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Montevideo, March 26th 2026 - 06:48 UTC

Stories for March 6th 2026

  • Friday, March 6th 2026 - 15:41 UTC

    Oil posts its biggest weekly jump since 2020 as the Iran war disrupts Hormuz

    The market is no longer reacting only to the fighting, but to the concrete risk to supply

    Oil became this week’s clearest barometer of the Middle East crisis, with Brent hovering near US$90 a barrel and WTI around US$87.5, putting both contracts on track for their biggest weekly advance since 2020. The same factor sits behind the surge: the de facto blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes.

  • Friday, March 6th 2026 - 15:31 UTC

    Trump says Cuba will “fall pretty soon,” but says Iran comes first

    Trump said Cuba “is gonna fall pretty soon” and added that Cubans “want to make a deal so badly”

    US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Cuba is going to “fall pretty soon,” while making clear that his immediate priority remains the campaign against Iran, in remarks that widened the White House’s confrontational language toward both the Middle East and Latin America. Trump made the comments in a phone conversation with CNN anchor Dana Bash.

  • Friday, March 6th 2026 - 12:24 UTC

    Trump welcomes Messi during White House tribute to Inter Miami

    Trump praised Messi for his influence on soccer in the United States and for choosing Miami at this stage of his career

    Lionel Messi made his first visit to the White House on Thursday, joining the Inter Miami squad as President Donald Trump honored the club for winning the 2025 MLS Cup, secured in December with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps.

  • Friday, March 6th 2026 - 04:24 UTC

    US and Venezuela restore diplomatic and consular ties after seven-year rupture

    The restoration of ties marks the broadest diplomatic step since Maduro’s downfall, but it comes amid an unresolved political transition

    The United States and Venezuela’s interim authorities have agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, in a formal shift that ends a rupture dating back to 2019 and deepens the bilateral thaw that began after Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in January. The announcement was made on Thursday by the State Department.