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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:17:00 GMTUruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency this month, with EU quotas a top priority
Uruguay will assume the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur on June 30, during a summit of the bloc in Paraguay, with the distribution of the quotas from the agreement with the European Union (EU) among the main items on its age...
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:11:00 GMTArgentina's Adorni reports 944 million pesos in assets, including the homes from the probe
Argentina's Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, declared assets of 944,575,052 pesos —about $653,000 at the 1,446-peso exchange rate he used— in the sworn declaration for 2025 he filed before the Anti-Corruption Office. The filin...
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMTVenezuela hands Shell a license for the cross-border Loran gas field shared with Trinidad
Venezuela on Thursday granted the British company Shell a license for a first phase of exploration and exploitation of the Loran gas field, which has seven reservoirs, six of them transboundary with Trinidad and Tobago. The sig...
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:03:00 GMTAmnesty International condemns police violence at World Cup opening protests in Mexico City
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday condemned the violence by security forces during the large protests in southern Mexico City surrounding the opening of the 2026 World Cup, in which police used fire extinguishers to disper...
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:46:00 GMTCuba accuses Rubio of tightening the US economic and energy blockade after Cupet sanction
Cuba's government on Thursday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of "further reinforcing" the economic and energy siege against the island, after Washington sanctioned the state company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (Cupet), whi...