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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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Topic: South America

India-Brazil issue joint declaration to deepen trade as Delhi seeks to diversify export markets

On Thursday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal met with Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who is in India for a 3-day visit, as Delhi and Brasília look to expand strategic ties.

Modi set for 5-nation Africa & Latin America visit in July; will be 1st PM to visit Ghana since Rao

It will be his second visit to South America in last 8 months. The packed schedule will see a week of travel, as New Delhi seeks to step up its cooperation with the two regions.

1 killed & thousands displaced as category 4 Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica

A woman died in Jamaica’s Hanover parish after a tree fell on her home. Warning for hurricane is in effect for Jamaica, Cayman Islands & eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Oropouche virus is rapidly spreading in South America. It can cause large outbreaks

The lack of resources to test and track the OROV virus through comprehensive surveillance systems severely hampers efforts to accurately monitor outbreaks.

From Amazon basin to South & Central America — study follows journey cacao plant made 5,000 yrs ago

Published in Scientific Reports journal, the French study looks at how plant may have spread via trade routes & attempts to understand how popular cacao varieties were domesticated.

Not just the Amazon rain forest, other one-of-a-kind ecosystems are burning down too

South America’s Pantanal wetlands — reaching into Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay — are burning at a record pace this year, and commercial farmers are largely to blame.

South American country Suriname elects Indian-origin President, ends dictatorial rule

Suriname, where Hinduism is the second most practiced religion in the country, voted former police chief Chan Santokhi to replace Desi Bouterse as president.

Uruguay quietly beats coronavirus, distinguishing itself from S. American neighbours again

While it has not eliminated the virus, as similarly sized New Zealand has, Uruguay is one of just a handful of countries to effectively manage the disease.

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro confirms Latin and South America’s Right-ward tilt

Only Mexico, right next to Donald Trump's America, has refused to fall in line as it elected Left-leaning Lopez Obrador in July.

HoaXposed: Woman stabbed video tweeted by fake Anil Kapoor’s account is not from India

The video received more than 350 retweets and was viewed by more than 2,900 people.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.