Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 3rd 2025 - 02:44 UTC

United States

  • Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Milei’s crypto scandal deepens, now involving his sister 'The Boss'

    Hayden Davis, a key figure in the Libra project, boasted in a text message that he had paid Karina Milei to influence the president’s actions

    The fallout from Argentine President Javier Milei’s involvement in a crypto scandal has expanded, now implicating his sister and closest adviser, Karina Milei. Allegations have surfaced that she was directly approached by those behind the controversial Libra memecoin, which skyrocketed and then collapsed after Milei endorsed it on social media.

  • Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 09:05 UTC

    Trump: Russia willing to end Ukrainian war

    Trump insisted the conflict could have been resolved earlier

    US President Donald Trump Tuesday acknowledged from his Mar-a-Lago residence that Russia was willing to end the war in Ukraine and criticized Kyiv for its reluctance to negotiate. In the Republican leader's view, the conflict could have been resolved sooner.

  • Tuesday, February 18th 2025 - 06:48 UTC

    Trump demands Ukraine's precious metals in exchange for protection

    In Ukraine’s case, “just have half your mineral output loaded up for shipment every Friday and you won’t be hurt”.

    By Gwynne Dyer

    What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets has a lower level of risk and a higher rate of returns.

  • Saturday, February 15th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    US Health authorities start staff downsizing under RFK, Jr.

    The measure targeted the so-called probationary workers which included new hires or old ones who had just been relocated

    US Federal authorities terminated a series of employments after Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) was confirmed by the Senate Thursday as the country's new Health Secretary. Some 1,300 probationary-level workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 1,500 others from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were laid off.

  • Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    End of war in Ukraine nearer after Trump-Putin talks

    Trump and Putin agreed: they both want peace

    US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation Wednesday with his Russian colleague President Vladimir Putin, with whom he discussed for over 90 minutes the idea of starting negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Both leaders expressed their eagerness to end the conflict at the earliest opportunity possible.

  • Thursday, February 13th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Alckmin to push for return of US steel import quotas

    There's no tax war, there's an understanding based on the public interest,” Alckmin underlined

    Brazilian Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, defended on Wednesday the establishment of exemption quotas for steel and aluminum to be shipped to the United States, as it happened during US President Donald Trump's previous government (2017-2021).

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 18:58 UTC

    AP reporter banned from White House coverage over Gulf renaming

    A global news agency should “ensure that place names and geography are easily recognizable to all audiences,” The Associated Press insisted (Image: Google Map)

    A representative from the 178-year-old Associated Press (AP) news service was denied access to a White House event on Tuesday given the outlet's failure to adopt the name “Gulf of America” in reference to that portion of the Caribbean Sea previously known as “Gulf of Mexico” but renamed by US President Donald Trump shortly after his Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 15:41 UTC

    Arab League opposes Trump's plans for Gaza

    Displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable,” Ahmed Abul Gheit said

    Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit spoke Wednesday during the World Governments Summit in Dubai against relocating the Palestinian population living in the Gaza Strip, as US President Donald Trump suggested earlier this month. Abul Gheit thus concurred with Jordan's King Abdullah II, who made similar remarks after talks with the Republican leader at the White House late Tuesday. Trump had suggested Jordan could be one of the destinations for the Gaza residents after the US takes it over.

  • Wednesday, February 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil’s Finance Minister: Trump's tariffs damage global trade

    Haddad will discuss the matter deeper with representatives of Brazil's steel and aluminum sectors when he returns from his Feb.14-20 Middle East tour

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad stressed Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports was “counterproductive” to the global economy. “The global economy loses with this, with this retraction, with this de-globalization that is happening,” he added.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 14:23 UTC

    Guterres wants Israel and Hamas to keep negotiating while Trump heralds hell in Gaza

    “We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities,” Guterres said

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday urged the terrorist group Hamas not to drop the plan to release Israeli hostages in exchange for convicted Palestinians. The Portuguese diplomat urged both sides of the conflict to avoid “hostilities” and carry on with the second stage of the ceasefire. Hamas had announced it would not abide by the deal after Israel allegedly violated the truce.