Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

The United States could run Venezuela and tap into its oil reserves for years, US President Donald Trump said in an interview published Thursday, less than a week after toppling its leader... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: January 1 to 8

  REACTIONS TO VENEZUELA While the Javier Milei administration wholeheartedly applauded last weekend’s seizure of Nicolás Maduro, only adjusting its stance to tone down support for opposition leader María Corina Machado in... Read more »

Trump plots offer to buy Greenland as NATO ally Denmark seethes

US President Donald Trump is considering making an offer to buy Greenland, the White House said Wednesday, despite the island’s people and controlling power Denmark making clear the territory is not for... Read more »

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

President Javier Milei is reasserting his alignment with the United States and backing US President Donald Trump’s removal of Nicolás Maduro from power.  The alignment extends to cooling his support – in... Read more »

US says it will control Venezuela oil exports indefinitely

The Trump administration plans to control future sales of Venezuelan oil and hold the proceeds in US accounts, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, making the clearest statement yet on Washington’s strategy to... Read more »

Santander, BBVA, Deutsche lead US$3-billion repo for Argentina

Argentina secured a US$3-billion loan from a group of international banks to help cover a foreign debt payment due in two days and replenish the country’s depleted coffers. The Central Bank reached... Read more »

US forces ‘killed 55 Venezuelan, Cuban military personnel’ in Maduro raid

US forces killed 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel during their stunning raid to capture Nicolas Maduro, tolls published by Caracas and Havana showed Tuesday. In the first confirmation of its losses,... Read more »

Argentina ‘working to bring’ security officer detained in Venezuela home

National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva says Argentina’s government is in contact with Venezuela over the “illegal detention” of detained security officer Nahuel Gallo because “there is only one objective: that he comes... Read more »

Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally

As the US threatened Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power in recent months, a cadre of executives, lawyers and investors tied to the oil industry made their case to anyone who would listen... Read more »

Milei euphoria drives Argentina sovereign risk to seven-year low

A key measure of Argentina’s sovereign risk fell to its lowest level in seven years as policy changes by President Javier Milei’s administration left the nation closer to a return to international... Read more »