Politics

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 16:26 UTC

  Cuba confirms talks with the United States amid its deepest energy crisis in years

  

  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said on Friday that his government has recently held talks with U.S. officials, the first public acknowledgment of such bilateral contacts in more than a decade, as the island faces a severe fuel and electricity crisis. He said the exchanges were aimed at seeking solutions to bilateral differences and exploring areas of cooperation based on equality, sovereignty and mutual respect.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 16:03 UTC

  Uruguayan fugitive Sebastián Marset captured in Bolivia and placed in U.S. custody

  

  Suspected Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset was captured on Friday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in an operation that ends one of the Southern Cone’s longest and most visible manhunts. Paraguayan authorities confirmed the arrest and said Marset had been secured after a raid carried out by Bolivian forces.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 11:24 UTC

  Iran exploits its asymmetric edge in Hormuz, narrowing the U.S. Navy’s room to act

  

  Iran is shifting a key part of the war to the sea, where its conventional naval power is far weaker than that of the United States but where it still retains enough tools to disrupt global energy traffic. In the Strait of Hormuz, a corridor that carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil, attacks on merchant shipping, the threat of mines and the use of fast boats and coastal missiles have raised the cost and complexity of any escort operation.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 03:12 UTC

  Petro sends ministers to Caracas after meeting with Delcy Rodríguez is called off

  

  Colombia and Venezuela shifted their planned bilateral contact to the ministerial level on Friday after a presidential meeting announced for the border was abruptly canceled under the formula of “force majeure.” Instead of the face-to-face encounter scheduled between Gustavo Petro and Delcy Rodríguez at the Atanasio Girardot bridge, Bogotá sent a delegation to Caracas led by Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio and including the ministers of defense, trade, and mines and energy.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 02:57 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelans in Santiago de Chile rally behind María Corina Machado

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado drew thousands of supporters to central Santiago on Thursday in the largest public demonstration she has led since leaving Venezuela in late 2025. The gathering, held between Paseo Bulnes and Parque Almagro, exceeded initial expectations and became one of the most visible displays of the Venezuelan diaspora in Chile in recent years. According to estimates by Carabineros cited by Chilean and Spanish media, turnout ranged between 16,000 and 17,000 people.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 02:41 UTC

  Falklands mark anniversary of March 2013 referendum

  

  The Falkland Islands this week mark thirteen years since the referendum in which residents overwhelmingly voted to remain a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 02:24 UTC

  Falklands: Mount Pleasant Complex to hold public open day

  

  The Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC), which includes the Falkland Islands’ international airport and the headquarters of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), will open its doors to the public on Sunday, March 22, allowing residents to visit its facilities and equipment.

• Thursday, March 12th 2026 - 10:45 UTC

  Chile's new era with Kast in power

  

  Chile entered a new political phase on Wednesday with the inauguration of José Antonio Kast, the most conservative figure to reach La Moneda since the return to democracy. Kast was sworn in at Congress in Valparaíso and then moved to the presidential palace, where he defended the idea of an “emergency government” and said he was receiving “a country in worse conditions than we could have imagined.”

• Thursday, March 12th 2026 - 10:42 UTC

  Iran broadens regional attacks as Israel launches new strikes on regime targets

  

  The war involving Iran, Israel and the United States entered a broader regional phase on Thursday, with fresh Iranian attacks on energy infrastructure, shipping routes and military positions across Gulf states, while Israel responded with a new wave of strikes on Iranian territory. The escalation again tightened pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and pushed oil prices back above $100 a barrel.

• Thursday, March 12th 2026 - 03:08 UTC

  Adorni under pressure after taking his wife on Milei’s official U.S. trip

  

  Argentina’s chief of staff, Manuel Adorni, has come under political pressure after it emerged that his wife accompanied him on the presidential aircraft during Javier Milei’s trip to the United States, triggering questions over the use of public resources and a possible contradiction with rules the government itself had set for official planes.