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08:40 Key hospital in central Haiti closes due to gang violence

A top hospital in Haiti is closing its doors due to worsening insecurity after gangs attacked the central city of Mirebalais, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday, marking another blow to the country's fragile health sector.

08:40 Brazil urging tougher emissions goals ahead of climate summit, sources say

Brazil, which hosts this year's United Nations climate summit, has a main goal of persuading Europe, China and other developing economies to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, three people with knowledge of the country's plans told Reuters.

06:48 Vietnam seeks more free trade deals to drive growth as Trump tariff looms

Vietnam is seeking to speed up its negotiations for new free trade agreements while more effectively exploiting the 17 ones it has already signed, as its export-reliant economy is bracing for U.S. tariffs.

06:48 Gold falls as Trump backs down from threat to fire Fed chief

Gold prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump backed down from threats to dismiss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and expressed optimism for a trade deal with China, denting bullion's safe-haven appeal.

06:31 Mercado Pago announces offensive in Brazil and Anitta Ambassador

Market Pago, the financial institution of the market, launched a new campaign to attract customers in Brazil with a new product, new visual identity and a famous spokesman who used to work for Nubank.

04:01 Besent would be willing to offer a line of credit to Argentina

The Secretary of the United States Treasury, Scott Besent, said the Trump administration would be willing to offer the Argentine government a specific credit line if a global crisis endangered the economic recovery led by President Javier Milei, according to three people with direct knowledge of his comments.

03:43 Pope Francis' body lies in state at St Peter's ahead of funeral

Pope Francis' body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral expected to bring U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of other world leaders to Rome.

03:41 Bessent sees de-escalation in US-China trade tensions, talks to be 'a slog'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he believes there will be a de-escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions, but negotiations with Beijing have not yet started and would be a "slog," according to a person who heard his closed-door presentation to investors at a JP Morgan conference.

00:25 Trading Day: Stocks rebound, no new Powell-bashing or trade tirades from Trump

Making sense of the forces driving global markets

23:56 Argentina economic activity grows 5.7% in February

Argentina's economic activity rose 5.7% in February compared with the same month last year, notching its fourth consecutive month of year-on-year growth, official data showed on Tuesday.

23:56 Peru seeks to position itself as the main tourist destination in these important countries in South America, including the United States, Spain and more

The campaign will highlight the main tourist regions of the country, such as Cusco and Arequipa, using digital platforms and a screen in Miami to capture the attention of international travelers.

23:42 Argentina's surprise peso strength tempers fears of inflation comeback

Argentina's peso is gaining ground despite being unleashed from years-long currency controls designed to stop it falling, helping to banish fears that Argentina's recurring nightmare - inflation - will return.

22:56 Abuse victims say they saw progress under Pope Francis, just not enough

When Pope Francis sat with his head in his hands and listened to accounts of clerical sexual abuse for an hour longer than scheduled during a trip to Dublin in 2018, many of those present were deeply moved.

22/04 Brazil's would-be cocoa king aims to revolutionize industry with giant farm

In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm.

22/04 Gold hits key $3,500 mark as Trump's attacks on Fed chief rattle traders

Gold prices soared to a record high, hitting the crucial $3,500 mark on Tuesday, as concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dampened risk sentiment and drove investors towards safe-haven bullion.

22/04 Morning Bid: Trying to contain US market contagion

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

22/04 China's Nio delays Europe launch of Firefly EV to third quarter

China's Nio said on Tuesday it would launch its Firefly electric vehicle in Europe in the third quarter, later than initially forecast, after it underestimated challenges involved in sales and service network expansions in the region.

22/04 Salvadoran deported by mistake to room in another penitentiary center

Trump's government informed a federal judge that a Maryland man erroneously deported to his native country, El Salvador, was transferred more than a week ago outside the controversial MEGAPRISION CECOT where he had been held with other accused gang members.

22/04 Chipotle plans Mexican foray with first outlet in 2026

Chipotle Mexican Grill is expanding internationally with a location in Mexico that is set to open early next year, it said on Monday, bringing its tacos and burritos to the region for the first time.

22/04 Texas Walmart shooter who killed 23 avoids death penalty by pleading guilty

The gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a 2019 mass shooting aimed at Latinos at a Texas Walmart pleaded guilty to murder on Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, prosecutors said.

21/04 Trading Day: Trump pummels Powell

TRADING DAY

21/04 Argentina cancels games after death of fan Pope Francis

Argentina's football association postponed all fixtures on Monday to mourn Pope Francis, an ardent fan of the game and supporter of Buenos Aires' San Lorenzo team.

21/04 Venezuelan migrants were set for deportation without judicial review, lawyers tell US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump's administration was prepared to carry out deportations of dozens of Venezuelan migrants detained in Texas under a 1798 law historically used only during wartime without judicial review and contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court's prior orders, lawyers told the justices Monday.

21/04 Venezuelan migrants seek further deportation protections after Supreme Court ruling

Venezuelan migrants will seek to bolster their protections against deportation under a wartime law this week, after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of migrants with an emergency ruling over the weekend.

21/04 Pope Francis spent final day working, despite doctors' orders

After spending more than five weeks in hospital for a bout of double pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months' rest - but the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics kept working right to the end.

21/04 US Congress members visit El Salvador to facilitate release of deported man

Four Democratic U.S. representatives arrived in El Salvador on Monday hoping to compel the Trump administration to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and now held in a notorious prison in that country.

21/04 Who might succeed Pope Francis? Nine possible candidates

Predict who the next pope will be at your peril.

21/04 Pope Francis, the Argentine pontiff, never returned home

Argentines long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church. With his death on Monday at the age of 88 after a long illness, those hopes for his return end unrealized.

21/04  Pope Francis: timeline of the pontiff's life and career

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

21/04 Pope Francis: His pontificate in numbers 

Here are some statistics about Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.

21/04 'Profound sorrow': Argentina mourns homegrown Pope Francis

Argentines, fresh from holding Easter family gatherings around the parrilla barbecue, woke on Monday to the sad news that Pope Francis, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, had died in the Vatican at the age of 88 after battling illness.

21/04 Pope Francis: Key moments from his life

Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

21/04 Pope Francis obituary: a pontiff who shook up the Catholic Church

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor.

