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Montevideo, February 2nd 2026 - 20:31 UTC

United States

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 22:48 UTC

    US helped Machado escape Venezuela

    Machado pledged to take her accolade ”to Venezuela at the appropriate time”

    Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado confirmed on Thursday that she received assistance from the United States in her secret departure from the South American country after more than a year in hiding.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Petro suggests Maduro moves on to “transitional government”

    Maduro wants to join forces with Colombia as Trump warns Petro would be targeted next

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified diplomatic pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, calling for a “general amnesty” and the formation of a “transitional government with the inclusion of all” to resolve Venezuela’s protracted political crisis.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan shores

    Shippers are expected to be more cautious in the future when loading Venezuelan crude, US authorities hope

    The United States seized a large oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday in a high-stakes maritime operation, marking a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against the Bolivarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.

  • Wednesday, December 10th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Honduran crisis deepens as elections remain undecided

    Trump's candidate Asfura was slightly ahead when vote counting was halted

    Honduran President Xiomara Castro has escalated the political crisis surrounding the undecided November 30 presidential election, condemning what she termed “interference” by US President Donald Trump and claiming an “electoral coup” was underway.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Trump gets first edition of FIFA Peace Prize

    The Peace Prize marks a significant departure from FIFA's focus solely on sport

    US President Donald Trump was awarded the newly created FIFA Peace Prize on Friday during the high-profile draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, during which the 12 groups to compete across the United States, Mexico, and Canada next year were determined.

  • Friday, December 5th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    US strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Pacific

    “Four male narco-terrorists” were killed, Southcom confirmed

    The US Southern Command (Southcom) reported Thursday that four “narco-terrorists” were killed in the Eastern Pacific after a strike on a vessel allegedly linked to illicit narcotics trafficking. The incident comes amid growing domestic scrutiny over the legality and conduct of US military operations off Latin America's coast.

  • Friday, December 5th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Honduras: Asfura back ahead amid deepening fraud allegations

    Moncada insisted Trump was behind these irregularities

    Honduras' ruling party, as well as contender Salvador Nasralla, have denounced an ongoing “electoral coup” in Honduras involving vote manipulation and “brutal interference” from US President Donald Trump, as the National Party's Nasry Asfura -the candidate endorsed by Washington-surged back ahead on Thursday with 84.55% of votes tallied.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 18:18 UTC

    US shuts doors on foreigners from 19 “high-risk” countries

    Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba are among the countries affected by the USCIS measure

    The US Government of President Donald Trump announced this week a pause on the processing of immigration applications for nationals from 19 countries, while simultaneously initiating a review of asylum and immigration cases approved under the previous administration of Joseph Biden.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula and Trump discuss organized crime and trade tariffs

    Both leaders agreed to speak again soon to review the progress of these initiatives

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States held a 40-minute telephone conversation on Tuesday, focusing on boosting joint efforts to combat international organized crime and the further reduction of US tariffs on Brazilian goods.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    What are the conditions Maduro offered Trump? The keys behind US president’s ultimatum

    The Venezuelan president was reportedly willing to step down, but only under a set of political and judicial guarantees that Washington deemed unacceptable

    Amid an unprecedented military buildup and the formal designation of Venezuela’s so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Nicolás Maduro “will do it,” when asked whether the Venezuelan leader had offered to step down. At the same press conference, Trump announced that US ground operations against “narcoterrorists” in Venezuela would begin “very soon,” adding: “We know where they live. We know where the bad guys live.” His comments come as more details emerge of a phone call in which, according to Reuters and France 24, Maduro reportedly laid out specific conditions for leaving office.