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Montevideo, August 27th 2026 - 01:02 UTC

Tag: Donald Trump

  • Monday, July 6th 2026 - 23:43 UTC

    Trump admits calling FIFA over a red card; the reversal for the US striker sparks an outcry

    Trump acknowledged his intervention and defended it. “All I did was ask that the play be reviewed, because it didn't look like a foul to me,” the president said

    US President Donald Trump admitted he had called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask that the red card shown to US striker Folarin Balogun be reviewed, after the body reversed the suspension that would have kept him out of the round-of-16 match against Belgium. The decision, unprecedented in more than six decades of World Cups, triggered a wave of criticism and formal protests from the Belgian federation and UEFA.

  • Saturday, July 4th 2026 - 07:28 UTC

    US marks its 250th anniversary as a record heat wave disrupts July 4 events

    A heat dome over the East Coast pushed temperatures to highs near 40 °C, with heat-index values of up to 46 °C and more than 185 million people under weather alerts

    The United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence on Saturday amid a historic heat wave that has forced the suspension or rescheduling of events in several cities across the country. The semiquincentennial commemoration, recalling the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, will have its centerpiece on the National Mall in Washington, with a speech by President Donald Trump and the largest fireworks display in history.

  • Saturday, July 4th 2026 - 07:26 UTC

    Petro says he asked Trump to lift his OFAC sanctions in a phone call

    Petro, his wife, his eldest son and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti were placed on that list in October 2025

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he held a phone conversation on Friday with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, in which he asked for support in removing the sanctions on him and his family under the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list, known as the Clinton List. According to the Colombian leader and a statement from the Presidency, Trump replied that he “will do his best” to review the case. The White House did not officially confirm the call.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2026 - 19:59 UTC

    Trump reported over $1.4 billion in crypto income in 2025, financial disclosure shows

    The sharp growth of the Trump family's wealth during his presidency has revived questions about possible conflicts of interest

    US President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-related income during 2025, the first year of his second term, according to the annual financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics and released this week. The 927-page document shows that digital assets became the president's main source of income, ahead of his real-estate, licensing and resort businesses.

  • Thursday, June 25th 2026 - 09:30 UTC

    Two powerful earthquakes strike northern Venezuela and collapse buildings in Caracas

    The USGS described both quakes as a “seismic doublet,” a phenomenon in which two large-magnitude earthquakes occur seconds apart in the same area

    Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, about 39 seconds apart, struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving rescue teams working through the rubble, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Acting President Delcy Rodríguez declared a state of emergency, though she did not provide figures for the injured or dead.

  • Thursday, June 25th 2026 - 05:59 UTC

    Venezuela's earthquake tests US assistance to the interim government it helped install

    Donald Trump offered help in a message on his social network in which he said his country stands “ready, willing, and able,” and instructed “all agencies” of the government to act quickly

    The twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela has become the first major test of US assistance to the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez, installed after the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro in a US military operation in January. Washington mobilized rescue teams and supplies for a country with which, until half a year ago, it maintained no cooperative relations.

  • Wednesday, June 24th 2026 - 09:36 UTC

    “Evidence” on Iranian nuclear weapons is about as reliable as Trump himself

    Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence told Congress just two months ago that U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapons.

    By Gwynne Dyer - Tulsi Gabbard, the recently resigned, retired or fired U.S. Director of National Intelligence told Congress just two months ago that U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded Iran was not building nuclear weapons. Indeed, she said, experts also determined Iran had not resumed its suspended 2003 nuclear weapons program.

  • Tuesday, June 23rd 2026 - 18:02 UTC

    De la Espriella says Colombia will join the US-led 'Shield of the Americas' on August 7

    De la Espriella, who received Trump's electoral backing, will come to power with rhetoric aligned with the White House on an iron-fist approach to organized crime and immigration

    Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, said on Tuesday that the country will join the “Shield of the Americas,” the US initiative against drug cartels, on August 7, when he takes office in place of Gustavo Petro. “From August 7, Colombia will be part of the Shield of the Americas. Colombia will no longer be governed by a government complacent toward narcoterrorism; we will move to combat it as it deserves,” he wrote on the social network X, in response to a congratulation from US War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

  • Friday, June 19th 2026 - 17:34 UTC

    Trump opens a new rift with Meloni by claiming she 'begged' him for a G7 photo

    Meloni responded immediately with a recorded video message. “Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated. Frankly, I'm stunned,” she said

    US President Donald Trump opened a new rift with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by claiming that she “begged” him for a photo during the G7 summit and that he obliged out of “pity.” Meloni called the account fabricated, and in response Italy's foreign minister canceled a planned trip to the United States this weekend.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:21 UTC

    US-Iran memorandum sets Hormuz reopening, $300 billion reconstruction and sanctions relief

    The memorandum establishes an oversight mechanism for its implementation and provides for the definitive agreement to be ratified by a binding UN Security Council resolution

    The United States government on Wednesday released the official text of the agreement reached with Iran to end the war, a 14-point document called the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” that provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a reconstruction plan of at least $300 billion and the lifting of sanctions. The text, read by a senior official of Donald Trump's administration, will be signed on Friday in Switzerland and will open a 60-day period to negotiate the definitive agreement.