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Montevideo, November 12th 2025 - 16:57 UTC

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  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 11:38 UTC

    Fed lowers benchmark interest rate

    The Fed's decision was shadowed by the ongoing government shutdown

    Amid a softer labor market, the United States' Federal Reserve (Fed) voted Wednesday to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 basis points, moving the target range to 3.75%–4%. This marks the lowest level in three years and continues the easing cycle dating back to last month.

  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Trump cuts down tariffs with China after meeting with Xi Jinping

    Trump will visit China in April, and Xi will reciprocate sometime after that

    US President Donald Trump announced a reduction in tariffs on Chinese goods following Wednesday's meeting in South Korea with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    New US attacks leave 14 dead in Pacific Ocean

    These latest assaults bring the total number of maritime airstrikes to 13 and the death toll to at least 57

    The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it executed three new strikes against alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 people in the deadliest single wave of attacks so far in President Donald Trump's intensified military campaign against illegal narcotics.

  • Monday, October 27th 2025 - 20:02 UTC

    Venezuela claims to have foiled alleged CIA-backed “false flag” plot from Trinidad and Tobago

    Gil pointed fingers at Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister for allegedly consorting with the CIA

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime on Monday denounced what it claims is a high-level “false flag” operation orchestrated by the CIA and coordinated from Trinidad and Tobago, designed to create a pretext to launch a military strike against Caracas. Foreign Minister Yván Gil stated that a “criminal cell financed by the CIA” linked to the covert operation was being dismantled within Venezuelan territory.

  • Monday, October 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula and Trump make progress in Malaysian gathering

    Lula, who is turning 80 on Monday, stressed that “I have never felt so alive and so eager to live”

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States met this weekend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. Both leaders agreed to lower economic tensions between their two countries. In addition, Lula volunteered to mediate with Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro.

  • Monday, October 27th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Bolsonaro supporters claim Lula was “upset” after meeting with Trump

    Eduardo Bolsonaro criticized Lula for discussing Venezuela with Trump and not his father's imprisonment

    Allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on X that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) felt uncomfortable when US President Donald Trump addressed the matter of the incarcerated previous head of State, whom the Republican leader said he was very fond of. Lula and Trump met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to address the tariff crisis and other bilateral issues.

  • Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    US strike kills six on Caribbean boat

    So far, 43 alleged drug traffickers have been killed by US operations north of South America

    The US military conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel in international waters overnight Thursday, killing six people described as “narco-terrorists,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

  • Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Maduro says foreign movements organizing brigades to help Venezuela

    The Bolivarian leader also dubbed Washington's narrative “deranged”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced Friday that international social movements were organizing the “Simón Bolívar Internationalist Brigades” to “fight alongside Venezuela for independence, sovereignty, and peace.”

  • Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    US sanctions Petro over alleged drug links

    Petro denounced the Republican administration's move as a “mafia proposal,” questioning the US government's intentions

    The US government has imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family members, and a top minister, alleging failure to curb illicit drug trafficking and ties to criminal organizations.

  • Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Moscow and Caracas ratify bond amidst Caribbean tensions

    Caracas has some 5,000 Russian missiles to guarantee the “peace, stability, and tranquility of our people,” Maduro said

    The Russian Parliament officially ratified the Strategic Partnership Treaty between Moscow and Caracas on Wednesday, expanding political and economic cooperation between the two nations amid heightened military tensions in the Caribbean Sea in view of the United States' deployment targeting alleged drug smuggling boats. The Russian Federation Council (Upper House) approved the treaty, confirming the prior approval by the State Duma (Lower House).