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Montevideo, January 28th 2026 - 08:42 UTC

Stories for January 7th 2026

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 19:05 UTC

    PDVSA confirms negotiations with US for crude sales amid post-Maduro energy realignment

    In a brief statement, PDVSA said the discussions are taking place “within the framework of existing commercial relations between both countries”

    Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA confirmed on Tuesday that it is currently engaged in negotiations with the United States for the sale of crude oil volumes, framing the talks as a strictly commercial transaction.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 15:06 UTC

    Elisha Kent Kane Society awards Gold Medal to Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust trustee Mensun Bound

    Mensun expressed his gratitude and thanked the Society for the work it did as custodians of Elisha Kent Kane’s considerable legacy

    At a recent black-tie dinner in Manhattan, the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, presented its Gold Medal to Mensun Bound, Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT). The prestigious award was in recognition of his role in discovering Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance that sank beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea on 21 November 1915. The search, which was directed by the FMHT, working in close collaboration with the deep-water robotics company Ocean Infinity, found the wreck at a depth of 3008 m on 5 March 2022.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Trump claims control of Venezuelan oil: Up to 50 million barrels bound for US

    US companies are ready to rebuild the oil infrastructure destroyed under Maduro, White House Spokeswoman Taylor Rogers noted

    US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Venezuela's interim authorities had agreed to “turn over” between 30 and 50 million barrels of crude oil to the United States.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:22 UTC

    Bolsonaro denied hospital trip after fall

    Michelle Bolsonaro fears her husband might have “neurological damage” after a fall that remained untreated for a while

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied on Tuesday a request from former President Jair Bolsonaro's legal team to have their client transferred to a medical facility after suffering what his relatives claim was a fall while locked up at the Federal Police's headquarters in Brasilia to serve his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:15 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez declares week of mourning for fallen Maduro's guardsmen

    The caretaker President insisted her government was the only legal one in Venezuela, despite Trump's assertions otherwise

    Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared seven days of national mourning to honor those fallen during the Jan. 3 US military mission to capture former ruler Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez said the week will be dedicated to the “honor and glory” of the “martyrs.”

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:12 UTC

    Key IDB Chief's visit to Bolivia announced

    Goldfajn's trip comes 15 years after the last visit to the landlocked country by an IDB head

    Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn is visiting Bolivia between Jan. 13 and 14, marking the first time in 15 years that someone in his position has become interested in the landlocked South American country, signaling a shift in international financial relations under the administration of President Rodrigo Paz Pereira.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    Ascension’s Telecoms Turning Point and What It May Signal for the Falklands

    By OpenFalklands

    This post examines the latest milestone in Ascension Island’s telecommunications story, set against the accelerating global adoption of Starlink and its relevance for the Falkland Islands. If you are new to this unfolding saga, you may wish to begin with my two earlier OpenFalklands posts, which anticipated how similar dynamics could emerge in the Falklands.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 09:18 UTC

    Convicted CIA mole serving life with no parole dies in jail

    Ames' story reshaped internal security within the CIA

    Former CIA counterintelligence officer Aldrich Ames, whose nearly decade-long betrayal of the United States stood as one of the most catastrophic security breaches in history, died in federal custody on Monday at the age of 84.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 08:54 UTC

    Trump sets eyes on Greenland, does not rule out military means

    “Resorting to the US military is always an option available to the commander-in-chief,” Leavitt stated

    White House sources confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was considering “a range of options” to acquire Greenland, explicitly stating that military intervention was not to be ruled out, thus sending shockwaves through the NATO alliance.

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 08:42 UTC

    Argentine health authorities concerned over growing number of superflu cases

    So far, no deaths have been reported, but precautions must be taken

    Argentina's Health Ministry and the ANLIS-Malbrán Institute have confirmed a rise in cases of Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K —popularly dubbed the “superflu”—, with 18 confirmed detections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Neuquén, and Mendoza. So far, no deaths have been reported.

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