United States

Tuesday, August 11th 2026 - 10:00 UTC
American Airlines resumes its seasonal Montevideo-Miami route in December

American Airlines will restart its seasonal service between Carrasco International Airport and Miami International Airport on December 3, once again becoming the only carrier offering nonstop flights between Uruguay and the United States during the peak summer season.
Friday, August 7th 2026 - 21:17 UTC
Venezuelan government and opposition open US-backed talks

Delegations from the Venezuelan government and one sector of the opposition met on Thursday in Caracas to open negotiations backed by the United States, in the first face-to-face encounter since Nicolás Maduro's detention by US forces on January 3.
Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 22:08 UTC
Two months from the vote, Lula turns diplomatic crises into a sovereignty message

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enters the final stretch toward the October 4 elections with three open diplomatic fronts and a message centered on defending national sovereignty.
Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 08:18 UTC
Navitas broadens its US Gulf portfolio with stakes in two oil discoveries, oil industry media

Navitas Petroleum has signed agreements to obtain a 33.33% interest in the Tiberius and Logan oil discoveries in the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) from Occidental and Kosmos Energy, expanding its Gulf of America hydrocarbon portfolio.
Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 06:08 UTC
Miliband meets Marco Rubio in Washington for ‘productive’ talks and ‘to strengthen diplomatic partnership between US and UK’

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband for official bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday August 5, 2026.
Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 21:44 UTC
SpaceX rocket stage crashes into the Moon after 18 months adrift

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the lunar surface on Wednesday near the Einstein crater, in an unplanned impact that NASA described as safe and posing no risk to Earth or to missions operating on the Moon.
Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:46 UTC
Brasília accuses Washington of seeking to interfere in the October elections

Brazil's government on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting to interfere in the October 4 presidential election, responding to the revocation of the visa of its ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.
Wednesday, August 5th 2026 - 08:22 UTC
Trump calls on US companies to lower gasoline prices, “Oil Prices Down, NOW!”

This Monday President Donald Trump demanded that U.S. oil companies immediately lower gasoline prices after crude futures plunged following his decision to suspend another planned military strike on Iran. In a Truth Social post, Trump instructed producers to “get your consumer (retail!) Oil Prices DOWN, NOW!”
Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:19 UTC
US revokes Brazilian ambassador's visa over delay in accepting its envoy

The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in response to the Brazilian government's delay in granting diplomatic approval to the US ambassador designated for Brasília and to the denial of visas to several American diplomats, senior State Department officials said on Tuesday.
Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 23:14 UTC
Milei: the alliance with Washington is the “key” to sovereignty over the Falklands

Argentine President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government's alignment with the United States will advance Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands, in remarks to Radio Mitre.