News of peace

Argentina to submit sign-up to Trump’s Board of Peace to Congress

28-01-2026 23:37 Javier Milei’s government wants lawmakers to deal with matter during extraordinary sessions this February; Argentina signed up as founding member of US President Donald Trump’s new body at Davos last week.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Lula, Macron push for stronger UN to face Trump 'Board of Peace'

28-01-2026 10:07 Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and France's Emmanuel Macron call for "strengthening of the United Nations" in the wake of US President Donald Trump's creation of a "Board of Peace."

OPINION & ANALYSIS

The Davos rapture and Milei’s Nobel pitch

24-01-2026 07:38 The contours of a new world order are beginning to express themselves...

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

Europe hit by a butterfly’s wings

24-01-2026 07:09 Trump’s pathetic desire to win a prize that is awarded by people who despise him is reshaping geopolitics.

by James Neilson

multilateralism & geopolitics

Trump unveils 'Board of Peace', talks up 'New Gaza' plans at Davos

22-01-2026 17:55 Trump launches new 'Board of Peace' despite discord from allies; Argentina's Javier Milei, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko among leaders invited to join; France and Britain have expressed scepticism.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Only Trump superfans come onboard for ‘Board of Peace’ signing in Davos

22-01-2026 16:08 The list of invitations for Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' inauguration ceremony was long but the more notable list was the excuses made to avoid the event altogether.

Geopolitics

Trump to charge US$1-billion for permanent 'board of peace' membership

19-01-2026 12:33 Member countries – represented on the board by their head of state – would be allowed to join for three years, or longer if they paid more than US$1 billion within the first year, Trump's charter says.

BLOOMBERG

Trump wants nations to pay US$1 billion to stay on his peace board

17-01-2026 23:50 According to a draft charter for the proposed group seen by Bloomberg, US President Donald Trump would serve as its inaugural chairman and would decide on who is invited to be members. Countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least US$1 billion.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei, Erdogan invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

17-01-2026 10:44 Argentina's president thanks Trump for the invitation, saying it would be an honour to join.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei says Trump has invited him to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

17-01-2026 10:28 Argentina’s President Javier Milei reveals on social media that he has accepted an invitation from his US counterpart to join Donald Trump’s new international body as a founding member.

UNITED STATES INTERVENTION

Bombs away in Venezuela for Trump, the self-proclaimed 'peace' president

03-01-2026 09:35 Trump's enthusiasm for war would seem at odds for a president who has loudly declared that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

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

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Finally in Oslo, Nobel laureate Machado vows to return to Venezuela

11-12-2025 14:06 María Corina Machado reportedly took three days to make it out of Venezuela and reach Norway, wearing a wig and a disguise, crossing seas, dodging checkpoints and the risk of arrest. It also took the help of the United States government.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Nobel winner Machado secretly left Venezuela and hit bad weather

10-12-2025 13:46 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado secretly left Venezuela in a bid to get to Oslo in time to accept her award but was forced to miss the ceremony because bad weather delayed her journey.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Questions over Machado's whereabouts as Nobel event postponed

09-12-2025 10:12 Nobel officials delay press conference with Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado in Oslo Tuesday; Unclear if she is in the Norwegian capital or not.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Machado family, heads of state in Oslo to fete elusive Nobel laureate

08-12-2025 19:09 María Corina Machado has indicated she will accept her award in person on Wednesday at Oslo's City Hall, despite the risk of being declared a fugitive for leaving her country.

NOBEL PRIZE

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

10-10-2025 13:36 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights" and "struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

DIPLOMACY

'Ball is in Armenia’s court' – Azerbaijani official on peace deal

19-03-2025 15:58 Elchin Amirbayov, Azerbaijan’s presidential representative for special assignments, says Baku is ready to seal a peace deal with Armenia to end decades-long conflict between two Caucasus neighbours.

by Melissa Canales

CONFLICT IN UKRAINE

Trump says Ukraine talks to start 'immediately'

13-02-2025 16:12 Russian President has been largely shunned by the West since his troops attacked Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. But that era of isolation came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, when US President Donald Trump picked up the phone.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel, Hamas agree Gaza ceasefire, hostage release deal

15-01-2025 20:09 Multiphase ceasefire deal, brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, commits Israel and Hamas to ending the war in Gaza after 15 months.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Pope hails four decades of peace between Argentina, Chile

25-11-2024 16:25 Pope Francis hosts a Vatican meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Peace and Friendship Treaty between Argentina and Chile, signed on November 29, 1984, ending the Beagle Channel conflict.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei reiterates Argentina's support for Ukraine during Zelenskyy meet

16-06-2024 09:37 President Javier Milei meets with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy as world leaders gather in Switzerland to look for a path towards a peace process – albeit without Russia.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Upcoming Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland: what Kyiv wants

12-06-2024 13:10 Ukraine is bringing together dozens of world leaders and international organisations in Switzerland this weekend to mount pressure on Russia and outline a path towards peace.