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VENEZUELAN ECONOMY

Venezuela’s 600% inflation undercuts Trump’s boasts of revival

Today 10:17 Life has only gotten harder for Venezuelans in the two months since Trump removed Maduro from power.

US IN LATIN AMERICA

Ecuador launches two weeks of US-backed anti-drug operations

Today 10:07 Two-week crackdown deploys 75,000 troops as Washington deepens security partnership;

AS I SEE IT

Facing the Islamist challenge

14-03-2026 06:52 Will Trump and Netanyahu be satisfied with something less than “regime change”? Or are they dead set on continuing the war until the ayatollahs and their brutal enforcers have been replaced by a pro-Western government?

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

No inertia with Persia

14-03-2026 06:46 The 90 million Persians are very self-consciously not Arabs – ethnically, they are Indo-European, not Semitic while their Farsi language is fairly unintelligible for speakers of Arabic, far less overlap than, say, between Russian and Polish.

by Michael Soltys

WAR IN IRAN

Middle East war set to rage on as Iran's new leader breaks silence

12-03-2026 18:25 Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signals he won’t back down in the Middle East war in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

FEATURE

Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home

12-03-2026 11:20 Expats are torn between a desire to rebuild their homeland and preserving the hard-won prosperity they’ve achieved abroad, for themselves and their families.

GLOBAL OIL MARKET

Middle East oil shock is ‘largest supply disruption’ in history, IEA says

12-03-2026 10:56 Iran launches new wave of attacks; Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of global crude passes – effectively shut down; Oil prices soar, trading above US$100; International Energy Agency bemoans "largest supply disruption in history of global oil market.”

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Iran warns of long war that would 'destroy' world economy

11-03-2026 17:47 Iran's Revolutionary Guard vows to target "economic centres and banks" that it deems linked to US and Israeli interests; US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon," as Tehran effectively closes off Strait of Hormuz.

NEW ERA IN CHILE

Chile’s new President Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

11-03-2026 14:21 Kast’s new administration plans to sign broad agreements with the United States to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.

ENERGY, FINANCE & GEOPOLITICS

Milei reactivates dams, consolidating strategic rapprochement with China

11-03-2026 09:36 Argentina’s government has confirmed that work on the hydroelectric complex on the Santa Cruz river – which has been paralysed since Javier Milei came to power – has resumed. The project, integrally financed by Chinese banks and implemented by the Gezhouba company, returns to the agenda amid an uptick in the relations between Buenos Aires and Beijing.

by Carlos Burgueño

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Is Argentina at war?

10-03-2026 14:50 At a Jewish university in New York, President Milei once again described Iran as an “enemy” and declared that “we are going to win” the war in the Middle East. The lessons of the past and the risks of reckless ideological displays.

by Walter Curia

ARGENTINA WEEK ROADSHOW

Milei backs Trump as he launches Argentina roadshow in New York

09-03-2026 12:39 President voices strong support for Donald Trump, forecasts global political shifts driven by war and geopolitics.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei reaffirms alliance with Trump at ‘Shield of Americas’ summit

08-03-2026 11:01 Milei in attendance at international meeting in Florida; Trump offers Latin America’s leaders US missile strikes to hit drug cartels, calls for tougher action on organised crime, hints at Cuba action.

SECURITY IN AMERICAS

Trump urges Latin America to use military against cartels

08-03-2026 10:23 Trump tells a group of Latin American leaders at security summit in Miami that Washington "will not tolerate the lawlessness in our hemisphere any longer."

TRUMP & THE AMERICAS

Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration

07-03-2026 08:21 Summit at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida, marks the latest instance of the president moving ahead with his so-called "Donroe Doctrine" of asserting expanded US authority in the Western Hemisphere.

As I see it

Trump the liberator goes to war

07-03-2026 06:50 Though few would disagree that a “diplomatic solution” to the Iranian problem would be far better than one reached at gunpoint, efforts to persuade the leaders of the regime that it would be in their interest to call a genuine halt to their nuclear programme were always bound to fail.

by James Neilson

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s regime change drive

07-03-2026 06:43 Regime change is easier said than done.

by Marcelo J. García

(GEO)POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Argentina: the safest country in the world

07-03-2026 06:36 With the world in chaos, Milei returned to the basics and relied on the same kind of things that got him elected in the first place.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GEOPOLITICS

Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

06-03-2026 13:11 Donald Trump is gathering his top allies from Latin America at a moment when a new US military conflict is putting even his best friends in the region under newfound pressure.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump’s war

06-03-2026 10:00 This is Trump’s war, Trump’s choice, Trump’s adventure.

by David Smith

GEOPOLITICS

Trump-LatAm conservative summit to discuss democracy

06-03-2026 08:43 Donald Trump will host a dozen transcontinental allies this weeekend, many of whom he has backed or helped put into office.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei departs for Trump-hosted security summit in Miami

06-03-2026 07:20 Several Latin American leaders aligned with Washington’s agenda invited; Milei to travel to Miami, before travelling on to New York for Argentina Week.

FOOTBALL & POLITICS

Trump honours Messi's Inter Miami at White House

05-03-2026 21:21 Lionel Messi put aside his aversion to politics Thursday and walked alongside Donald Trump at the White House to commemorate his club championship with Inter Miami, handing the US president a rare photo-op.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Milei wants Argentina’s US 'strategic alliance' to be ‘state policy’

02-03-2026 11:47 President Milei says "South Atlantic is the strategic battleground of the coming decades" and that Argentina will be in tune with the United States.

