South America
South America
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:17:00 GMTColombia and Venezuela will seek full Mercosur membership, Petro says
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his country and Venezuela will seek admission to Mercosur as full members, one day after a ministerial meeting in Caracas that he described as “extremely successful,” according to EFE....
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:15:00 GMTArgentine court probe finds alleged US$5 million deal tied to Milei’s promotion of $LIBRA
Argentina’s judicial investigation into the collapse of the $LIBRA cryptocurrency has added a new and potentially damaging element for President Javier Milei. A draft recovered from businessman Mauricio Novelli’s phone desc...
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:10:00 GMTOil tops US$100 a barrel as Middle East war and Hormuz disruption rattle markets
Oil prices moved back above US$100 a barrel on Monday as the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran intensified and shipping disruption in the Strait of Hormuz hit one of the world’s most critical energy chokep...
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:50:00 GMTFormer Chevron executive told CIA the opposition would struggle to control Venezuela
Ali Moshiri, Chevron’s former top executive for Venezuela and a longtime Washington interlocutor on energy matters, warned the CIA before Nicolás Maduro’s ouster that a direct handover of power to the opposition led by Mar...
Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:46:00 GMTProtest in Morón turns into attack on Communist Party office amid Cuba blackouts
A protest over blackouts and shortages in the Cuban city of Morón turned into a partial attack on the local Communist Party headquarters early on Saturday, in one of the most unusual recent expressions of public unrest on the ...