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Monday, February 16th 2026 - 06:51 UTC
Milei to travel to the first Board of Peace summit and to meet with Trump

Argentine President Javier Milei will travel to the United States this week to attend the inaugural summit of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” and hold another meeting with Trump in Washington.
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Sunday, February 15th 2026 - 16:28 UTC
Lagarde says Trump’s ‘kick in the butt’ has pulled European leaders closer

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday at the Munich Security Conference that a shift in US President Donald Trump’s stance toward Europe has acted as a political jolt, pushing European leaders into closer coordination.
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Saturday, February 14th 2026 - 03:17 UTC
US redeploys USS Gerald R. Ford from Caribbean to Middle East amid Iran pressure

The United States is shifting the USS Gerald R. Ford, its largest aircraft carrier, from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East in a move that would place two US carrier strike groups in the region as President Donald Trump presses Iran to reach a deal over its nuclear programme.
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Saturday, February 14th 2026 - 00:05 UTC
Trump says he will visit Venezuela, praises Delcy Rodríguez as U.S. expands oil licences

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to travel to Venezuela, while acknowledging that no date has been set. “I’m going to make a visit to Venezuela,” he told reporters at the White House.
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Saturday, February 14th 2026 - 00:01 UTC
ICE suspends two officers after judge throws out charges in Minneapolis shooting case

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been placed on administrative leave as ICE and the Justice Department (DOJ) open a joint probe following video evidence that undercut parts of the official account of a Minneapolis arrest in which a Venezuelan man was shot in the leg.
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Friday, February 13th 2026 - 18:53 UTC
US lifts key curbs on Venezuelan oil, clearing Repsol and other majors to operate

Washington has issued new authorizations that allow oil-and-gas-related transactions in Venezuela for companies including BP, Chevron, Eni, Repsol and Shell, in a shift that could unlock stalled projects and settle payments previously constrained by US sanctions.
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Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 23:45 UTC
Trump moves to scrap EPA climate finding and unwind federal vehicle emissions rules

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration has withdrawn the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding,” a determination that has long provided the legal foundation for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The White House and the EPA framed the move as a major shift in federal climate policy and a broad deregulatory push affecting the auto sector.
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Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 21:54 UTC
Chile announces humanitarian aid for Cuba as Boric condemns U.S. embargo

President Gabriel Boric’s government said on Thursday it will send humanitarian aid to Cuba, as the island faces a deepening economic and energy crisis.
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Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 04:10 UTC
US signals easing of energy restrictions after energy secretary’s Caracas visit

Venezuela’s acting President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodríguez met on Wednesday at Miraflores Palace with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright to discuss what the Venezuelan government described as “an energy agenda that benefits both nations,” as bilateral contacts continue to reopen.
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Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 04:00 UTC
Venezuela reopens airspace as flight links restart after months of disruption

Venezuela said it has reopened its commercial airspace after restrictions that had disrupted international routes since late 2025, a shift that airlines are beginning to translate into a phased return of flights to and from Caracas.
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