Uruguay and Argentina seek to stop the green hydrogen plant repeating the pulp mill conflict
MercoPress·1 Sept 2026
The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are trying to contain tensions surrounding the green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build in the Uruguayan department of...
A Pentagon memo already floated in April using the Falklands as leverage over London
MercoPress·1 Sept 2026
Senior US Defense Department officials are considering a review of Washington's position on the Falklands as one of several measures to press the United Kingdom to meet the 5% of gross domestic...
Uruguay's central bank marks five years without intervening in the currency market
MercoPress·1 Sept 2026
The Central Bank of Uruguay completed five years on Monday without intervening in the foreign exchange market. Its last operation was a purchase of 31.2 million dollars in 2021.
The Venezuelan oil concession goes to Alejandro Betancourt's firm, under investigation in Europe
MercoPress·1 Sept 2026
The White House on Monday identified the company that will operate seventeen Venezuelan oil fields for a century in partnership with the US government: North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by...
Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro promises 500,000 prison places inspired by the Salvadoran model
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's main rival in October's elections, met on Sunday in São Paulo with El Salvador's justice and...
“I gave everything, I have nothing left”: Messi ends twenty years with Argentina
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
Lionel Messi announced on Monday his retirement from the Argentine national team at the age of 39, in a handwritten letter posted on his social media accounts, 43 days after the World Cup final...
Falklands’ oil industry, Rockhopper plans equity raise for second FPSO
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
Rockhopper Exploration is planning an equity capital raising to fund its share of a second FPSO, (OSX-1), for the Sea Lion oil field development in the Falkland Islands, since operator Navitas...
The Panama Canal will cut daily transits from Wednesday because of drought
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
The Panama Canal will reduce the number of vessels allowed to cross from 38 to 34 a day from September 3, and to 32 from the 15th, as well as imposing new draught restrictions, because of falling...
PM Burnham addresses cost of living and young people priorities in first visit to Northern Ireland
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived Thursday in Northern Ireland as part of his summer tour of the United Kingdom, to discuss cost of living, young people priorities and an overall growth agenda.
British Embassy in Santiago contributes to advance offshore wind development in Chile
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
The British Embassy in Santiago earlier this month organized an event which brought together government authorities, industry representatives and academia to discuss key findings of the reports and...
Ukraine and Iran Wars Expose the Flaws in Nuclear Deterrence
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
By Melissa Parke (*) In recent weeks, Ukraine has been striking targets deep inside Russia with large-scale drone attacks and long-range missiles.
Ceuta’s anti migrant ‘invasion’ rhetoric threatens Europe’s food supply and economy
MercoPress·31 Aug 2026
By Diana Tung and Seth M. Holmes (*) In August 2026, a deep humanitarian crisis unfolded in Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave situated on Morocco’s northern coast.
Maduro releases his first images from the Brooklyn jail, taken two months ago
MercoPress·30 Aug 2026
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro released on Sunday, through his X account, the first known photographs since he entered the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where he...
UK-led Five Eyes action to disrupt global fraud networks
MercoPress·29 Aug 2026
US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand back a package of UK-led measures to strengthen international action against fraud and online scams.
Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
MercoPress·29 Aug 2026
Germany's main grape harvest takes off earlier than ever recorded following on the country's exceptionally hot summer which accelerated the ripening process in vineyards, according to the German...
Royal Navy turns to amphibious ships; sells HMS Bulwark to Brazilian Navy
MercoPress·29 Aug 2026
HMS Bulwark is to be sold to the Brazilian Navy, ending more than two decades of service with the Royal Navy, as UK focus turns to the future of amphibious assault ships.
The US will control 55% of output from the new oil company in Venezuela
MercoPress·29 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday an agreement with Venezuela's interim government granting Washington majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan crude...
The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
MercoPress·28 Aug 2026
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding...
The Pope says states struggle to control the concentration of artificial intelligence
MercoPress·28 Aug 2026
Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the difficulty states face in overseeing artificial intelligence, which in his view is concentrated in the hands of a small number of major economic and...
Washington negotiates stakes in Venezuelan oil fields with leases of up to a century
MercoPress·28 Aug 2026
The United States government is negotiating with Venezuela's interim administration to acquire stakes in a group of the South American country's oil fields, under arrangements that would include...
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