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Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:32:00 GMT
Lula says Trump wants to “create a new UN” as he attacks proposed Gaza Peace Council
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Friday that global politics is entering a critical phase in which “multilateralism is being thrown out by unilateralism,” and argued that US President Donald Trump is e...

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:29:00 GMT
Chavismo pushes oil-law reform to open Venezuela’s upstream to private firms
Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved, in a first reading, a reform to the country’s Hydrocarbons Law that would expand private participation in crude production and marketing—an important shift from the long-running...

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:16:00 GMT
YPF and Pluspetrol swap upstream stakes to deepen Vaca Muerta push and feed Argentina LNG plan
Argentina’s state-run oil company YPF and local producer Pluspetrol have agreed to a portfolio swap aimed at reshaping their positions in the Vaca Muerta shale play and strengthening supply for YPF’s flagship liquefied natu...

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:04:00 GMT
EU and Ecuador wrap up talks on sustainable investment deal, EU’s first SIFA with Latin America
The European Union and Ecuador have concluded negotiations on a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA), in what Brussels is portraying as the bloc’s first such deal with a Latin American country, according to an...

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:55:00 GMT
Bolivia’s vice president points to Urubó as possible hideout for fugitive Uruguayan trafficker Marset
Bolivia’s Vice President Edmundo Lara said fugitive Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset may be hiding in Urubó, an affluent residential area on the outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and urged security forces and ...

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