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Milei praises Trump but says he won’t break trade links with China

Today 00:36 Argentina’s President Javier Milei said that there is "global reordering" taking place – and that his government has already stated which side it’s backing.

Trump ousts Maduro

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

Yesterday 17:31 Casa Rosada accepts that elements of Maduro regime will remain in place in Venezuela and do not view calls for free elections as viable; Milei, who has cooled on Machado’s potential leadership of nation, will back Trump’s intervention in upcoming Davos speech.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Germany 'very confident Italy will now agree' to EU-Mercosur trade deal

Yesterday 13:20 German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius tells reporters that EU is "very confident that Italy will now agree to Mercosur agreement."

BILATERAL DISPUTE

Argentina ‘working to bring’ security officer detained in Venezuela home

06-01-2026 18:51 National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva says Argentina’s government is working around the clock to press Caracas to free detained Border Guard officer, who has been held by Venezuelan authorities since 2024.

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

US forces 'killed 55 Venezuelan, Cuban military personnel' in Maduro raid

06-01-2026 17:19 US forces killed 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel during their stunning raid to capture Nicolas Maduro, according to tolls published by Caracas and Havana.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU offers farmers extra funds to quell anger at Mercosur deal

06-01-2026 14:00 European Union will adjust its budget proposal for 2028-2034 to allow farmers early access to around 45 billion euros (US$53 billion) in funding.

PROFILE: DELCY RODRÍGUEZ

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

06-01-2026 13:52 Delcy Rodríguez oversees Venezuela’s oil apparatus and has decades of relationships among the remaining socialist stronghold in government.

CHANGE IN VENEZUELA?

Maduro's fall tests Venezuela's ruling 'club'

06-01-2026 09:34 What happens to Venezuela's so-called "club of five" of powerful leftist figures, now that two of its most important members have been captured and sent to the United States to face trial?

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

UN: US operation in Venezuela undermined international law

06-01-2026 09:18 The Trump administration does not want to occupy Venezuela, says Washington’s envoy to the United Nations.

POST-MADURO OUSTER

Venezuela regroups with new leader, old repression tactics

05-01-2026 22:52 For now, new leader Delcy Rodríguez has the backing of both the Chavismo strongholds in her government and US President Donald Trump.

VENEZUELA LEADER IN COURT

Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty in NYC court, insists still president

05-01-2026 20:15 Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty to drug-trafficking and other charges in a defiant appearance in a New York court.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU hopes to sign Mercosur trade deal soon

05-01-2026 18:59 EU agriculture ministers will discuss the agreement on Wednesday during an extraordinary meeting in Brussels.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Italy plans to back Mercosur, paving way for EU trade deal

05-01-2026 18:25 Deal can pass without support from France and just needs a qualified majority of the EU’s 27 member states.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina leads bloc to stop CELAC rebuke of US action in Venezuela

05-01-2026 13:19 Buenos Aires leads group of regional governments in preventing unanimous CELAC statement condemning Washington’s actions in Venezuela, highlighting political divisions across Latin America.

CFK ON MADURO OUSTER

Fernández de Kirchner: US ‘crossed a line’ with Maduro’s capture

05-01-2026 12:02 Former president posts strongly worded statement condemning Donald Trump’s decision to oust Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and transfer him to the United States; Act of “absolute illegality and illegitimacy” violates international law, she argues.

US INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Maduro arrives for first US court appearance after capture

05-01-2026 11:04 Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro was en route to a New York courthouse early Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation.

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge

04-01-2026 22:21 After Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the United States plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that exactly means and who is in charge remains.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Plaintiffs ask court in Argentina to seek Maduro’s extradition

04-01-2026 22:03 Prosecutors and plaintiffs in Argentine court case probing alleged crimes against humanity committed by Maduro and his government seek extradition of Venezuelan leader.

UNITED STATES POLITICS

Rubio seizes chance to remake Latin America in Venezuela gambit

04-01-2026 18:42 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hopes to seize a long-awaited chance to try to shape Latin America in Washington’s favour.

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela military recognises Maduro's VP Rodríguez as acting president

04-01-2026 15:14 ; Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Spain reject outside 'control' of nation in wake of Maduro's ouster.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

The US and Venezuela's vast oil reserves: key questions

04-01-2026 14:53 Venezuela has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels, according to OPEC

MADURO OUSTED IN VENEZUELA

'At last': Venezuelans abroad celebrate Maduro ouster

04-01-2026 13:21 Venezuelans who fled their nation amid economic collapse and repression under Nicolás Maduro gather in cities worldwide to celebrate his ouster.

REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s top court orders VP to temporarily take charge

04-01-2026 00:57 Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez to immediately assume and exercise all presidential powers in an acting capacity.

REGIME CHANGE IN VENEZUELA

Trump says US to 'run' Venezuela with Maduro now in New York jail

04-01-2026 00:48 US President Donald Trump says people from his cabinet will take charge of Venezuela for now, speaks of exploiting vast oil reserves; Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in New York jail as Washington hints it may work with Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez during transition.

US CAPTURES MADURO

Maduro to face 'full wrath' of US law on drug, terrorism charges

03-01-2026 10:34 Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post on X that Maduro and his wife would face "the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts" over drug and terrorism charges.

