United States

Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
John Deere and US farmers agree on MOU to allow customers the right to fix their own equipment

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and John Deere & Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Sunday, putting an end to a long litigation. The tractor factory has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment. Previously, farmers were only allowed to use authorized parts and service facilities rather than cheaper independent repair options.
Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
AMLO wants Biden to end abandonment of Latin America

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked his US colleague Joseph Biden to take a look at his closest neighbors when allocating aid funds. The two leaders met Monday in Mexico City to discuss the needs of the American continent in the coming years, particularly regarding cooperation and migration.
Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:28 UTC
US: Republican Kevin McCarthy becomes new Speaker of the House

It took Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy almost four days and 15 rounds of voting until he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives to replace the Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
Biden reaches El Paso to have first-hand impression of migration crisis

US President Joseph Biden Sunday arrived in El Paso, Texas, from where he will cross into Mexico for a Summit with his local colleague Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:24 UTC
Chapito Guzmán not to be deported for now

A Mexican judge Friday agreed to Ovidio Guzmán's request not to be extradited to the United States.
Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 07:03 UTC
Uruguayan organic beef, processed in Brazil successfully shipped to US

The Brazilian food processing corporation Marfrig announced that it started to process organic meat at its unit located in Hulha Negra, in Rio Grande do Sul, (Southern Brazil) with raw material coming from the company’s plant in Uruguay.
Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 06:49 UTC
Tourist arrivals in US during October increased 144,9% compared to 2021, and 76.8% of 2019 pre-Covid

Data recently released by US National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in October 2022 non-US resident international visitor arrival volume to the United States totaled 5,136,449, demonstrating a 144.9% increase compared to October 2021.
Friday, January 6th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Alberto Fernández invited Biden, Xi Jinping over to Celac summit

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has invited his US and Chinese colleagues over to the upcoming Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to be held on Jan. 24 in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, January 4th 2023 - 21:45 UTC
Chevron activities picking up pace in Venezuela

The first shipment of Venezuelan crude oil to a US refinery in quite a while is about to set sail, it was reported in Caracas. Oil producer Chevron is to send the oil to its Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery after obtaining a US license in 2022.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 20:09 UTC
US: First transgender inmate slated for lethal injection

Transgender inmate Amber McLaughlin is scheduled to become Tuesday the first person with that condition to be put to death by lethal injection after Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) denied that last clemency request. She was convicted of killing her girlfriend in 2003.