Uribe guilty of witness tampering

A Colombian court on Monday found Alvaro Uribe guilty of witness tampering, making him the South American country’s first ex-president to be convicted of a crime. The 73-year-old — who led Colombia... Read more »

World Bank Backs São Paulo Metro Line 4 Expansion

WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2025 – The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a new project to support the expansion of São Paulo’s Metro Line 4 to the neighboring city of... Read more »

Trump administration moves to nix key finding on greenhouse gas emissions | Climate Crisis News

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it plans to revoke a scientific finding on climate change that has served as the basis for key environmental and pollution regulations. In... Read more »

World’s ‘precarious’ trade backdrop is hurting growth, IMF says

The world economy will keep weakening and remains vulnerable to trade shocks even though it is showing some resilience to Donald Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund said. The Washington-based lender, updating... Read more »

‘Make it political:’ How can the Brazilian game industry establish itself on the global stage?

Brazil is home to the 10th largest video game market globally with an estimated 103 million players diving into video games across the region. According to data published by local advocacy group... Read more »

Australian Labor government threatens Signal encrypted messaging system

Meredith Whittaker, the president of the foundation for widely-used global Signal encrypted messaging app, has said it will shut down the system in Australia if forced to hand over its users’ encrypted... Read more »

Darkness at midnight | Buenos Aires Times

Comparisons are odious but the Peronist infighting in Buenos Aires Province taking two blackouts and a 38-hour extension beyond their own deadline of Saturday’s witching hour to patch together their list of... Read more »

Brazil’s Busiest Port Races Against the Clock as U.S. Tariff Threatens Coffee, Juice, and Trade Stability

As a sweeping new tariff looms from Washington, Santos—Latin America’s largest port—has become a blur of forklifts, tankers, and anxious exporters racing the clock. For Brazil, the next two weeks may define... Read more »

As Trump’s August 1 deadline looms, tariffs are here to say, experts say | Donald Trump News

As United States President Donald Trump blasts his way through tariff announcements, one thing is clear, experts say: Some level of duties is here to stay. In the past few weeks, Trump... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: July 19 to 26

BA PROVINCE TEAM LINEUPS Definition of the candidacies for the September 7 provincial elections in Buenos Aires Province went down to the wire of the Saturday midnight and beyond for the ruling... Read more »