MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 3rd 2026
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 22:22 UTC
Petro and Trump signal thaw after closed-door White House meeting amid talks on drugs, sanctions and Venezuela
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington went better than expected, pointing to a tentative thaw after months of public insults and policy clashes that had pushed the bilateral relationship toward open confrontation.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 22:12 UTC
Uruguay’s peso the most “overvalued” currency as it tops Big Mac index ranking
Uruguay’s peso has been labelled the world’s most “overvalued” currency against the U.S. dollar on a GDP-per-capita-adjusted basis, according to the latest Big Mac Index published by The Economist and cited by Uruguayan media. Under the adjusted methodology, the peso is estimated to be 83.9% above its implied “long-run equilibrium.” In the unadjusted ranking, Uruguay places second, with 43.1% overvaluation, behind the Swiss franc.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:57 UTC
Paraguay’s long-run growth leads South America, but income gains lag
From 1960 to 2024, Paraguay posted the highest cumulative GDP expansion in South America, according to calculations published by Forbes Paraguay and Colombia’s La República, drawing on World Bank constant-2015-dollar series. Over that span, Paraguay’s economy rose from roughly US$2.8 billion to about US$46 billion (2015 prices), multiplying more than sixteen-fold.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:53 UTC
Orsi, Xi Jinping sign cooperation deals in Beijing as Uruguay backs “one China” and trade talks with Mercosur are floated
China’s President Xi Jinping met Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi in Beijing on Tuesday, a visit framed by both sides as a bid to deepen political alignment and broaden economic ties at a moment of heightened geopolitical competition.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 12:34 UTC
Argentina’s stats chief quits as Milei’s government freezes inflation index overhaul
Argentina’s national statistics agency, INDEC, said its director, Marco Lavagna, stepped down on Monday after more than six years in the post, just as the country was preparing to launch a revamped consumer price index (CPI). Within hours, Economy Minister Luis Caputo confirmed the methodology change would be delayed indefinitely “until the disinflation process is consolidated,” with no new date set.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 11:11 UTC
High Protein Cheesecake Recipes: ProteinCheesecake.co Fixes the Mixing Disaster
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2026 - 02:08 UTC
Betting spike ahead of Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize and suspected cyber breach trigger leak probe
The Norwegian Nobel Institute concluded that a cyberattack is the “most likely” explanation for the leak of information about the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, after prediction markets registered an abrupt—and highly profitable—shift in favor of María Corina Machado a few hours before the official announcement.
