United States

• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 20:45 UTC

  Preliminary deal reached for sale of Hong Kong company's stake in Panama Canal operations

  

  Given US President Donald Trump's pressure, CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, agreed to sell control of a unit operating ports near the Panama Canal, it was announced Tuesday. The sale includes an 80% stake in the Hutchison Ports group and a 90% interest in Panama Ports Company, which operates the ports of Balboa and Cristobal. The consortium acquiring these stakes includes BlackRock Inc., Global Infrastructure Partners, and Terminal Investment Ltd.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Trump says he would look into signing FTA with Argentina

  

  Just hoours after US Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone said his country was not interested ina Free Trade (FTA) with Argentina and that President Javier Milei should pick his advisors better, US President Donald Trump said the Libertarian was “a great leader” and admitted he could “look into” a commerce arrangement.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 09:29 UTC

  Canada will retaliate if Trump moves on with tariffs

  

  Canada's Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly announced Monday that her country was ready for if or when US President Donald Trump decides to move on with the 25% tariffs currently on pause following a telephone understanding with acting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 14:46 UTC

  US not interested in FTA with Argentina, Latin American Envoy says

  

  Former Inter American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone, now Us State Department envoy for Latin American Affairs, said during the weekend that President Donald Trump's administration was not after any new Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which might be disappointing to Argentina's Javier Milei who announced he was willing to leave Mercosur to achieve just that.

• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 09:43 UTC

  Europe steps in behind Zelensky after Trump's withdrawal

  

  After being ejected from the White House last Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky found support for his cause in a European Summit in London, where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer picked up the baton Donald Trump dropped. Other regional leaders followed suit.

• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 21:45 UTC

  Zelensky's appearance at the Oval Office ends in acrimonious dismissal

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a rough time Friday at the White House as his US colleague Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance conveyed to him the Republican Government's view of how he handled the three-year war with Russia. Trump insisted his guest was not ready to negotiate peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin and ended up ejecting the Ukrainian delegation from the Oval Office. In a later posting on social media, Trump said the former comedian could return when he was ready for peace.

• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 20:03 UTC

  New York Times unveils obscure deals for businessmen to have access to Milei

  

  According to a New York Times investigation, cryptocurrency businessmen paid bribes to meet Argentine President Javier Milei during the Argentina Tech Forum last October, where Milei delivered the closing speech.

• Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

  Trump ends Biden's oil concessions to Venezuela

  

  US President Donald Trump has revoked the oil concessions granted to Venezuela by his predecessor, Joseph Biden, due to non-compliance with electoral conditions and lack of cooperation in the process of deporting “violent criminals,” it was announced in Washington DC. This decision impacts Chevron's operations in Venezuela, which were authorized by Biden in 2022.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  US backs modernization of Guatemalan Pacific port to counterbalance China's expansion

  

  Guatemala and the United States have announced a US$ 125 million initiative to expand Puerto Quetzal, the largest Pacific port in the Central American country, in a move to counterbalance China's presence in the region through its current prevalence in the Panama Canal in addition to the projected Nicaragua interoceanic crossing already under construction.

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Milei tells CPAC deeper chainsaw coming up

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the United States that the “era of the omnipresent State” was over ass he pledged to deepen his so-called “chainsaw” efforts cutting expenses.