21/04 Gold soars to record high on trade war concerns, weaker dollar

Gold prices surged to a record high on Monday, spurred by concerns over global economic growth due to the spiralling Sino-U.S. trade war, with a weaker dollar further boosting the rally.

21/04 El Salvador proposes sending US-deported Venezuelans to Venezuela

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday proposed a deal to send 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking "political prisoners" held by Venezuela.

21/04 Alito criticizes US Supreme Court's decision to 'hastily' block deportations

Samuel Alito's five-page dissent arrived nearly 24 hours after the Supreme Court temporarily barred the government from deporting a group of accused Venezuelan gang members under a rarely used wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

20/04 Republican senator criticizes Trump, calls Abrego Garcia case a 'screw up'

John Kennedy said Kilmar Abrego Garcia should have had a hearing before being sent to El Salvador.

20/04 Supreme Court’s Alito Calls Block of Deportations ‘Questionable’

The US Supreme Court acted on “unprecedented and legally questionable” grounds when it blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador, Justice Samuel Alito said in a dissent.

20/04 First Shockwaves of Trump’s Tariffs Are About to Hit the World Economy

Three weeks after US President Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, new economic forecasts and surveys will point to the initial fallout.

19/04 Brazil's Indigenous leader Raoni says he is against drilling for oil in Amazon region

Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo people, told Reuters during the country's largest Indigenous gathering last week.

19/04 US to impose visa restrictions on over 250 Nicaragua government officials

The United States will impose visa restrictions on more than 250 officials of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, citing human rights abuses.

18/04 At least 12 killed in an attack in Ecuador's Manabi province

At least 12 people were killed in an attack in Ecuador's coastal province of Manabi, police said on Friday.

18/04 Venezuelan migrants told of imminent deportation under US wartime law

Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will be deported imminently under an 18th century American wartime law, lawyers for some Venezuelan migrants told a U.S. federal court on Friday.

18/04 Luke Skywalker's planet orbited two stars. How about brown dwarfs instead?

In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since then indeed have discovered worlds, called circumbinary planets, orbiting two stars.

18/04 US Senator Van Hollen says he met wrongly deported man in El Salvador

Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he met Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump.

17/04 More than 40% of Puerto Rico customers without power after island-wide blackout

Nearly half of the homes and businesses in Puerto Rico that receive electricity from the commonwealth's main utility were still without power on Thursday, a day after a widespread blackout struck the island, Luma Energy said in a statement.

17/04 Colombia banana farmers eye EU trade boost

Farmers in Colombia, the world's fifth-largest banana grower, are looking to boost shipments to the European Union this year on the lucrativeness of shipping to the region, an industry leader said on Thursday.

17/04 Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past

French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former Caribbean colony, but he made no mention of the possibility of reparations that Haitian activists have long called for.

17/04 Trading Day: ECB acts, Trump attacks

TRADING DAY

17/04 Ecuador opposition candidate, doubling down on fraud claims, loses coalition backing

Ecuador's leftist presidential challenger Luisa Gonzalez has said she will formally challenge the result of Sunday's election, claiming widespread fraud, although she has lost the support of a key ally party in disputing her defeat.

17/04 Colombia suspends ceasefire with FARC guerrilla faction

The Colombian government will suspend a ceasefire with a faction of what was once the armed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, it said on Thursday, though it said the decision did not imply the end of peace talks with the group.

17/04 Trump challenges judges' probes of compliance with deportation orders

The Trump administration is appealing efforts by two judges to investigate whether government officials defied their rulings over the deportation of migrants to El Salvador, escalating a confrontation between the executive and judicial branches

17/04 Trump funding freeze upends agricultural research at US universities

From its earliest days in 1906, when the University of California secured a small stretch of fertile soil in the state's Central Valley, a quiet promise took root - that this place, originally called University Farm, would someday grow mighty.

17/04 'Drug-dealing scum' most likely behind French prison attacks, minister says

Drug-traffickers were most likely behind an unprecedented wave of attacks against French prisons though foreign influence and the far-left remain possible instigators, French interior minister Bruno Retailleau said on Thursday.

17/04 From the shadows, Machado points to Maduro's weaknesses

María Corina Machado affirms that the opposition he leads points to the two greatest vulnerabilities of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro: an economy that worsens rapidly and fractures within her own repressive machinery.

17/04 Trading Day: When the chips are down

TRADING DAY

16/04 Argentine peso recoups lost ground after FX control ease, Milei rules out intervention

Argentina's peso closed 6.6% higher on Wednesday, regaining ground lost after the currency tumbled on a lifting of capital controls earlier in the week.

16/04 California sues Trump administration to block tariffs

California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, accusing him of abusing his powers and inflicting financial harm on the state and nation.

16/04 Mexico's Sheinbaum says country will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that Mexico would not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador as long as Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa remains in office.

16/04 Brazil acknowledges record debt risk this year, need for fiscal consolidation

Brazil's government acknowledged growing risks of public debt renegotiation, with a record level for 2025 due to an increased share of debt exposed to short-term interest rates, and stressed the need for fiscal consolidation to improve the outlook.

16/04 Wife of Peru's Humala arrives in Brazil for asylum as ex-president jailed

Nadine Heredia, the wife of former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, arrived in Brazil on Wednesday as the ex-leader spent the night in jail following a 15-year sentence for money laundering.

16/04 US senator lands in El Salvador seeking release of wrongly deported Salvadoran man

Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday morning saying he would seek to meet with senior officials from the Central American country to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a notorious prison.

16/04 Judge says probable cause for criminal contempt by Trump administration in Venezuelan deportations

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday found "probable cause" to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court for violating his order last month halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law.

16/04 Barcelona's Leon receives two-match ban for inappropriate touch

Barcelona defender Mapi Leon has been handed a two-match ban by Liga F for inappropriately touching Espanyol defender Daniela Caracas during the Catalan derby in February, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

16/04 Inside the Telegram group with possible links to mysterious French prison attacks

A Telegram group called French Prisoner Rights (DDPF), created the day before a series of attacks against jails across France, is being investigated by police for clues as to who could be behind the assaults.

16/04 Cars set on fire at French prison in second wave of attacks

French jails were hit by a second wave of attacks overnight, including three cars set alight at Tarascon prison in southern France, the Justice Minister and a prison workers' union said on Wednesday, as authorities sought to identify those responsible.

