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Montevideo, March 30th 2026 - 14:23 UTC

Tag: Strait of Hormuz

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

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

    Trump extended on Thursday the deadline for Tehran to accept his terms to April 6, “at the request of the Iranian government,” as he announced on social media

    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.

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

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

    Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari stated that the situation in the strait “will not go back to the way it was” and that the authority to allow maritime passage belongs exclusively to Iran

    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.

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  • Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 05:40 UTC

    Republican operative's proposal for US support on Malvinas electrifies Argentine media

    The assertion about an Argentine naval deployment is false

    A social media post by Republican operative Marc Zell urging the Trump administration to reconsider its position on the Falklands/Malvinas and support Argentina's sovereignty claim triggered a wave of coverage across Argentine media over the past week, despite being based on a false premise and carrying no official backing from Washington.

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  • Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:38 UTC

    Iran threatens to destroy regional energy infrastructure after Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that if Iran does not “fully open, without threat” the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the United States “will hit and obliterate their various power plants”

    Iran warned on Sunday that it will treat energy and oil infrastructure across the Middle East as “legitimate targets” if the United States attacks its power plants, responding to President Donald Trump's ultimatum issued late Saturday.

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  • Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:16 UTC

    Trump brands NATO allies “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    US military officials confirmed to international media that thousands of additional marines and three warships were heading toward the Middle East

    US President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against NATO allies on Friday, lambasting them as “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that has remained effectively closed since the start of the war with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that without the US military, NATO amounts to nothing more than “a paper tiger,” and warned that Washington would not forget the alliance's stance.

  • Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 22:15 UTC

    Trump sharpens criticism of NATO after allies refuse to join Hormuz mission

    The refusals further exposed Washington’s diplomatic isolation in a war now entering its third week and already pushing oil above US$100 a barrel

    U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of NATO and other allies on Tuesday after most of them rejected his request to send ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for Gulf energy exports. Speaking alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Trump called the refusal “a very foolish mistake” while also insisting Washington could proceed alone: “We don’t need help, actually.”

  • Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    Saudi Arabia diverts more crude to the Red Sea to bypass Hormuz, but alternative capacity remains limited

    The bottleneck is not only the pipeline itself, but also the port and shipping logistics

    Saudi Arabia is stepping up the use of its pipeline network to the Red Sea to keep crude exports moving while the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted by the war with Iran. The key route is the Abqaiq-Yanbu system, also known as the East-West Pipeline or Petroline, which links Gulf oil fields with the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea. That infrastructure has become the kingdom’s main escape route around Hormuz, the chokepoint that normally carries about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supply.

  • Monday, March 16th 2026 - 16:14 UTC

    Germany rejects sending ships to Hormuz as the EU seeks a diplomatic and logistical way forward

    The German frigate FGS Sachsen (F-219) of the Sachsen class (Type 124) during a missile-firing exercise

    Germany on Monday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s request for allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to help reopen the shipping route. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius questioned what “a handful” of European frigates could do that the U.S. Navy could not already do, and summed up Berlin’s position bluntly: “This is not our war.” Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s spokesperson added that the conflict “is not NATO’s war” and that Germany had no plans to be drawn into it.

  • Monday, March 16th 2026 - 01:10 UTC

    Oil tops US$100 a barrel as Middle East war and Hormuz disruption rattle markets

    Tokyo also warned that strategic reserves can soften the shock in the short term but cannot replace a sustained reopening of Hormuz if the crisis drags on

    Oil prices moved back above US$100 a barrel on Monday as the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran intensified and shipping disruption in the Strait of Hormuz hit one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. Brent crude rose to US$105.15 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate climbed to US$100.32 in early Asian trading, according to market data.

  • Friday, March 13th 2026 - 11:24 UTC

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

    Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday that the U.S. military is “not ready” to escort tankers through Hormuz because its assets remain focused on striking Iranian offensive capabilities

    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.

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