Javier Milei announced sanctions, a new naval base, and legislation defending Argentina’s Falklands claim, following Trump’s comments on U.S. neutrality
Oil flows, gas prices don’t move, and Cubans head somewhere new: Venezuela signs Chevron & Eni deals, U.S. pump relief stays years away, and Brazil becomes Cubans’ top asylum destination
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Trump says his Venezuela oil deal will lower gas prices into the future. He could be right as analysts say any real relief at the pump from Venezuela deal is likely years away
In three weeks, Colombia’s de la Espriella has overseen the deaths of four senior FARC dissident commanders, warning Iván Mordisco directly: “A bomb is going to fall on you”
Trump remarks on “review” of U.S. policy on Falkland Islands has Buenos Aires stirring, calling urgent cabinet meeting — at the U.K.’s dismay in push to pressure increase in defense spending
Flávio Bolsonaro meets with El Salvador’s security chief, pledges to import elements of the “Bukele model” in Brazil, calling for 500K new prison spaces & harsher sentencing as Lula carries slight lead in polls
ICE arrests 49,571 people in July 2026, a 15% increase over June and the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term
Javier Milei announced sanctions, a new naval base, and legislation defending Argentina’s Falklands claim, following Trump’s comments on U.S. neutrality
Flávio Bolsonaro meets with El Salvador’s security chief, pledges to import elements of the “Bukele model” in Brazil, calling for 500K new prison spaces & harsher sentencing as Lula carries slight lead in polls
Venezuela formally signs oil deals with Chevron & Eni. Chevron pledging $7 billion+ to double production, as Rodríguez promised elections “will happen” — without offering timeline
Diario Las Américas reports Raúl Castro, 95, may have suffered a stroke, remains critical, intensifying unconfirmed rumors of his death — a familiar pattern for the Cuban leader — amid pause in negotiations with Washington
Florida’s first primary under its redrawn congressional map delivered a marquee governor’s matchup & a major upset, as DSA-backed Angie Nixon defeats better-funded Alexander Vindman for the Senate nomination
In three weeks, Colombia’s de la Espriella has overseen the deaths of four senior FARC dissident commanders, warning Iván Mordisco directly: “A bomb is going to fall on you”
Rep. María Elvira Salazar displays major reversal on Trump’s 65 billion-barrel oil deal with Venezuela — a reversal that exposes the deeper, unresolved tensions for Miami’s pro-democracy Venezuela contingent
Trump says his Venezuela oil deal will lower gas prices into the future. He could be right as analysts say any real relief at the pump from Venezuela deal is likely years away
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