16/04 Morning Bid: Markets wobble over US-China wrangling

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu

16/04 India offers cheap loans for arms, targeting Russia's traditional customers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bid to transform India into a global factory floor has produced billions of dollars of low-cost iPhones and pharmaceuticals. Now he hopes to add missiles, helicopters and battleships to the shopping carts of foreign governments.

16/04 US transfers land on Mexican border to the Army to prevent illegal crossings

The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to help prevent illegal immigration, the Interior Department said on Tuesday.

16/04 Trading Day: Another lull, but fireworks are coming

TRADING DAY

15/04 Canada exempts automobile tariff conditions - Honda says it will not consider transferring production

On the 15th, Canadian Prime Minister Carney announced that automakers will be exempt from customs duties when importing passenger cars and trucks produced in the United States, provided they continue to produce in Canada. Meanwhile, Honda has announced that it has no plans to transfer production from Canada.

15/04 Exclusive: Argentina bumper wheat harvest could hit record if export tax cuts extended

Argentina's major Buenos Aires grains exchange, already forecasting a bumper wheat crop, could raise its estimates even higher if a temporary export tax cut until the end of June is extended, the body's chief economist told Reuters on Tuesday.

15/04 Enough talk, time for action, CARICOM official says on slavery reparations

The push for slavery reparations is at a defining moment, a Caribbean Community official said on the second day of a United Nations forum, adding it was time to step up actions to hold former colonial powers to account for past wrongs.

15/04 US sanctions leaders of Mexican cartel, offers financial reward for information

Since Trump took office, the US designated many drug cartels as "global terrorist organizations" and stepped up immigration enforcement actions.

15/04 Brazil auto market offers warning for US tariff policy

When Brazil hiked trade barriers in its auto market over a decade ago, the government promised more local manufacturing, reliable jobs and better cars.

15/04 Judge drops case against man Bondi called MS-13 leader, allows time to challenge deportation

A U.S. federal judge put the order on hold to allow the man to contest what his lawyer warned could be an imminent removal to an El Salvador prison.

15/04 China's Cofco hiring dozens in farm powerhouse Brazil

Cofco International, which is building its biggest export port terminal in the world in Brazil, said on Tuesday China's state-run food group is recruiting dozens in the South American farm powerhouse.

15/04 Corral smashes Liga MX Femenil goal record with 21 strikes and counting

Pachuca striker Charlyn Corral has rewritten the Liga MX Femenil record books, netting an unprecedented 21 goals with still one match remaining in the regular season.

15/04 Judge to consider Trump's compliance with order over wrongly deported man

U.S. judge on Tuesday will consider her next steps on what she called the Trump administration's failure to update her on efforts to return a man illegally deported to El Salvador, in a case critics say shows the administration may choose to defy unfavorable court orders.

15/04 Lawyers say El Salvador blocks access to detained Venezuelans

Lawyers challenging the incarceration in El Salvador of more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the U.S. said the Salvadoran government is denying the prisoners access to attorneys and contact with the outside world.

15/04 FIFA eye playoff between LAFC and Mexico's America for Leon's Club World Cup place

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said they will look to hold a playoff between Los Angeles FC and Club America for a place at the Club World Cup after it removed Club Leon from the tournament last month.

15/04 Strong weight depreciation would press the debt without coverage from Chile

In a month in which the Chilean peso depreciated up to 6% against the dollar, the coverage policy of the Ministry of Finance on the country's external debt may not be sufficient to avoid an increase in the cost of debt.

15/04 US Treasury's Bessent backs Argentina's economic reforms with eye on China

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday to underscore the Trump administration's full support for economic reforms that were bringing the Latin American country "back from the precipice."

15/04 Death toll in Dominican Republic disaster nears 250, nightclub faces lawsuits

The death toll at last week's nightclub roof collapse in the capital of the Dominican Republic rose to 231, the Minister of Interior and Police said on Monday, as families of victims began filing lawsuits against the nightclub's owners.

15/04 Venezuelan tackled by federal agents in dramatic courthouse arrest in February

A Venezuelan man currently in immigration detention was arrested in February inside a New Hampshire courthouse by federal agents who tackled him and knocked over a bystander, surveillance footage showed.

15/04 Judge orders Bank of America to pay $540 million in FDIC lawsuit

A federal judge ordered Bank of America to pay $540.3 million in a long-running Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation lawsuit accusing the second-largest U.S. bank of underpaying what it owed for deposit insurance.

15/04 Peru mourns death of Nobel laureate writer Vargas Llosa

Peruvians mourned the death on Monday of lauded writer Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and a former presidential candidate.

15/04 Support dwindles for leftist's call for Ecuador election recount

Support for Ecuadorean leftist Luisa Gonzalez's call for a recount in the country's presidential election was dwindling on Monday, as a growing number of prominent members of her party said President Daniel Noboa had secured a full term in Sunday's vote.

15/04 US says most tomatoes imported from Mexico to face 21% duty from July 14

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said most tomatoes imported from Mexico to the United States will face duties of 20.91% from July 14 as it withdraws from an agreement it said had failed to protect domestic tomato growers.

15/04 Argentina farmers focus on harvest over sales despite currency boost

Argentina's grain industry welcomed an exchange-rate overhaul on Monday, though the new measures will likely not translate into immediate sales as the harvest remains behind schedule, experts said.

15/04 Brazil central bank says 'unclogging' monetary policy channels is a challenge

Brazilian central bank executive director Rogerio Lucca said on Monday that unclogging the transmission channels of monetary policy is a potential challenge, highlighting that some credit lines exhibit limited sensitivity to interest rate changes.

14/04 Colombia's VP calls on former colonial powers to confront past as UN forum opens

Colombia's Vice President Francia Marquez, an advocate of slavery reparations, urged former colonial powers to take responsibility for their past wrongs and called for a global reparations fund, at a United Nations forum on Monday.

14/04 NBA sees sport's growth lagging behind potential in Europe

The basketball business in Europe is far from living up to its potential, NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum told Reuters, as the league explores launching a new operation in the continent to take advantage of the sport's skyrocketing popularity.

14/04 Trump wants to deport some US citizens to El Salvador

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to El Salvador, where they would be incarcerated under an agreement with that country's government.

14/04 Dissident pushes for change in Cuba, one ladle at a time

Jose Daniel Ferrer stepped onto his front porch in Santiago de Cuba on a recent morning, shaking hands and asking after people's health as he greeted a small crowd of the ailing and elderly gathered at his doorstep.

