United States

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.
Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 01:58 UTC
Dollar falls and São Paulo stock exchange surges after Trump's truce signal with Iran

Brazilian financial markets posted one of their best sessions of the year on Monday after President Donald Trump announced a five-day postponement of strikes against Iran's energy infrastructure, citing “productive conversations” with Tehran.
Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 01:22 UTC
“I messed up”: harrowing ATC audio emerges after fatal LaGuardia crash

“We were dealing with an emergency earlier and I messed up.” The air traffic controller's voice at New York's LaGuardia Airport sounds shaken in tower frequency recordings released through LiveATC.net, barely twenty minutes after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on the runway, killing the pilot and copilot.