Venezuela amnesty bill excludes gross rights abuses under Chávez, Maduro

Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday gave its initial approval to a landmark amnesty bill covering the types of charges used to lock up dissidents under ousted leader Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo... Read more »

An inland city is consolidating itself as the industrial heart of Brazil, driven by a pharmaceutical hub, a giant agro-industrial district, a strategic location between capital cities, the arrival of multinational companies, an explosion of jobs, and the migration of workers from all over the country

Located between Goiânia and Brasília, a municipality in the interior of Goiás state has expanded its industrial and logistical presence, bringing together factories, distribution centers, and strategic infrastructure that have attracted companies... Read more »

Government: US agreement ‘consolidates’ Argentina’s ‘regional leadership’

Argentina’s new trade and investment deal with the United States “consolidates” the country’s “regional leadership,” said Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni on Friday.  President Javier Milei’s government announced the previous day that it... Read more »

Pacheco chooses União Brasil and will speak to Lula about MG – 02/07/2026 – Politics – News Room USA

Senator (-MG), preferred name of (PT) to run for Government of Minas Gerais, will meet with the president, possibly next week, to discuss the viability of his candidacy and communicate his affiliation... Read more »

Lies, damned lies and statistics

When statistics were born in Argentina, with the 1869 census giving the country its first precise figure (a population of 1,830,214 inhabitants), Benjamin Disraeli – to whom the quotation in the headline... Read more »

South American countries’ pragmatic reassessment of ties with China amid US hegemonism, protectionism

  Illustration: Chen Xia/GT A quiet but profound shift is reshaping the geopolitical map of South America, as revealed by an exclusive Reuters report, “Brazil signals new openness to Mercosur-China talks as... Read more »

The great Epstein saga leading nowhere very fast

For well over a week, the doings of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who took his own life in a New York prison over six years ago, have dominated the news coming... Read more »

18th Century Globalization: The American Revolutionary Ideal Comes to Brazil

Marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, 18TH CENTURY GLOBALIZATION: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY IDEAL COMES TO BRAZIL shows how the American founding did not end at Philadelphia, but launched a wider... Read more »

‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats | Film

Unusually for a political period drama that is not in the English language, runs nearly three hours and peppers its authentic portrayal of a military dictatorship with sight gags and gory shootouts,... Read more »

Tearing apart the rag trade

It would be hard to find a more extreme example of an economy minister rubbishing the industry of his own country than Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo saying: “I have never bought clothes in... Read more »