14/04 What do we know about Argentina's IMF deal and FX policy?

Argentina has sealed a $20 billion extended fund facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund and dismantled large parts of its currency controls as libertarian President Javier Milei looks to drag the country out of a prolonged economic slump.

14/04 Brazil's Bolsonaro in intensive care after 12-hour surgery

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was recovering in an intensive care unit on Monday after a tricky 12-hour surgery due to recurring intestinal issues since he was stabbed while campaigning in 2018.

14/04 Trump to meet with El Salvador's president amid questions over deportations

President Donald Trump meets on Monday with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, a leader praised by the administration for opening his country's prison system to alleged gang members and detainees Trump wants out of the United States.

14/04 Argentine peso slides sharply after FX controls eased, bonds jump

The Argentine peso slid around 17% on Monday morning while bonds gained after Buenos Aires sealed a $20 billion loan program with the International Monetary Fund and undid large parts of its currency and capital controls late on Friday.

14/04 Gold falls from record high but holds above $3,200 on tariff jitters

Gold prices fell from a record high on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump excluded smartphones and computers from his reciprocal tariffs, although uncertainty around tariff plans kept prices above the significant $3,200 per ounce level.

14/04 China's March exports likely got front-loading lift before Trump's new tariffs took effect

China's exports likely picked up pace in March, as factories rushed out shipments ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs this month, though the broadening trade war with the United States has darkened the economic outlook.

14/04 Argentina's peso: where's the currency headed after FX regime overhaul?

The question on every trader's lips in Argentina: How much will the peso be worth on Monday morning?

14/04 Trump Ally Noboa Reelected in an Ecuador Torn Apart by Gangs

Ecuador’s electoral authority declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of Sunday’s election, giving him a full four-year term to try to rein in cocaine violence and rouse the economy from its lost decade.

14/04 Morning Bid: Doing the tariff two-step

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole

14/04 Brazil's Bolsonaro recovering after 12-hour surgery

It was the former Brazilian president's fifth surgery since being stabbed in the stomach while campaigning in 2018.

14/04 Noboa says no doubt about his victory in Ecuador vote as rival demands recount

Ecuador's national electoral council on Sunday declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of the country's presidential race, after he held a steady and unexpectedly wide 12-point lead over leftist Luisa Gonzalez throughout the count.

14/04 Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies aged 89

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigor and lyrical prose for five decades and came close to being president of his country, died on Sunday aged 89.

14/04 Indian shrimp industry sails in troubled waters after Trump tariffs

Turbulence unleashed by President Donald Trump's tariffs could rock global shipments of shrimp to the United States, with exporters in biggest supplier India saying they endanger 2,000 containers packed with the frozen delicacy.

14/04 Samsung Galaxy Note: the only prohibited cell phone on all Peru and the world flights

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was removed from the global market after multiple explosion incidents. His danger made him the only phone vetoed by airlines definitively.

13/04 US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says

The Trump administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

13/04 Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court

Prosecutors normally avoid making public allegations of serious criminal conduct without presenting evidence in court to back up those charges, legal experts say.

13/04 US State Department says deported Maryland resident 'alive and secure' in El Salvador

A State Department court filing gave the update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to El Salvador on March 15 despite an order protecting him from deportation.

13/04 Veteran Smith claims first win in eight years in El Salvador

South African veteran Jordy Smith took his first world championship tour victory in eight years at the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Saturday, while Hawaiian powerhouse Gabriela Bryan carved her way to the win in long, overhead waves.

12/04 Brazil's Bolsonaro may need new surgery after being hospitalized

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro may undergo a new surgery, which would be his fifth since being stabbed while campaigning in 2018, after feeling strong abdominal pain during an event with supporters in northeastern Brazil, he posted on X on Saturday.

12/04 Brasília in Off: The Haddad Starting Betting

One of the bets that has been circulating through the ministries' terrace was that Fernando Haddad could leave the command of the farm in April 2026 to be able to serve as a reserve of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in next year's presidential race. Essa aposta, no entanto, esmoreceu.

12/04 Argentina and the IMF: a troubled history

In December 1958, Argentina, battling inflation and weak reserves, agreed a $75-million loan with the International Monetary Fund, its first deal with the Washington-based lender in a record 23 programs totalling $177 billion in agreed funds.

12/04 Fraser-Pryce to return in 2025 with 'unfinished business'

Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will return to the track in 2025, the three-times Olympic gold medallist said on social media, for what is expected to be her final year of competition.

12/04 World Bank to announce $12 billion financing package for Argentina, source says

The World Bank is poised to announce a $12 billion financing package for Argentina on Friday, supplementing the International Monetary Fund's expected approval of a $20 billion Argentina loan deal, a source with knowledge of the plan said.

12/04 Lower oil prices could sink Ecopetrol's full-year profits by $2.8 billion, president warns

Lower oil prices could reduce Colombian state-run oil firm Ecopetrol's profits by up to 12 trillion pesos ($2.76 billion) this year, the company's president warned on Friday.

12/04 Chevron's Venezuelan oil cargoes canceled, stalled amid payment uncertainty

At least two vessels carrying Venezuelan crude chartered by Chevron are stalled due to state oil company PDVSA canceling their export authorizations, according to shipping data and sources, as the government had no certainty of payment amid the hardening of U.S. sanctions on the OPEC-member country.

12/04 Dominican Republic issues official report on collapse that killed 221

The Dominican government released a report on Friday on the deadly roof collapse at a packed nightclub earlier this week that left at least 221 people dead.

12/04 Argentina eases FX controls in major policy shift ahead of IMF deal

Argentina's central bank announced on Friday that it will ease its foreign exchange market controls, allowing the peso to freely fluctuate within a moving band of between 1,000 and 1,400 pesos per dollar.

11/04 Investors try to spawn $ 10 billion on Master CDBs

Investors individuals are trying to get rid of Banco Master debt securities, pulling the income offered upwards and complicating fundraising by the bank that faces difficulties to cover short -term obligations.

11/04 Chile monitors volcanic field after seismic swarm causes 160 quakes in 2 hours

A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert.

