United States

• Monday, November 17th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

  New US strike leaves 3 suspected drug traffickers dead

  

  Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a new attack by United States forces in the Eastern Pacific in international waters, it was announced in Washington. The three individuals were described as “narco-terrorists,” and the mission was said to have been carried out under Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed.

• Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina-US deal shakes up Uruguay

  

  The recent announcement by Washington and Buenos Aires of a joint trade agreement has generated controversy in Montevideo, where it is perceived as a violation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) rules, so the government of President Yamandú Orsi will monitor the case closely.

• Friday, November 14th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

  US launches “Operation Southern Spear” against narco-terrorists

  

  US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the formal launch of Operation Southern Spear on Thursday, a major military offensive led by the Southern Command (Southcom) aimed at “eliminating narco-terrorists from our hemisphere.”

• Friday, November 14th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

  US and Argentina set framework for reciprocal trade and investment agreement

  

  Presidents Donald J. Trump (United States) and Javier Milei (Argentina) announced on Thursday a “Framework for a Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement,” reaffirming a strategic alliance based on shared democratic values and a commitment to free enterprise and open markets.

• Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 20:42 UTC

  Trump pardons Lewis in insider trading case

  

  British billionaire Joe Lewis, who has significant business interests in Argentine Patagonia and other parts of South America, has been granted an official pardon by US President Donald Trump, it was confirmed Thursday. The measure came after Lewis, 88, pleaded guilty last year in New York to insider trading charges. He was subsequently sentenced to pay a US$5 million fine and serve three years of probation.

• Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

  

  California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

  USS Gerald Ford in the Caribbean sparks Venezuelan military mobilization

  

  The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

  Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

  

  US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

  SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

  

  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.

• Monday, November 10th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

  Deal reached in US Senate to end longest-ever Gov't shutdown

  

  A bipartisan agreement was struck in the Senate on Sunday to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, a 40-day impasse that has crippled federal agencies and left hundreds of thousands of civil servants without pay.