ATTACK ON IRAN

Iran's supreme leader Khamenei confirmed dead, says Trump

28-02-2026 21:04 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed Saturday in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, US President Donald Trump announces.

EXPLAINER

What led to US-Israeli strikes on Iran: protests, nuclear power and proxies

28-02-2026 11:11 The United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iran on Saturday, triggering explosions in the capital Tehran and an escalation across the region.

MIDDLE EAST

US, Israel launch strikes on Iran; Tehran hits back across region

28-02-2026 11:05 US and Israeli strikes on Iran follow the Islamic republic's violent repression of mass protests and stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Ironies of FATE

28-02-2026 06:05 Tensions between the liberal right and the nationalistic right could start to make themselves felt here.

by Michael Soltys

AS I SEE IT

The ‘indispensable nation’ goes AWOL

28-02-2026 06:01 Team Trump’s members think that, unless the Europeans adopt a turbocharged version of the policies they recommend, they could disappear from history before the present century has run its course.

by James Neilson

WASHINGTON VERSUS TEHRAN

Iran denies missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges 'sinister ambitions'

25-02-2026 10:25 Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges "sinister ambitions" in key Congress speech; US president says Tehran must make a "meaningful deal" in negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else "bad things happen."

ANALYSIS

Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit

23-02-2026 17:35 Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over.

INTERVIEW

Paraguay’s Peña backs Trump’s new Monroe Doctrine in Latin America

20-02-2026 01:03 Latin America stands to benefit from Donald Trump’s greater involvement in the region, says Paraguayan leader.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei offers troops for Gaza as Trump launches his 'Board of Peace'

19-02-2026 14:08 Inaugural meeting of the "Board of Peace" created by US President Donald Trump; President Javier Milei offers Argentine peace-keeping troops for deployment in Gaza Strip.

PRESIDENT ON TOUR

Milei travels to US for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting

18-02-2026 17:47 President will attend the first edition of new Trump-led council that aims to resolve conflict in the Middle East.

MILEI ON TOUR

Milei schedules packed US agenda with Chile stopover

16-02-2026 13:30 President to attend Trump-backed ‘Board of Peace’ summit in Washington before returning for Latin America summit and ‘Argentina Week' in New York; Chile inauguration and domestic ‘Tour de la Gratitud’ also on schedule.

AS I SEE IT

Westerners looking for a way out

14-02-2026 06:12 Trump and others who hope to emulate him are reactionaries. They tell their compatriots that they want their countries to go back to what they were half a century or so ago before the rot set in, hence the promise to make them “great again.”

by James Neilson

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Trump to host Latin American leaders, including Milei, in Miami on March 7

12-02-2026 14:57 Trump to host the leaders of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras and other Latin American nations in Miami for a March 7 summit.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to attend inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington

09-02-2026 14:42 President Javier Milei to attend the first meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on February 19 in Washington DC.

BEEF EXPORTS

Trump boosts Argentina beef imports to US in affordability push

07-02-2026 09:36 Trump directive finalises the terms of a deal the US and Argentina signed Thursday scrapping hundreds of tariffs and trade barriers on each other’s goods

BEEF EXPORTS

Trump to boost Argentina beef imports as cost worries bite

07-02-2026 08:20 US President Donald Trump signs executive order to allow more Argentine beef imports into the United States.

Casa Rosada on deal

Government: US agreement ‘consolidates' Argentina's 'regional leadership’

06-02-2026 16:29 Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni and foreign Minister Pablo Quirno outline details of new trade and investment agreement with the United States at press conference; Deal will be sent to Congress for approval, confirms government.

UNITED STATES POLITICS

Fury after Trump posts video of Obamas as monkeys

06-02-2026 14:07 White House unrepentant over Trump's post of a video depicting the Obamas as monkeys, rejecting what it called "fake outrage" and saying the video was from an "Internet meme."

POLITICS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chávez, Maduro

06-02-2026 11:26 Venezuela's National Assembly starts weighing amnesty law; Bill is an initiative by interim president Delcy Rodríguez, who stepped into the shoes of Nicolas Maduro after he was deposed in US military operation one month ago.

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

Milei inks trade, investment deal with United States

05-02-2026 20:18 Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announces agreement with Washington; US will eliminate tariffs on more than 1,600 products and grant “unprecedented” access for Argentine beef, says government.

US TRADE DEAL – ANALYSIS

Argentina signs US trade deal that cuts hundreds of tariffs

05-02-2026 17:54 US agrees to eliminate over 1,600 reciprocal tariffs on Argentine goods while Milei’s government will terminate more than 220 levies on US products.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Milei apes Trump with ‘Rapid Response Office'

05-02-2026 15:24 Milei government launches new 'Official Response Office' to “debunk operations”; Account will “combat disinformation,” says government, and distinguish “facts from narratives.”

US-ARGENTINA RELATIONS

US senator asks Bessent to terminate US$20-billion Argentina swap line

05-02-2026 11:25 US Senator Elizabeth Warren asks for clarification and requests termination of US$20-billion currency swap line with Argentina.

BONDS & MARKETS

Bond buyers scour Americas to bet on nations close to Trump

02-02-2026 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.

MULTILATERALISM

WHO is being forced to cut jobs after US and Argentina pull funding

02-02-2026 14:33 Argentina has announced its intention to withdraw from the World Health Organisation, with the exit expected to take effect in February.