11/04 Taylor-Serrano's history-making return to MSG reflects women's progress

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will renew their rivalry this summer with women's boxing on the rise, as they get another big boost from streaming service Netflix with a historic all-female card on American sport's most legendary stage.

11/04 Judge says it's 'extremely troubling' Trump administration cannot tell her location of deported man

A U.S. federal judge said on Friday it was "extremely troubling" that the Trump administration failed to comply with a court order to provide details on the status of a Maryland resident it illegally deported to El Salvador.

11/04 Incumbent, leftist to face off in tight Ecuador race dominated by crime and job concerns

Ecuadoreans will head to the polls on Sunday to cast ballots in what is expected to be an extremely tight race for president, with both incumbent Daniel Noboa and his leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez pledging to tackle drug gangs and improve the struggling economy.

11/04 Mexico to send water immediately to Texas farmers amid treaty tensions with US

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday the country would immediately send Texas farmers a water delivery as part of a treaty that has recently strained tensions with the United States, though she did not specify a quantity.

11/04 Former Brazil President Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized in Rio Grande do Norte state on Friday with abdominal pain, his son Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said in a statement.

11/04 Oil producers seek to shore up finances amid crude price plunge

Oil-dependent governments are coming under pressure from the lowest crude prices since the COVID-19 pandemic, with officials preparing policy responses for a drop in revenue such as issuing more debt and reducing spending.

11/04 Gold bolts past $3,200 on dollar slide, safe-haven flows

Gold breached the key $3,200/oz level for the first time to scale a new peak on Friday, fuelled by a weaker dollar and an escalating trade war that sent investors rushing toward safe-haven assets.

11/04 Trump's tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers

A week of turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order.

11/04 Popular Audi SUV made in Mexico "inventible" by tariffs

The Audi Q5 is the best -selling vehicle of the German brand in the US is also an excellent example of how the reorganization of world trade by Donald Trump wreaks havoc on car manufacturers.

11/04 Trump threatens sanctions, tariffs on Mexico in water dispute

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with sanctions and tariffs in a dispute over water sharing between the two countries, accusing Mexico of breaking an 81-year-old treaty and "stealing the water from Texas Farmers."

11/04 Indigenous groups rally in Brasilia to demand land rights

Thousands of Indigenous people from across Brazil are rallying in the nation's capital this week to demand protection for their land rights, fighting legislation that could make it impossible for some tribes to reclaim territory they were forced to leave.

11/04 Exclusive: Venezuela's PDVSA suspends oil loading authorizations to Chevron, sources say

Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has canceled several authorizations it had granted U.S.-based producer Chevron to load and export Venezuelan crude in April, three sources with knowledge of the decision said on Thursday.

11/04 US Supreme Court tells Trump administration to facilitate return of Salvadoran man deported in error

The U.S. Supreme Court directed President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to facilitate the return to the United States of a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was deported in error to El Salvador.

10/04 Venezuela national assembly greenlights economic emergency decree

Venezuela's national assembly on Thursday passed a decree proposed by President Nicolas Maduro's government declaring a state of economic emergency in response to U.S. sanctions and tariffs.

10/04 Mexican police officer killed by American in Tijuana

A U.S. citizen shot and killed on Wednesday a top state Mexican police officer in an elite unit known as "the Gringo Hunters," which dedicates itself to arresting U.S. suspects who are fugitives in Mexico.

10/04 US judge blocks Trump from revoking thousands of migrants' legal status

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday from revoking the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States.

10/04 Copper output from Chile's Codelco slips 6% in February

Copper production from Chilean state-run miner Codelco dipped 6% year-over-year in February, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, slipping to 98,100 metric tons.

10/04 Lima grinds to a halt as Peru's transit workers demand action against crime surge

Public transportation workers in Peru's capital of Lima went on strike on Thursday, stranding tens of thousands of people as they marched to Congress demanding action against a surging crime wave that has led to record number of murders.

10/04 Scheffler opens Masters defence with par, LIV's Niemann shares early lead

Scottie Scheffler launched his Masters title defence on Thursday with a par at cool and sunny Augusta National Golf Club where LIV Golf's Joaquin Niemann was part of a large pack sharing the early lead in the opening round of the year's first major.

10/04 China Escalates Trade War as Trump Isolates Xi in Tariff U-Turn

China has hit back at the US after Donald Trump’s dramatic reversal on tariff threats isolated Beijing as the primary target of his trade offensive, dimming the prospect of immediate de-escalation.

10/04 Rybakina steers Kazakhstan to win over Australia in BJK Cup

World number 10 Elena Rybakina showed all her battling qualities to beat Kimberly Birrell 6-3 7-6(4) and give Kazakhstan an unassailable 2-0 lead over seven-times champions Australia in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Brisbane on Thursday.

10/04 Trump U-turns on tariffs but keeps trade war heat on China

Trump's turnabout, which came less than 24 hours after steep new tariffs kicked in on most trading partners, followed the most intense episode of financial market volatility since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

10/04 Taylor and Serrano ready to reignite rivalry in New York

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano brought the fire to a testy New York media event on Wednesday as the pair continue the buildup to their third fight in July on the first all-women's professional boxing card at Madison Square Garden.

10/04 Search for survivors turns grim after Dominican Republic nightclub catastrophe

A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 124 lives, authorities said on Wednesday, as the search for survivors turns increasingly grim.

10/04 Venezuela's oil flows again, after a week of panic

Many buyers of Venezuelan oil have resumed loading crude onto tankers after a week-long hiatus at the country's ports after the U.S. applied tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on importers of the OPEC nation's oil, according to shipping data and documents.

10/04 What's in Trump's partial tariff pause

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly paused part of his tariff assault on global trading partners, dialing back duty rates on goods from many countries for 90 days to allow room to negotiate lower trade barriers, even as he hiked new tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%.

09/04 Tabilo maintains perfect record against Djokovic with win in Monte Carlo

Unseeded Alejandro Tabilo beat twice champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday to maintain a remarkable 100% record win record over the 24-times major winner.

09/04 US recognizes Panama's sovereignty over canal, Panama says after talks

Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from Washington, as the two nations announced agreements to deepen U.S. military training in the Central American nation.

09/04 Gold rises, eyes best day since October 2023 as tariff war heats up

Gold climbed more than 2% on Wednesday and was poised for its best day since October 2023, supported by safe-haven inflows amid escalating U.S.-China trade tensions as U.S. President Donald Trump further increased tariffs on China.

