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Montevideo, March 4th 2026 - 12:39 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:19 UTC

    No human corridor through Peru for Venezuelans exiting Chile

    Peru’s internal security takes precedence over regional transit, Jerí insisted

    Peru's President José Jerí told Chile's President-elect José Antonio Kast that the human corridor through his country so that Venezuelan migrants could return home was not a feasible option.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:07 UTC

    Venezuela's interim administration releases 24 potitical prisoners

    Foro Penal confirmed early Tuesday that 24 individuals — including two Italian nationals — were freed from the La Crisálida and El Rodeo I prisons

    Hundreds of relatives of the Venezuelan Bolivarian regime's political prisoners remained outside the various detention facilities into the early hours of Tuesday. Still, only 24 of them were released in the end, whereas human rights groups such as Foro Penal insist some 800 of them remain incarcerated.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    Trump spoils Lula's celebration of trade surplus with Iran

    The crisis in Iran is escalating, and Trump will take whichever action he deems necessary

    US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that any nation conducting business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on all trade with Washington, thus crushing earlier celebrations by Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose government proudly announced a substantial trade surplus with Tehran, totaling US$2.8 billion in 2025, driven by corn and soybeans.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    IMF coming to Venezuela's rescue?

    Unfolding political events in Caracas will play a key role in determining whether that option is available

    US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Monday a plan to stabilize Venezuela’s collapsing currency by re-engaging with global financial institutions. The strategy consists of unfreezing approximately US$4.9 billion in International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to provide much-needed liquidity to Caracas' Central Bank.

  • Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 03:17 UTC

    Venezuelan serviceman recounts U.S. strike that disabled air defenses before Maduro capture

    Venezuela had long boasted of possessing one of Latin America’s strongest air-defense networks. Yet, those assets were quickly neutralized during the first minutes of the U.S. offensive

    A Venezuelan serviceman stationed at the Meseta de Mamo military academy in La Guaira described the Jan. 3 U.S. bombardment as a rapid, overwhelming assault that “blinded” radar and electronic systems, preventing any organized defense. “There was no time to counterattack. They were very fast,” he said anonymously in an account published by La Hora de Venezuela and echoed by other Venezuelan outlets.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:57 UTC

    Situation in Iran critical; Washington may also step in

    Those indexes measuring the number of pizzas and other delivery foods traded near the Pentagon in the wee hours of Monday soared

    Over 500 people have been reported dead during this past weekend in the Islamic Republic of Iran as groups supporting the return to power of a monarchy under Mohamed Reza Pahlavi II (son of the shah deposed in 1979) took to the streets, women taking off their religious clothing and appearing uncovered, challenging Islamic morals.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    More than 800 political prisoners remain jailed as Venezuela signals partial openness

    Vigil by the families of political prisoners at Rodeo I.

    The Venezuelan interim government of caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez has allowed some relatives to visit political prisoners still held by Caracas at the Rodeo I detention facility. Among them is Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) NCO Nahuel Gallo, about whom nothing concrete has been heard.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:44 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez vows to rescue Nicolás Maduro through diplomacy

    Rodríguez does not want to go through a second wave, Trump noted

    Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to secure Nicolás Maduro's return while simultaneously opening a fragile diplomatic “exploratory process” with the United States.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:22 UTC

    Argentina's Embassy in Caracas to be placed under Italian protection

    Starting Thursday, Brazil will no longer represent Argentina's interests in Venezuela due to the “technical need” to reorganize its country's mission.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled his country's diplomats from the building that was once Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, but which had been placed under Brasilia's care when Javier Milei severed all ties with the Nicolás Maduro totalitarian regime.

  • Monday, January 12th 2026 - 10:15 UTC

    Maduro down, Trump aims at Cuba

    They'd better reach a deal before it is too late, Trump warned Havana

    US President Donald Trump has issued a total oil embargo and a diplomatic ultimatum to Cuba, signaling a Venezuela-style transition coming up. It was even rumored that US Secretary of State could be Cuba's next President.