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Stories for July 14th 2026

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:38 UTC

    Milei removes embassy official in Spain over internal dispute

    The conflict had become public in April, when Nimo said on social media that Bunge had taken away the office where he received businesspeople interested in investing in Argentina

    The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has dismissed Marcelo Alejandro Nimo as specialized attaché for Investment Promotion and International Trade at the Argentine embassy in Spain, ending an internal conflict the official had been engaged in with the ambassador in Madrid, Wenceslao Bunge Saravia.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:31 UTC

    Argentina's YPF Luz seeks dual listing in New York and Buenos Aires

    YPF Luz, which has operated since 2013, presents itself as Argentina's largest independent power generator by installed capacity

    Argentine power generator YPF Luz has filed a preliminary prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a potential initial public offering of shares, which would list simultaneously on the New York Stock Exchange and on Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos (BYMA) in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:26 UTC

    Argentina's inflation slows to 1.9% in June, lowest monthly rate in 10 months

    The government presents the slowdown as one of the main achievements of the fiscal and monetary adjustment program launched after Javier Milei took office in December 2023

    Inflation in Argentina slowed for the third consecutive month in June, coming in at 1.9%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). It was the lowest monthly figure since August 2025 and the first time this year that the index dropped below the 2% threshold. Year-on-year, prices rose 33.5%, while the first-half cumulative figure reached 16.8%.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:07 UTC

    US-backed talks between Venezuela's two parliaments to begin August 1

    The talks will bring together the National Assembly elected in 2015, with an opposition majority and headed by Figuera, and the 2026 Assembly, controlled by Chavismo and led by Jorge Rodríguez

    The two legislative bodies vying for legitimacy in Venezuela will begin a joint working agenda on August 1, promoted by the United States, with the stated aim of moving toward a democratic reinstitutionalization of the country, more than six months after the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:33 UTC

    Colombia: Petro bars military sites for inauguration; De la Espriella says he will go ahead

    The president-elect, who adopted a military salute and the slogan “Firm for the homeland” during his campaign, has expressed his intention to hold the ceremony in Popayán

    Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has ordered that no military facility be used for the inauguration of his successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, scheduled for August 7. The president-elect responded that he will maintain his intention to be sworn in at a garrison in the south of the country, deepening the standoff between the two men less than a month before the handover.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:24 UTC

    Trump says US is investigating whether Iran stores drones in Cuba

    “If they do have that, and they might very well have that, we'll take care of it in short order. We're not going to allow that to happen,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office

    US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his government is investigating whether Iran is storing drones in Cuba and warned that Washington would act if their presence on the island is confirmed, though he framed the matter as a hypothesis that has not been verified.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:06 UTC

    Venezuela names its envoy to Washington as foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle

    Plasencia, 53, is a career diplomat with more than three decades in Venezuela's foreign service

    Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has appointed diplomat Félix Plasencia to head a new Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade, merging the diplomatic and foreign trade portfolios. Plasencia had until now served as Venezuela's chief of mission in the United States, and replaces Yvan Gil, foreign minister since 2023, who moves to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

    Uruguay postpones second aid flight to Venezuela over changed entry conditions

    Uruguayan authorities stressed that this is a postponement, not a cancellation of the mission

    Uruguay has postponed the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, scheduled for Tuesday, after a change in the conditions set by Venezuelan authorities for the entry of cargo, Defense Minister Sandra Lazo said. The Air Force's KC-130H Hercules remains loaded with some 15 tons of supplies intended for victims of the June 24 twin earthquakes.