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Lula urges Trump to limit “Peace Board” to Gaza in call covering governance, Venezuela and bilateral agenda
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a phone call on Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump, in a nearly hour-long conversation that blended global governance issues with the bilateral agenda. Brazilian media, citing Planalto Palace sources, reported...
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Politics
- Lula says Trump wants to “create a new UN” as he attacks proposed Gaza Peace Council
- Bolivia’s vice president points to Urubó as possible hideout for fugitive Uruguayan trafficker Marset
- Chavismo pushes oil-law reform to open Venezuela’s upstream to private firms
- EU ‘ready’ to roll out Mercosur deal once South American ratifications start, von der Leyen says
Economy
- 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
- IMF keeps Argentina’s growth outlook at 4% for 2026 and 2027 amid fragile global balance
Energy & Oil
- 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
- EU-Mercosur trade deal could turn South America into a critical minerals powerhouse
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