09/04 Trump's bid to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members faces new US court limits

U.S. judges said on Wednesday they would impose new limits on President Donald Trump's attempts to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members under a wartime law, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a broad ban on such removals in another court.

09/04 Exclusive: Water looms as new front in Mexico's trade negotiations with the US

Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

09/04 Trump's latest tariffs loom, set to deepen global trade war

Trump's punishing tariffs have shaken a global trading order that has persisted for decades, raised fears of recession and driven worldwide stocks sharply downward.

09/04 Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say

The programs to be restored were the World Food Programme awards in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador, five sources familiar with the matter said.

08/04 US to take back Panama Canal from Chinese influence, visiting Pentagon chief says

The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation.

08/04 Mexico reports first human death from H5N1 bird flu

Mexico on Tuesday logged its first human death from H5N1 avian influenza, a three-year-old girl in the northern state of Coahuila, according to the state's health minister.

08/04 73% of Americans expect price surge under Trump tariffs, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Most Americans are bracing for higher prices on a wide range of consumer goods following President Donald Trump's move to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports from most of the world, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

08/04 Nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 18

At least 18 people were killed and 121 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday after the roof of a nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed, Dominican authorities said.

08/04 Brazil, Egypt and Singapore among potential winners from tariff onslaught

Days after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs shocked multiple U.S. trading partners and global markets, a handful of countries are emerging as potential winners although the risk of a tariff-induced recession will limit the upside.

08/04 Hong Kong leader says city will sign more free trade pacts amid 'ruthless' US tariffs

Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the city would sign more free trade pacts to diversify its risk amid a global trade war triggered by what he called "ruthless" U.S. tariffs that he said were disrupting the world economic and trade order.

08/04 China censures Trump tariff 'blackmail' as market turmoil eases

Trump said he would impose an additional 50% duty on Chinese imports.

08/04 Haiti humanitarian crisis worsening as violence escalates, says aid group

The humanitarian situation in Haiti is dramatically worsening, aid group Save the Children said, with underfunded security forces increasingly overwhelmed by powerful gangs and capital Port-au-Prince on the brink of collapse.

08/04 US Supreme Court lets Trump use 1798 law for deportations, with limits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to use a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members as part of the Republican president's hardline approach to immigration, but with certain limits.

07/04 Trading Day: Trump's tariff wrecking ball still swinging

TRADING DAY

07/04 Mexico seeks to avoid retaliatory tariffs against US, but not ruling them out

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday her government would like to avoid imposing tariffs on the United States in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans, though she said they could not be ruled out.

07/04 Chile's Codelco boosts copper output, chairman bullish despite trade war

Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper producer, boosted production in the first three months of 2025 and was still bullish about long-term prospects for global demand despite an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, Chairman Maximo Pacheco said on Monday.

07/04 Costa Rica government used development bank funds for kickbacks, prosecutor alleges

Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday, filing charges against the president and a top minister.

07/04 Nigerian court adjourns Binance, executives' tax evasion trial to April 30

A Nigerian court has adjourned a tax evasion case against Binance to April 30 to allow the local tax authority to respond to a request by the cryptocurrency exchange to annul an order for court documents to be served on it by email, a lawyer for Binance said on Monday.

07/04 Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause order to return man deported to El Salvador in error

President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily halt a judge's order requiring his administration to return by the end of the day a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was erroneously deported to El Salvador.

07/04 Israeli forces seen building positions in Gaza as they take more ground

Israeli troops could be seen clearing ground and building watch towers on Monday in parts of Gaza they have seized in recent days in a renewed offensive that the United Nations says has already captured or depopulated two-thirds of the enclave.

07/04 Megale, from XP, says the fare can anticipate BC tightening

The possibility of a global recession with Donald Trump's fees-already retaliated to the same extent by China-a breathtaking of the Central Bank's Altas Cycle and can anticipate a break, says Caio Megale, chief economist at XP.

07/04 Singapore invokes foreign interference law against property tycoon's family

Singapore will designate four members of the family behind Hong Kong property developer Sino Group as "politically significant persons" over their ties to a Chinese parliamentary advisory body, its home affairs ministry said on Monday.

07/04 Volkswagen's Audi holding cars in U.S. ports due to autos tariff

Volkswagen's Audi is holding its cars which arrived after April 2, when Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on autos imports, in U.S. ports, it said on Monday, as companies scramble to work out how they will be affected by the duties.

07/04 Argentina's zombie mortgage market is coming back to life

Argentina's mortgage market, for years almost non-existent due to spiraling triple-digit inflation and high borrowing costs, is starting to show signs of coming back to life under the pro-market reforms of libertarian President Javier Milei.

07/04 'Everything is so expensive': Bolivians tighten belts as new inflation reality bites

In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, homemaker Angelica Zapata is coming to terms with a new inflation reality as prices rise at the fastest speed in almost two decades, propelled by shortages of fuel and dollars in the Andean country.

07/04 Exclusive: As Chile revs up lithium plans, Indigenous people demand more control

Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase extraction of the battery metal, according to the companies and community sources.

07/04 Trump leaves emerging market central banks with no clean choices

U.S. President Donald Trump's bruising blast of tariffs last week has thrown emerging market central banks a fresh curve ball with many now forced to make the tough choice between supporting economic activity and keeping fragile currencies stable.

07/04 Trump's tariff 'medicine' injects turmoil into global markets

Trump indicated he was not concerned about losses in the equity markets.

06/04 Supporters gather in Sao Paulo to back Bolsonaro as he faces trial

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gathered in Sao Paulo on Sunday to back him just weeks after the Supreme Court decided he would face trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after a 2022 election defeat.

06/04 US sidelines DOJ lawyer after judge orders return of man deported erroneously

The Department of Justice on Sunday said it had placed one of its attorneys on leave after he failed to vigorously defend the department's handling of a man erroneously deported to El Salvador in what a U.S. judge called a "wholly lawless" detention.

06/04 More than 50 countries have contacted White House to start trade talks, Trump adviser says

More than 50 countries have reached out to the White House to begin trade talks, a top economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday as U.S. officials sought to defend sweeping new tariffs that have unleashed global turmoil.

06/04 Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month but said investigators were still examining the evidence.

