United States

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Fed admits inflation cooling, but more evidence needed that “the disinflationary process has started”

  

  The Federal Reserve following a two day meeting announced it decided on Wednesday to raise its key interest rate a quarter point arguing that although inflation is easing it is still too high, and did not discard further rate hikes could be needed since more evidence is needed to be confident inflation is in a sustained downward path. The increase was the eighth since March.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Four key suspects in Haitian president's murder extradited to US

  

  Four suspects of the July 7, 2021, slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were flown to the United States Tuesday to stand trial, the US Department of Justice announced.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro applies for six-month tourist US visa

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a tourist visa to stay in the United States for another six months, it was reported Monday.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  War between US and China to start in 2025, general foresees

  

  US Air Force General Michael Minihan wrote in an internal memo that went public that he foresaw an armed confrontation with China by 2025, The Washington Post reported. “I hope I'm wrong,” Minihan said.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

  Airflifting of sick Yanomami children to healthcare units picking up pace

  

  Hospitalization of gravely sick Yanomami children increased last week as multiple airlifts were performed to bring kids in serious conditions to the only pediatric hospital in Boa Vista.

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Protests surge all across US after police brutality video goes viral

  

  A large number of protesters convened Friday on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington DC to express their anger over the killing of Tyre Nichols, a young African-American man who was beaten to death by law enforcement officers, as video footage that went viral this week proved.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Cartes and Velázquez have ties to Hezbollah, US gov't says

  

  Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and current Vice President Hugo Velázquez have ties to the terrorist group Hezbollah, US Ambassador to Asunción Marc Ostfield said Thursday during a press conference.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

  Classified documents also found at former VP Pence's home

  

  Documents labeled as “classified” have been found at the home of former US Vice President Mike Pence (2017-2021). Pence himself had asked one of his lawyers to search the house as a precaution after confidential papers were detected at President Joseph Biden's residence from his time at the White House under Barack Obama.

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  US/Brazil bilateral trade reaches a new record, US$ 88,7 billion

  

  Trade between Brazil and the United States in 2022 reached a historic level of US$ 88.7 billion. An original analysis of Amcham’s “Brazil-US Trade Monitor”, release by Canal Rural, indicates that the value surpassed the previous record set in 2021 by US$18.2 billion (25.8%).

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

  PDVSA suspends oil exports to review contract terms fearing no payment defaults

  

  Venezuela's PDVSA announced it was suspending most of its crude oil exports to review the contractual terms. The review aims to make sure there will be no payment defaults, pointing out that the imposition of U.S. sanctions on the trade in Venezuelan,