Latin America
Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:22:00 GMTPetro and Trump signal thaw after closed-door White House meeting amid talks on drugs, sanctions and Venezuela
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington went better than expected, pointing to a tentative thaw after months of public insults and policy clashes that...
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:50:00 GMTPetro’s high-stakes Trump meeting tests a strained U.S.–Colombia partnership
Colombian President Gustavo Petro will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in what both capitals frame as an attempt to steady a relationship under pressure from disputes over counternarcotic...
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:54:00 GMTUS signals high-level Cuba contacts as energy pressure campaign widens
US President Donald Trump said his administration is talking with “the highest people” in Cuba and voiced confidence that a deal could be reached, even as Washington tightens economic pressure aimed at restricting the islan...
Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:30:00 GMTRuling party’s Laura Fernández emerges as clear front-runner in Costa Rica election
The candidate for the ruling Partido Pueblo Soberano, Laura Fernández, has become Costa Rica's new president-elect with nearly 50% of the vote, compared to approximately 30% for the Social Democrat Álvaro Ramos, who came in s...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:16:00 GMTTrump threatens tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, tightening pressure on Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that opens the door to imposing tariffs on imports from countries deemed to be supplying crude oil to Cuba, a move designed to raise the external cost of keeping Havana’s ...
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:01:00 GMTUK Ambassador at inauguration of Honduras president Nasry Asfura
The British Ambassador to Honduras, Juliana Correa, attended the inauguration of President Nasry Asfura on 27 January at the National Congress. During the ceremony, Ambassador Correa delivered a letter from His Majesty King Cha...
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:29:00 GMTLatin American presidents seek common ground as regional blocs weaken
Seven sitting heads of government and one president-elect from Latin America and the Caribbean shared the stage in Panama on Wednesday to call for deeper regional integration, an increasingly rare show of cross-ideological alig...
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:52:00 GMTPetro revives anti-Trump rhetoric, urges U.S. to “return” Maduro ahead of Feb. 3 White House meeting
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has revived his sharpest anti-Trump rhetoric days before a planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, calling on Washington to “return” Nicolás Maduro so he can be tried in Venez...
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:49:00 GMTLula and Chile’s president-elect Kast meet for the first time in Panama ahead of ‘Latin Davos’ forum
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast held their first bilateral meeting in Panama on Tuesday, shortly after arriving for the International Economic Forum for Latin Ame...
Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:01:00 GMTMilei takes over Ushuaia port as Tierra del Fuego warns of “overreach” and geopolitical motives
Argentina’s government under President Javier Milei has intervened in the port of Ushuaia—the country’s southernmost port and a major gateway to Antarctica—taking control of operations for one year in a move that has re...