06/04 Colombian rebel group steps towards peace, hands over war material

Colombian armed group Comuneros del Sur, which has broken away from the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, handed over war material and signed two agreements with President Gustavo Petro, the government and the group said on Saturday.

05/04 Trump opponents ready to take to streets with nationwide protests

Events are planned in all 50 states plus Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Mexico and Portugal. One of the biggest rallies is expected on Washington's National Mall.

05/04 Tariffs throw US, Canadian farm machinery manufacturers into turmoil

All around a recent farm show in Canada, equipment salespeople struggled to swing deals with farmers worried about tariffs.

05/04 US starts collecting Trump's new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms

The initial 10% "baseline" tariff took effect at U.S. seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT) on Saturday, ushering in Trump's full rejection of the post-World War Two system of mutually agreed tariff rates.

05/04 China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil

China's retaliation on Friday against new U.S. tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing's move towards alternative suppliers for agricultural goods including Brazil, a shift that began during the trade war of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term.

05/04 Mexico reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu

Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.

05/04 Amazon shipping route for Brazilian soy disrupted by protests, poor roads

Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil's bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port of Miritituba in the Amazon rainforest, worrying global companies including Cargill and Bunge which have important operations.

05/04 Family of Venezuelan singer jailed in El Salvador call for due process

Friends and relatives of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador held a vigil in front of colorful murals of their loved ones' faces painted on a Caracas street, calling for due process after the U.S. accused them of being gang members.

05/04 Trading Day: Trump tariffs wipe $5 trillion off Wall Street

Bears, fears and tears.

04/04 Exclusive: TikTok deal put on hold after China indicated it would reject deal over tariffs, say sources

A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs announcement, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

04/04 Panama's safe passage to Nicaragua for ex-president Martinelli expires

The safe passage granted by Panama to its former President Ricardo Martinelli so he can travel to Nicaragua expired at midnight on Thursday after the Nicaraguan government did not respond within the set timeframe.

04/04 US Defense Secretary Hegseth to visit Panama next week

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel early next week to Panama where he will participate in an annual Central American security conference, the Pentagon said on Friday.

04/04 US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error

A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration with that country's government to detain alleged gang members.

04/04 Nowhere to hide: Trump tariffs leave trading partners cornered

U.S. trading partners have few good options in their trade war with President Donald Trump, other than to sue for peace.

04/04 Trump TikTok sale deadline looms as US looks for deal

China's ByteDance faces a Saturday deadline to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer, which was imposed by President Donald Trump in January, or face a ban that was supposed to take effect in January under a 2024 law. Trump said Thursday his administration is "very close" to reaching a deal on TikTok, with multiple investors involved.

04/04 China hits back hard in global trade war with tariffs on US goods

China announced additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession and triggered a global stock market rout.

04/04 Owner of Jeep paralyzes activity in Canada and Mexico for tariffs

Stellantis NV will temporarily paralyze the activity in the factories of Canada and Mexico, since US tariffs are beginning to affect operations throughout the automotive industry.

04/04 Breakingviews - Shifting world order suits ‘inbetweener’ economies

If there was any remaining doubt, the unipolar U.S. moment is over. On January 30 newly installed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called time on the country’s three-decade-long run as the sole arbiter of global affairs, calling it an “anomaly”. A fortnight later, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explained clearly the new dynamic when he described China as a “peer competitor” and told other me

04/04 Nissan says it will not take new US orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs

Nissan Motor said on Thursday it will not take new orders from the U.S. for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs, following auto tariffs levied by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a drastic scale-back of its operations at a joint venture plant.

04/04 Morning Bid: Wall Street has most to lose from trust lost

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole

04/04 Argentina Senate rejects Milei nominees to top court

Argentina's Senate rejected two Supreme Court justice nominees proposed by President Javier Milei, in a setback for the libertarian leader, who accused lawmakers of politicizing the vote.

03/04 Chelsea climb back into top four with 1-0 win over Spurs

Chelsea beat London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Thursday thanks to a goal by Argentina's Enzo Fernandez which restored the Blues to fourth place in the Premier League, boosting their hopes of a return to the Champions League next season.

03/04 Brazil gunmaker Taurus sees US plant as key to minimizing tariff hit

Brazilian gunmaker Taurus Armas expects its production line in the United States to help it minimize the impact of tariffs imposed on Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump, its chief executive Salesio Nuhs told Reuters.

03/04 Brazil may emerge as winner from sweeping US tariffs, economists say

Sweeping U.S. tariffs could prove relatively advantageous for Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, despite President Donald Trump's move to impose a 10% levy on its exports to the United States, economists said on Thursday.

03/04 Nicaraguan officials committed 'systematic repression,' UN says

The United Nations on Thursday named 54 officials from Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government who it said are responsible for serious human rights violations and crimes, in what was described as a "tightly coordinated system of repression."

03/04 US egg imports meant to drive prices down could be hit by tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs could apply to eggs being imported to ease a supply shortage, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday, a move that industry experts said could boost prices just as they have started to decline from record highs.

03/04 Mexico free trade with US may survive as Trump spares it from new tariffs, hits rivals

President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" appeared set to end North American free trade and Mexico's privileged access to the U.S.

03/04 Import tax on coffee pressures US roasters already facing high prices

The first U.S. tariffs on coffee imports since colonial times will increase costs and complexity to importers and roasters already dealing with near-record prices.

03/04 UK set to host 2035 Women's World Cup as sole bidder

The United Kingdom appears set to host the 2035 Women's World Cup after FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday described its interest as the "one valid bid" for the tournament.

03/04 Stellantis says will temporarily lay off 900 U.S. workers following tariff announcement

Stellantis NV STLAM.MI said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities after President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced, and temporarily pausing production at an assembly plant in Mexico and one in Canada.

03/04 Judge to weigh if Trump administration violated order not to deport Venezuelans

A U.S. judge will hold a hearing over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.

03/04 Thousands of Haitians take to streets to protest surging gang violence

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government's failure to hold them off.

03/04 Gold scales record peak as Trump tariffs fuel safe-haven scramble

Jittery investors flocked to safe-haven assets on Thursday and pushed gold to a record high after U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed more aggressive-than-expected import tariffs, kicking into higher gear an already heated global trade war.

