Tag: Donald Trump

• Thursday, April 2nd 2026 - 03:01 UTC

  US lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez, clearing the way for her visit to Washington

  

  The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday removed Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, the country's main financial sanctions registry managed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The move allows her to access blocked assets, conduct transactions with U.S. entities, and travel to American territory.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 10:12 UTC

  Trump running out of options in Iran, a US victory is possible?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - The Iranians know they have won, but President Trump doesn’t get it yet. He’s still at the stage of counting up the US and Israeli air-strikes and assuming that those numbers mean a US victory is possible. But five gets you ten that the Iranians are already thinking about nuclear weapons. Not their own, which don’t exist. America’s.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 09:01 UTC

  Another front for Trump, “pain in the pump”, gasoline above US$ 4 a gallon

  

  ”If the (Iran) conflict is contained soon, the hit to confidence may be temporary, but a prolonged crisis could prompt more precautionary saving and further discretionary spending cuts,” warned Moody’s in a report on the current war in the Middle East, and the impact for US households.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2026 - 00:48 UTC

  Trump says US will leave Iran in “two or three weeks,” claims regime change achieved

  

  President Donald Trump said Tuesday from the Oval Office that U.S. forces will withdraw from Iran “in two or three weeks,” asserting that the military campaign has achieved its core objectives.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 03:58 UTC

  Oil tops $114 a barrel as Iran conflict drives record monthly surge

  

  Brent crude, the European benchmark, closed Monday at $112.78 per barrel and continued climbing in the futures market past $114, its highest level since July 2022. Oil has surged roughly 55% in March, the largest monthly gain since the contract's inception in 1988.

• Monday, March 30th 2026 - 15:01 UTC

  Brazil hit hardest as Latin America adjusts to Trump tariffs after one year

  

  One year after the Trump administration launched its tariff offensive against more than 180 countries, Latin America presents a mixed picture: some economies lost competitiveness in the U.S. market, while others redirected exports or negotiated agreements to cushion the blow.

• Monday, March 30th 2026 - 01:16 UTC

  US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba in easing of energy blockade

  

  The United States authorized the passage of a Russian oil tanker loaded with crude bound for Cuba, in the first easing of the de facto energy blockade Washington has imposed on the island since the start of the year, The New York Times reported, citing a U.S. official.

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 01:30 UTC

  Trump demands Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz, slams NATO and warns: “Cuba is next”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the military operation against Iran is “two weeks ahead” of schedule, demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and sharply criticized European NATO allies for refusing to join the campaign. “When these times come, you learn who your real friends are,” he told an audience of a thousand investors at the FII Priority forum in Miami.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 20:22 UTC

  Iran rejects Trump's 15-point proposal and asserts sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz

  

  Iran rejected on Wednesday the 15-point proposal put forward by the Trump administration to end the war, calling its terms “excessive and detached from reality,” while international mediators scramble to arrange a direct meeting between representatives of both countries that could be, they warn, the last chance to prevent a broader escalation.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 00:12 UTC

  Venezuela sends diplomatic delegation to Washington to formalize restoration of ties with US

  

  Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced on Tuesday that a delegation of Venezuelan diplomats will travel to Washington this week to advance the normalization of bilateral relations with the United States, severed since 2019.