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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 22:34 UTC
US State Department website advisories for travelers to Antarctica

The U.S. State Department has renewed two of its website Travel Advisories for Antarctica reminding travelers to “increase basically” their situational awareness in the area containing some of the edgiest and most volatile conditions. The advice, revised on 28 July 2025, warns of the dangers of the continent’s harsh and unpredictable weather, which can change at short notice and scupper travel plans. The advisory also cites the region’s lack of emergency medical care that could further endanger visitors.
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Argentine Justice Minister under flak for hidden camera footage

Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona is facing calls for his resignation after a video was leaked showing him offering to help former CIA agent Timothy Ballard clean up his public image. Ballard, who inspired the film Sound of Freedom, has been accused of sexual violence by former employees of his anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.).
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 09:34 UTC
Chile dodges US's 50% tariffs on copper

US President Donald Trump's 50% tariff on copper imports will not apply to Chile's primary export to the United States: refined copper cathodes. This decision, announced in a White House proclamation, has been met with relief and celebration by officials in Santiago.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 20:55 UTC
US imposes sanctions on STF Judge De Moraes

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday imposed a series of sanctions against Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes, whom the agency accuses believes to have violated freedom of expression through “arbitrary arrests” in the attempted coup trial and with his decisions regarding US social media companies.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:05 UTC
Products not grown in US might have zero tariffs, Lutnick hints

Amid the uproar surrounding the 50% tariffs on Brazilian products to be imported by the US administration of President Donald Trump, coffee producers saw some light at the end of the tunnel Tuesday when US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in an interview with US network CNBC that some products not grown in the country could enter the United States without import tariffs.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 09:11 UTC
US gov't official calls for release of all of Venezuela's political prisoners

The US government of President Donald Trump publicly demanded the release of Argentine National Border Guard Corporal Nahuel Gallo, who has been detained in Venezuela since December 8, 2024, on accusations of espionage.
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Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 10:58 UTC
Argentina joining US visa waiver program still a long way ahead

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem warned it would take about a year before holders of Argentine passports are allowed back into the United States without a visa as they were between 1996 and 2002, despite the agreements she signed Monday with President Javier Milei.
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Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Argentina and US advancing in construction of an integrated naval base in Tierra del Fuego

The Argentine government shipyard Company Tandanor has finished the flat cement foundation on which the Joint Antarctic Command for the Ushuaia integrated naval base in Tierra del Fuego province is to be built, points out Buenos Aires media.
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Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:49 UTC
US and EU clinch trade agreement

The United States and the European Union have reached a trade agreement that will impose a 15% tariff on most European exports to the US, including automobiles, President Donald Trump announced Sunday after meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the former's golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.
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Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:40 UTC
Argentina to rejoin US Visa Waiver Program?

Argentina seems set to regain its participation in the US Visa Waiver Program, allowing holders of Argentine passports to enter the United States for tourism or business for up to 90 days without a visa. This development is expected to be formalized during the visit of US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, who is scheduled to sign an agreement with President Javier Milei on Monday.
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