
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.

Paraguay has signed a cooperation agreement with El Salvador to improve its public sector, citing the need for greater efficiency amid global economic instability. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was reached between Paraguay's National Institute of Public Administration (INAPP) and the Higher School of Innovation in Public Administration (ESIAP) of El Salvador.

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.

Colombia signed a US$ 4.3 billion deal to buy Swedish Gripen fighter jets at a time when the country, once a staunch ally of the US, is now ruled by a left leaning government locked in tension with President Donald Trump in his Caribbean battle against what he calls narco-terrorist regimes.

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.

Nearly 3,000 head of cattle exported from Uruguay are stranded aboard a cargo ship off the coast of Türkiye, unable to unload their cargo due to irregularities in their health and commercial certifications, according to Turkish authorities.

A Chilean Army corporal was wounded Friday afternoon after a conscript soldier accidentally discharged his service weapon at a border observation post near the Peruvian frontier.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have upped all border security measures after Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), backed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other international agencies, admitted to the spreading of a cholera outbreak, it was reported in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola on Friday.

A mandatory period of electoral silence began on Friday in Chile, providing a window for reflection ahead of Sunday's presidential and legislative elections, following a long and acrimonious campaign.

The High Court of Justice in London found on Friday that the English mining company BHP was accountable for the collapse of the Fundão Dam in the city of Mariana, in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais, ten years ago. The company is a shareholder of Samarco, which was responsible for the disaster.