US ATTACKS CARACAS

Trump says Maduro captured after US airstrikes hit Venezuela

03-01-2026 09:24 Capturing Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marks an unprecedented intervention and a stunning fall for the Venezuelan leader who became president in 2013.

UNITED STATES ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Milei cheers Trump-ordered capture of Maduro in Venezuela

03-01-2026 09:16 Argentina's President reacts to news of the United States intervention in Venezuela, declaring: “Freedom moves forward."

US ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Venezuela's allies condemn US attack and removal of Maduro

03-01-2026 08:35 Venezuela's neighbours and allies of its President Nicolás Maduro condemn large scale US strike on the South American country and removal of leader.

UNITED STATES ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured in 'large scale' US strike

03-01-2026 07:41 Donald Trump announces US has carried out large-scale military strikes in Venezuela and announced that Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country.

Lithium in Latin America

Chilean firms partner to form giant company to exploit lithium

28-12-2025 08:55 Chile’s Codelco and SQM seal landmark deal to boost lithium extraction in Chile's Atacama Desert, giving the government control of one of the world’s richest reserves of the metal.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Report: Milei mulls right-wing summit as allies advance in Latin America

26-12-2025 10:15 President Milei studying potential summit of right-wing leaders in Argentina following recent election wins for allies.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Mercosur wants on-the-fence EU to know it has other options

21-12-2025 08:48 As the European Union struggles to complete a trade deal with Mercosur, competitors eyeing South America’s consumer market and vast mineral resources are taking note.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Lula, Milei clash over Venezuela at Mercosur summit

20-12-2025 20:11 President Milei again calls for flexibility on Mercosur's trade rules in speech to regional summit; Argentina's leader clashes with Brazilian leader Lula over US President Donald Trump's approach to Venezuela.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Europe stumbles in its attempt to bypass Trump’s world order

20-12-2025 14:12 The ongoing failure to ratify the accord is a blow for the EU, which wants to use the transatlantic agreement as evidence that it could be a global power.

CAMPAIGN COMMENTS

Is Kast caste?

20-12-2025 07:31 While Bolivia, Honduras and now Chile have all swung right in recent voting, Trump’s pet candidate in each nation had problems riding the crest of the wave.

by Michael Soltys

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Mercosur meets in Brazil, EU eyes January 12 trade deal

19-12-2025 17:35 Deal, which has been under negotiation for more than 25 years, met with fierce opposition from farmers and has now been postponed to January.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Lula paves way for postponement of EU-Mercosur trade deal signing

18-12-2025 16:51 After call with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Brazil president says will present proposed EU trade deal postponement to Mercosur at weekend summit.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Lula tells EU it’s now or never for Mercosur trade deal

17-12-2025 16:51 EU has been racing to finalise the accord with Mercosur ahead of a signing ceremony tentatively scheduled for Saturday.

ACADEMY AWARDS

Argentina’s ‘Belén’ joins Brazilian feature on Oscars foreign film shortlist

17-12-2025 12:15 Argentine legal drama 'Belén' and Brazilian political thriller 'O Agente Secreto' have made it onto the shortlist for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Italy says 'premature' to sign EU-Mercosur deal

17-12-2025 10:21 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government is not ready to sign a massive trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc, publicly joining France’s opposition and casting doubt on the pact’s future.

LATIN AMERCIAN POLITICS

Milei embraces Chile's president-elect Kast, cementing right-wing alliance

17-12-2025 10:14 Argentina's president is eagerly embracing José Antonio Kast as another partner in a right-wing project he sees himself as commanding across the region.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Mercosur deal gets boost after lawmakers back farmer protections

16-12-2025 22:12 EU lawmakers and member states are rushing to finalise the deal with the Mercosur bloc – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay – before a potential signing ceremony on Saturday.

ANALYSIS

Chile follows Latin American neighbours in lurching right

16-12-2025 07:49 Leftist leaders have not won a single presidential election in Latin America this year as voters opt for change.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

President-elect Kast faces hard choices as Chile enters new era

15-12-2025 16:12 Chile's hard-right president-elect José Antonio Kast will inherit a stalled economy, high crime rates and a fractured Congress.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chilean hard-right victory stirs memories of Pinochet dictatorship

15-12-2025 15:49 The election of José Antonio Kast in Chile's run-off revives the ghosts and the deep scars of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Chile shifts right as Pinochet fan Kast wins election run-off by landslide

15-12-2025 15:32 Voters elected José Antonio Kast, the most right-wing president in 35 years of Chilean democracy, with a thumping 58 percent of vote in run-off against Jeannette Jara.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Showdown looms as EU-Mercosur deal nears finish line

15-12-2025 13:47 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen due in Brazil on Monday for talks to finalise landmark pact with Mercosur blocof Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

LATIN AMERICA & GEOPOLITICS

Machado, Trump and the contradictions of removing Maduro by force

13-12-2025 05:18 What kind of guarantees can a region with a history of far-right military dictatorships get from a United States that has shelved the democracy agenda in favour of throwing around its economic and geopolitical might?

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GEOPOLITICS IN AMERICAS

Trump to name Peru a major non-NATO ally amid anti-drug push

12-12-2025 18:25 Trump has been looking to rally more governments in Latin America to back his drug-fighting agenda. In Peru, the status offers to boost a new leader who has pledged to be tough on crime.