Two openings, real limits: Venezuela restores access to some blocked news sites while most blocking remains intact, and an opposition dollarization bill gains attention even as economists warn the conditions aren’t there
Opposition proposal to formally eliminate Venezuela’s bolívar & adopt U.S. dollar has gained attention as inflation tops 500% — though the country’s own economic academy warns it lacks the conditions to carry it out
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Opposition proposal to formally eliminate Venezuela’s bolívar & adopt U.S. dollar has gained attention as inflation tops 500% — though the country’s own economic academy warns it lacks the conditions to carry it out
State Department redirects $52 million in military aid from Europe & the Middle East to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru & Panama — signifying another concrete marker of Washington’s pivot toward the Western Hemisphere
Venezuela attends G20 energy talks in Houston as special guest following Trump’s August oil deal — underscoring how far Venezuela’s economic realignment has moved post-Maduro
President De la Espriella marks first 36 days with a nationwide address covering the fiscal crisis, a security offensive, and the earthquake recovery efforts
Miami Beach Commission votes 4-3 to approve scaled-down GTA VI deal worth $3-4 million. Miami-Dade County’s far larger “Vice City” proposal remains unapproved, opposed by the sheriff, a commissioner & now the chief judge
Mexico remains nearshoring’s biggest winner, absorbing $41 billion in FDI and replacing China as the U.S.’s top trading partner — but uncertainty is also pushing manufacturers in other countries too
Alex Saab, one of Maduro’s most trusted operatives, pleads guilty to money laundering in Miami, closing a decade-long case tied to over $350 million diverted from Venezuela’s food-aid program
Lula skips BRICS summit, campaigns to warn Brazilians to keep resources “in the hands of the Brazilian people,” a nationalist call to arms to rally domestic support weeks before election
Venezuela’s Conatel orders providers to restore access to at least 10 previously blocked news sites, tied to the ongoing government-opposition dialogue
Cuba’s longtime Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez looks to younger generation, but denies a humanitarian crisis while citing infant mortality more than doubling since 2018
Trump promises $5,000 payment to every American adult if Republicans hold Congress in November — a pledge that would cost over $1 trillion, with no clear funding source or legislative path to make it real
“Comandante 7,” alleged leader of Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones, expelled from Colombia, transferred to a maximum-security Ecuadorian prison, five days after his capture near Bogotá — underscoring deepening Colombia-Ecuador cooperation against criminal groups
Miami Beach Commission votes 4-3 to approve scaled-down GTA VI deal worth $3-4 million. Miami-Dade County’s far larger “Vice City” proposal remains unapproved, opposed by the sheriff, a commissioner & now the chief judge
Opposition proposal to formally eliminate Venezuela’s bolívar & adopt U.S. dollar has gained attention as inflation tops 500% — though the country’s own economic academy warns it lacks the conditions to carry it out
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