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  • Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Trump unveils “FIFA Pass” to expedite football World Cup visas

    “For those who intend to join us for the World Cup, I strongly recommend that you apply for your visa immediately,” Trump suggested

    US President Donald Trump announced on Monday an expedited visa processing system for international spectators planning to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be hosted across the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

  • Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    US drops tariffs on hundreds of Peruvian agricultural products

    Mera highlighted the importance of natural fruit juices in Peru's foreign trade

    The United States has granted a major expansion of Peruvian tariff-free products to enter its market, Foreign Trade and Tourism Teresa Mera confirmed on Monday in Lima.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Maybe Argentina-US deal is ”an advantage,” says Orsi

    “You have to open up,” Orsi highlighted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi pointed out that the recently announced Reciprocal Trade and Investment Framework between Argentina and the United States placed his country in a position where it is “best to be attentive, maybe it's an advantage.”

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Trump: Talks with Maduro possible

    Plans are already being reviewed for a post-Maduro Venezuela

    US President Donald Trump admitted late Sunday that he might be open to talks with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, signaling a possible diplomatic path alongside growing military pressure in the Caribbean. “We may have talks with Maduro, and we will see what the outcome is,” Trump said. “They want to talk,” he added.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    New US strike leaves 3 suspected drug traffickers dead

    Holsey said the deployment is being carried out following Trump's directives

    Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a new attack by United States forces in the Eastern Pacific in international waters, it was announced in Washington. The three individuals were described as “narco-terrorists,” and the mission was said to have been carried out under Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed.

  • Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina-US deal shakes up Uruguay

    “We don't have to take any position,” Lubetkin said

    The recent announcement by Washington and Buenos Aires of a joint trade agreement has generated controversy in Montevideo, where it is perceived as a violation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) rules, so the government of President Yamandú Orsi will monitor the case closely.

  • Friday, November 14th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    US launches “Operation Southern Spear” against narco-terrorists

    US acting on Trump's orders, Hegseth noted

    US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the formal launch of Operation Southern Spear on Thursday, a major military offensive led by the Southern Command (Southcom) aimed at “eliminating narco-terrorists from our hemisphere.”

  • Friday, November 14th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    US and Argentina set framework for reciprocal trade and investment agreement

    Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to celebrate the agreement

    Presidents Donald J. Trump (United States) and Javier Milei (Argentina) announced on Thursday a “Framework for a Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement,” reaffirming a strategic alliance based on shared democratic values and a commitment to free enterprise and open markets.

  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 20:42 UTC

    Trump pardons Lewis in insider trading case

    The 88-year-old entrepreneur has various businesses in Argentine Patagonia

    British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it was confirmed Thursday. The measure came after Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty last year in New York to insider trading charges. He was subsequently sentenced to pay a US$5 million fine and serve three years of probation.

  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

    Newsom is already hailed as a potential presidential candidate

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.