News of america

Bond buyers scour Americas to bet on nations close to Trump

Yesterday 14:42 Money managers at top firms are favouring government bonds from nations such as Ecuador and Argentina, whose leaders have forged close ties with the US administration.

Venezuelan interim president announces mass amnesty push

31-01-2026 09:03 Delcy Rodríguez says said she will propose a "general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present."

Argentina’s global debt hopes get boost from Ecuador’s bond success

28-01-2026 22:44 Ecuador’s return to global credit markets is being seen as a good portent among investors who are eagerly awaiting Argentina’s comeback.

‘Davos of Latin America’ tests Lula’s regional clout

28-01-2026 21:30 First gathering of regional heads of state since the United States captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, sparking outrage from Lula but praise from other leaders.

Benigno Alarcón Deza: ‘Over 80% of Venezuelans are clamouring for political change’

24-01-2026 07:08 Venezuelan political scientist, resident in Caracas, on the drift towards authoritarian government under Hugo Chávez, the impact of oil and the 2024 election, the strength of its opposition leaders and a potential return to democracy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Latin America rides out Trump’s trade storm with help from China

22-01-2026 00:31 At a time when regions like Europe are grappling with Trump’s renewed tariff threats, Latin America is heading into 2026 even better positioned to withstand any trade shocks from Washington.

Chile declares emergency after wildfires force 20,000 to evacuate

18-01-2026 10:00 Chile's government has not said whether the fires killed anyone or how many homes had been impacted.

Milei welcomes EU trade deal but puts Mercosur on notice

17-01-2026 16:44 President Javier Milei hails trade pact at ceremony in Asunción; Argentina’s leader welcomes EU agreement but warned he will continue seeking trade deals with other countries that “support freedom.”

LatAm on the run (from Trump)

17-01-2026 07:04 Latin American leaders are scrambling to adapt to the new reality in which the United States can impose its will on the hemisphere.

by Marcelo J. García

Lula, Von der Leyen hail EU-Mercosur deal as key for prosperity, multilateralism

16-01-2026 17:42 Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hail EU-Mercosur trade deal as key for prosperity and multilateralism.

In Argentina, Trump tests whether money, not force, can win over Latin America

15-01-2026 11:09 Argentina holds clues about how successful US President Donald Trump's so-called “Donroe Doctrine” may ultimately be.

Trump praises 'terrific' new Venezuela leader Rodríguez after call

15-01-2026 10:26 US President Donald Trump says he had held a "long call" with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, describing her as "terrific."

The fall of the Bolivarian régime and its ruinous fallout for Argentina

13-01-2026 15:18 Argentina’s economic relationship with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela left a negative balance difficult to hide. From Hugo Chávez’s financial loans to Néstor Kirchner to failed trade agreements, expropriations and non-payments, the link translated into lost dollars, lost markets and troubled national companies. Bonds with usurious interest rates, unpaid exports, truncated energy projects and forced nationalisations marked almost three decades of a political alliance which, in economic terms, proved to be costly and ruinous for the country.

by Carlos Burgueño

Trump says working well with Venezuela's new leaders, open to meeting

12-01-2026 11:26 Venezuela says that 116 political prisoners have been released since the government announced last week it would begin freeing those jailed under Maduro.

Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'

11-01-2026 10:56 US president warns Communist leaders in Cuba that flow of Venezuelan oil and cash will stop; "I strongly suggest they make a deal, before it is too late," declares Trump on social media.

Donald Trump is on a roll

10-01-2026 06:51 Though Trump and his aides insist that they have drawn up a plan to make Venezuela great again, they do not seem to be aware of the magnitude of the task they have undertaken.

by James Neilson

EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed January 17, confirms foreign minister

09-01-2026 17:48 "The good news continues" – Argentina’s government celebrates EU greenlight for Mercosur trade agreement; Milei, Minister Caputo and Quirno join in the celebrations.

European Union approves free-trade agreement with Mercosur

09-01-2026 13:36 Greenlight clears the way for Ursula von der Leyen to travel to Asunción, Paraguay, to sign the sweeping trade pact.

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

08-01-2026 14:52 Trump says in New York Times interview that the US would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years. “We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told the newspaper.

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

08-01-2026 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.