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Trump unveils 50% Brazil levy in response to Bolsonaro trial

09-07-2025 21:22 US President Donald Trump announces 50% tariff targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country's ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro.

Trump, Lula clash over politically charged coup trial

07-07-2025 15:27 US-Brazil relations slide into crisis after Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and Lula snaps back.

Milei urges Mercosur to pursue greater trade openness at summit

03-07-2025 11:58 President Javier Milei urges Mercosur partners to push for greater trade openness within the bloc as he opened a summit in Buenos Aires.

Mercosur, European EFTA bloc conclude talks on free-trade deal

02-07-2025 19:10 Mercosur and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) close negotiations over a free-trade agreement.

Fernández de Kirchner seeks permission for Lula visit under house arrest

01-07-2025 21:43 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner requests permission to host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a visit while serving her six-year jail term under house arrest.

Milei to host Mercosur presidents amid tensions with Lula

29-06-2025 11:54 President will lead this week’s two-day two summit in Buenos Aires; Argentina’s leader to again push for a liberal shift in the South American trade bloc’s future.

US tells Latin America to choose a side in Iran conflict

24-06-2025 09:40 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must choose "which side they are going to be on" in the conflict with Iran, says a US State Department official.

LatAm teams lay down the gauntlet to Europe at Club World Cup

21-06-2025 22:42 If anyone is going to stop a European side winning FIFA's new 32-team competition, it will be a club from South America.

Brazil's Lula urges Macron to seal EU-Mercosur trade deal

05-06-2025 12:14 Brazil's president urges French counterpart to "finalise" EU trade deal with Mercosur during visit to Paris.

Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable

05-06-2025 10:03 Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia. According to Google, this will be the first such cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific. 

Rio Tinto invests in major Chilean lithium project

19-05-2025 20:56 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco announced a partnership on Monday with British-Australian miner Rio Tinto to extract lithium from the Maricunga salt flat.

US reward for info on Hezbollah at Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay border

19-05-2025 18:05 United States announces it is offering up to US$10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in the Triple Border region.

‘Pepe’ Mujica and politics as tool for transformation

15-05-2025 14:26 José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, has passed away at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy of social and economic transformation. During his administration, Argentina’s neighbour experienced historic growth, with inclusive policies that reduced poverty and promoted human rights.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

José Mujica: Happiness, wisdom and generosity

15-05-2025 14:06 If wisdom is the fruit of age, then José ‘Pepe’ Mujica lived long enough to share quite a bit. He was generous with it too, not wanting to take to the grave what had cost him so dearly to learn. During an eventful life, he learned that happiness doesn't come by way of sickle, chainsaw or hammer.

by Mónica Martin

'Pepe' Mujica: Uruguay's tractor-driving leftist icon

13-05-2025 17:28 Dubbed the world's "poorest president" while in office, José Mujica eschewed the trappings of success, continuing to live on his small farm, with his wife Lucía and three-legged dog Manuela at his side.

The guerrilla fighter who became Uruguay's president

13-05-2025 17:17 'Pepe' Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of Uruguay, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in April 2024, which later spread to his liver.

Confirmed: Ancelotti to take over as Brazil coach

12-05-2025 12:12 Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid to take his talents to the international game with Brazil.

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

09-05-2025 08:31 China signed a letter of intent with exporters in Argentina to buy about US$900 million of soybeans, corn and vegetable oil.

Merz tells France Mercosur trade deal must be ratified 'quickly'

07-05-2025 11:13 New German chancellor Friedrich Merz says EU countries should "quickly" ratify a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc that has met with staunch opposition from France.

Venezuelan opposition figures 'rescued' from Argentina's Embassy, says US

06-05-2025 22:34 Argentina's government confirms United States has successfully rescued of five Venezuelan opposition figures who had been sheltered in its Embassy at Caracas since March 2024.