South America
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:58:00 GMTOil tops $114 a barrel as Iran conflict drives record monthly surge
Brent crude, the European benchmark, closed Monday at $112.78 per barrel and continued climbing in the futures market past $114, its highest level since July 2022. Oil has surged roughly 55% in March, the largest monthly gain s...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:11:00 GMTChile's new government freezes migrant legalization, eyes deportations
President José Antonio Kast's government has suspended a decree drafted by the previous administration of Gabriel Boric that would have regularized some 182,000 people who entered Chile irregularly and voluntarily registered w...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:24:00 GMTArgentine court charges football chief 'Chiqui' Tapia and top AFA officials with tax fraud
An Argentine court on Monday charged the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, treasurer Pablo Toviggino, and three other officials with misappropriation of tax revenue and social security funds,...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:16:00 GMTArgentine microsatellite to fly on NASA's Artemis 2 Moon mission
A microsatellite designed and built entirely in Argentina will travel as a secondary payload on the crewed Artemis 2 mission, which NASA plans to launch Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Argentina is the only ...
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMTNASA begins countdown for first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years
The countdown for the Artemis 2 mission began Monday at 4:44 p.m. local time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with liftoff targeted for 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. It will be the first time astronauts have traveled ...
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:01:00 GMTBrazil hit hardest as Latin America adjusts to Trump tariffs after one year
One year after the Trump administration launched its tariff offensive against more than 180 countries, Latin America presents a mixed picture: some economies lost competitiveness in the U.S. market, while others redirected expo...
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:18:00 GMTEU eases path for truck and bus makers to meet 2030 CO2 targets
The European Union on Monday formally adopted temporary flexibility measures to help truck and bus manufacturers meet their 2030 CO2 emission reduction targets, without altering long-term goals.
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:16:00 GMTUS allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba in easing of energy blockade
The United States authorized the passage of a Russian oil tanker loaded with crude bound for Cuba, in the first easing of the de facto energy blockade Washington has imposed on the island since the start of the year, The New Yo...
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:13:00 GMTDrug parcels from the US intercepted in Uruguay; two convicted on trafficking charges
Uruguay's National Customs Directorate reported the arrest and conviction of two people on drug trafficking charges following a series of operations at Carrasco International Airport, on the outskirts of Montevideo, involving t...
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:53:00 GMTMaduro calls from prison for "reconciliation, forgiveness, and reunion" in Venezuela
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, issued their first public statement since being captured in Caracas on January 3 in a U.S. military operation, calling for national reconciliation and endo...