Faced with Trump’s tariffs and threats, BRICS countries are trying to reduce dollar use in trading with each other.
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Lula’s comments come as Trump invites Netanyahu to join ‘Board of Peace’, with no mention of Gaza in charter.
Transitional Presidential Council says plans to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, flouting warnings from US.
Prosecutors allege Ryan Wedding, who was arrested in Mexico, behind multibillion-dollar drug trafficking scheme.
Opposition declined to vote for bill to overhaul oil sector that they had only received just before it was tabled.
Donald Trump has threatened to cut Venezuelan shipments of oil to Cuba, exerting further pressure on its economy.
How oil-rich Venezuela fell from 1970s stable democracy to a crisis that led to the January 2026 US raid on Caracas.
School superintendent says the child was ‘essentially’ used ‘as bait’ to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum.
The Trump administration’s message comes as Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council faces pressure to hold elections.
Rafael Tudares Bracho, who is married to Gonzalez’s daughter, was arrested shortly before Maduro’s third inauguration.
A teacher and his students in rural Argentina use music to raise the alarm about the dangers of pesticide spraying.
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