lula just days before the presidential election.
President Donald Trump’s bold decision to approve the mission to arrest former dictator Nicolás Maduro created the “path to hope” that Venezuelans are cautiously taking toward holding elections, Dinorah Figuera, the surgeon and former lawmaker representing the opposition in talks with post-Maduro socialists, told Breitbart News this week.
A senior Ukrainian diplomat joined a U.S.-hosted panel at the United Nations on Monday condemning human rights abuses by the communist government of Cuba, describing Cuban citizens as among the largest groups of foreign recruits aiding the Russian invasion of his country.
Venezuela needs a competent supreme court, truly independent political parties, the freedom of its political prisoners, and the restored trust of its people for a democratic transition to successfully take place, Dinorah Figuera, the leader of the opposition delegation negotiating that transition, told Breitbart News.
