MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 14th 2026
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Thursday, May 14th 2026 - 16:52 UTC
UK ‘Zero Net’ Miliband’s policy questioned as a threat to British security, ‘China dominates all the green technology’
The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband has been accused of handing Beijing a “kill switch” over the British economy, after claiming that green energy will end the UK's reliance on Vladimir Putin’s Russia for its fuel needs.
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Thursday, May 14th 2026 - 09:27 UTC
Venezuela announces formal restructuring of its external debt after nearly a decade in default
The Venezuelan government on Wednesday announced the formal launch of an “integral and orderly” restructuring of the country's public external debt and that of the state oil company PDVSA, in the most concrete step by acting President Delcy Rodríguez's administration toward financial normalization after nearly a decade in default. The communiqué, issued by the Sectoral Vice Presidency for the Economy, sets as its central objective “to put the economy at the service of the Venezuelan people and free the country from the burden of accumulated debt.”
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Thursday, May 14th 2026 - 09:21 UTC
Orsi prepares for Washington visit after months of overtures to the Trump administration
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will travel to Washington “in the coming months” to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump, in a meeting that national authorities describe as agreed and awaiting only the coordination of calendars, according to Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin's confirmation on Wednesday before the Senate International Affairs Committee. The summit would crown a series of overtures by the Broad Front government toward the Republican administration, initiated in the early weeks of Orsi's term, which began in March, and which have generated controversy within the ruling coalition itself.