03/04 Morning Bid: Seems investors really don't like tariffs

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole

03/04 Trump tariffs: List of global responses and countermeasures

Governments around the world pledged counter measures on the U.S. after President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday a new baseline 10% tariff on goods from all countries plus reciprocal tariffs on those that his administration says have high barriers to U.S. imports.

03/04 How world leaders reacted to Trump's tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners, drawing defiant responses from leaders and governments around the world.

03/04 What's in Trump's sweeping new reciprocal tariff regime

U.S. President Donald Trump smashed a more than 75-year-old global trading system with a new baseline 10% U.S. tariff on goods from all countries and higher reciprocal tariff rates for countries that his administration says have high barriers to U.S. imports.

03/04 Dollar slips as investors seek safe havens after US tariffs

The dollar slid broadly on Thursday and the euro firmed after President Donald Trump announced more aggressive-than-expected tariffs against U.S. trading partners, jolting the markets as investors sought safe havens such as the yen and Swiss franc.

03/04 Canada, Mexico not subject to new global rates as fentanyl tariff still in place

Mexico and Canada avoided fresh tariffs on Wednesday with President Donald Trump exempting the United States' top trading partners from his new 10% global tariff baseline, although previous duties remain in place.

03/04 Oil imports exempted from Trump’s sweeping tariffs

Imports of oil, gas and refined products were exempted from U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, the White House said on Wednesday.

02/04 US tariffs upend Japanese carmakers' Mexico gambit - and add to Nissan's woes

Japanese automakers have long relied on the "dependable and affordable" appeal of their economy cars to drive U.S. sales, thanks in part to low-cost production in Mexico. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump is turning that business model on its head.

02/04 Brazilian President Lula's disapproval rating hits all-time high, poll finds

A majority of Brazilians now disapprove of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's performance leading Latin America's largest economy, a fresh poll showed on Wednesday, as high inflation levels increasingly worry voters ahead of polls next year.

02/04 Mexico will not go tit-for-tat on tariffs with US, Sheinbaum says

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that Mexico does not plan to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on the United States, ahead of President Donald Trump's planned announcement of new tariffs.

02/04 Trump administration adds beer, can imports to 25% US aluminum tariffs

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was slapping a 25% tariff on all beer imports, adding the beverage and empty aluminum cans to a list of derivative products subject to its tariffs on aluminum.

02/04 Top cases before the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, TikTok, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more.

02/04 Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."

02/04 Messi's bodyguard says he is banned from touchline at Inter Miami games

Lionel Messi's bodyguard Yassine Cheuko said he has been banned from protecting the Argentine forward from the touchline during Inter Miami matches.

02/04 According to a recent ranking, this is the country in Latin America with the worst quality of life: it is not Peru or Ecuador

Due to the political crisis and the challenges facing this country, its quality of life has worsened at disproportionate levels, which has caused an exodus of immigrants in the last five years.

01/04 Trading Day: Nervous calm ahead of 'Liberation Day'

TRADING DAY

01/04 Mexico president has more names of alleged drug traffickers for US extradition

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that there are more lists of names of alleged drug traffickers for extradition to the United States.

01/04 Panama extends safe passage for ex-president Martinelli to travel to Nicaragua

Panama's government said on Monday it had extended by three days its allowance for safe passage for its former President Ricardo Martinelli to travel to Nicaragua, where he has received asylum.

01/04 Kenyan police in Haiti suffer more casualties in clashes with gangs

Two Kenyan police officers in Haiti have been seriously injured in clashes with gangs over the past week, three officers told Reuters, adding to the mission's growing list of casualties as it comes under increasingly frequent attack.

01/04 Trump administration says man deported to El Salvador 'in error'

The Trump administration erroneously deported a man it alleges is a gang member in Maryland back to El Salvador as part of its March 15 deportation flights despite a judge's ruling prohibiting his removal, according to a court filing on Monday.

01/04 Argentina pursues trade deal in Washington as Trump tariffs loom

Argentina's foreign minister will meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday in a trip aimed at laying the initial groundwork for a trade deal between the two nations, even as President Donald Trump prepares to impose sweeping tariffs.

01/04 Global deal activity disappoints, M&A revenue falls as Trump pursues tariffs

A global trade war kicked off by U.S. President Donald Trump and the ensuing market turmoil soured bankers' predictions for a robust start to a blockbuster year for deals on Wall Street.

01/04 US flags India's burdensome import requirements as trade barrier ahead of Trump's tariffs

The United States has flagged concerns over India's increasing and burdensome import-quality requirements, among its many barriers to trade, in a report released two days before planned U.S. reciprocal tariffs take effect.

01/04 Breakingviews - Trump tariff liberation means endless complication

Donald Trump is calling it Liberation Day. The president claims prospective tariffs on trillions of dollars of U.S. imports, which he is preparing to reveal on Wednesday, will mark the moment that global trading partners stop taking advantage of the United States. In fact, the decision could kick off a series of retaliations and negotiations which will drag on for years. Trump’s devotion to using

01/04 USTR releases trade barriers report ahead of Trump's reciprocal tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration released an encyclopedic list of foreign countries' policies and regulations it regards as trade barriers on Monday, two days before he proposed hitting global trading partners with reciprocal tariffs.

01/04 Poverty in Argentina Falls Sharply as Prices Cool Under Milei

Poverty in Argentina dropped sharply as the disinflationary effects of President Javier Milei’s shock austerity program took root.

31/03 FTC concerned about privacy protections in 23andMe bankruptcy

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans' personal information by 23andMe ancestry testing company which recently filed for bankruptcy, the agency's chairman said on Monday.

31/03 Exclusive: White House weighs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining, sources say

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the deliberations.

31/03 US military completes 'counter-terrorism mission' with El Salvador

The U.S. military has completed a "successful counter-terrorism mission" in partnership with El Salvador, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday, though the term appeared to refer to the deportation of alleged criminals.

31/03 Indigenous groups in Peru protest Glencore's Antapaccay mine

Members of Indigenous communities blocked access to Glencore's Antapaccay copper mine in Peru's Cusco region to protest an expansion plan at the site, a local community leader said on Monday.

31/03 US deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador

The Trump administration deported more alleged Venezuelan and MS-13 gang members over the weekend, sending 17 more people it says were foreign criminals, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

31/03 Trump met with Ecuadorean President Noboa in Florida on Saturday

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa in Florida on Saturday, ahead of a tight April 13 run-off election that will pit Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez.