United States

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

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

  

  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.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 18:47 UTC

  Judge refuses to dismiss Maduro case but questions blocking of funds for his defense

  

  Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected on Thursday the defense's motion to dismiss the charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in a second hearing at the Southern District Court of New York that ran unusually long due to the debate over funding their legal representation.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 18:37 UTC

  Uruguay: Economy Minister reveals daily U.S. pressure to break commercial ties with China

  

  Uruguay's Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone disclosed to business leaders that the United States is exerting “unimaginable” and “unsustainable” pressure on the country to “break” its trade relationship with China, according to the weekly newspaper Búsqueda, citing several attendees at a private meeting with the Confederation of Business Chambers (CCE) held on Tuesday, March 24.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

  Maduro faces New York court in key hearing over legal defense

  

  Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appear on Thursday, March 26, before the Southern District Court of New York in a second hearing in the criminal case they face in the United States following their capture in January during a U.S. military operation.

• Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 01:57 UTC

  Rodríguez promises “legal certainty” to investors while Machado competes for attention from Texas

  

  Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, participated via videoconference on Wednesday at the FII Priority investment forum in Miami, where she assured American, Saudi, and Latin American investors that her government is advancing reforms to guarantee “legal certainty” for investments in the country.

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

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

  

  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.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 00:12 UTC

  Venezuela sends diplomatic delegation to Washington to formalize restoration of ties with US

  

  Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced on Tuesday that a delegation of Venezuelan diplomats will travel to Washington this week to advance the normalization of bilateral relations with the United States, severed since 2019.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 23:42 UTC

  US deploys 82nd Airborne troops to the Gulf as Trump claims Iran offered a “gift”

  

  The Pentagon is preparing to deploy soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump insists negotiations with Iran are advancing and that Tehran has offered a “gift” related to gas, oil and the Strait of Hormuz.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 21:36 UTC

  USS Nimitz to operate in Uruguayan waters on final deployment before decommissioning

  

  The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), flagship of the United States Navy for more than five decades, will arrive in Uruguayan waters in the coming weeks as part of the “Southern Seas 2026” deployment, the US Fourth Fleet announced.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 05:55 UTC

  Analysts warn $200 oil is no longer a far-fetched scenario

  

  Oil prices could surpass $150 per barrel and approach $200 if the Strait of Hormuz blockade persists, according to energy industry analysts — a level that would make a global recession virtually inevitable.