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Why a U.S. military plane landed in Ushuaia: lawmakers, ports and geopolitics
The landing in Ushuaia of a U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying a bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers has reignited political controversy in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province and sharpened attention on the country’s strategic footprint in the South Atlantic an...
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Uruguay Central Bank accelerates easing, cuts key rate to 6.5% as dollar hits lows
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Delcy Rodriguez meets Repsol, Chevron and Shell as Venezuela pushes oil law overhaul to draw investment
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Politics
- Venezuela releases “at least 80” political prisoners as families wait outside jails
- Milei takes over Ushuaia port as Tierra del Fuego warns of “overreach” and geopolitical motives
- Brazil courted by U.S., EU over critical minerals amid geopolitical competition
- Lula says Trump wants to “create a new UN” as he attacks proposed Gaza Peace Council
Economy
- Argentina’s tax and customs agency complaint targets national football federation over fake invoices
- European Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion
- Delcy Rodríguez vows 30% increase in gold output to boost hard-currency inflows
- Trump’s obsession: why central bankers came out in support of Fed’s chair Powell
Energy & Oil
- YPF and Pluspetrol swap upstream stakes to deepen Vaca Muerta push and feed Argentina LNG plan
- Chavismo pushes oil-law reform to open Venezuela’s upstream to private firms
- Trump signals possible role for Machado as U.S. tightens Venezuela oil crackdown
- BYD ship reaches Argentina with record delivery of nearly 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles
Environment
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- Trump is buying eleven icebreakers from Finland for Arctic Ocean patrolling
- Chile wildfires: death toll rises to 20 as authorities report widespread destruction and arrest a suspect
- Uruguay to send 40 firefighters to Chile as Biobío and Ñuble wildfires leave at least 20 dead
Health & Science
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- Brazil's health watchdog gives nod to HIV vaccine
- Elisha Kent Kane Society awards Gold Medal to Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust trustee Mensun Bound
- Argentine health authorities concerned over growing number of superflu cases
