Mexico’s president is testing whether unconventional gas can be sold as sovereignty instead of surrender, even as war abroad, rising electricity demand, and reliance on U.S. fuel expose the limits of energy language when insecurity suddenly feels existential. A Climate Expert Meets the Politics of Naming Mexico has arrived at one of those moments when […]
FLASHBACK – US President Donald Trump poses with Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (L) at the beginning of the “Shield of the Americas” Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. President Trump is hosting a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the […]
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. April 9, 2026: Are you noticing more news about online casino activity in the Latin American market and wondering why this topic is getting so much attention recently? Many fresh updates coming from the region show that this industry is moving forward in a steady and positive way, supported […]
Falklands launches consultation on proposed National Nature Reserves Thursday, April 9th 2026 – 07:31 UTC The proposed reserves are located on land owned by the Falklands Islands Government (FIG), Falklands Conservation, or other private landowners. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has launched a public consultation to seek views on its proposal to designate […]
Uruguay considers relocating HIF Global’s green hydrogen megaplant to ease tensions with Argentina Thursday, April 9th 2026 – 01:37 UTC Government sources within the Orsi administration expressed confidence that a deal will be reached but rejected any suggestion of giving away energy or subsidizing the company’s business model Uruguay’s government is considering relocating […]
Brazilian judge suspends 12% crude oil export tax for five international oil companies Thursday, April 9th 2026 – 01:08 UTC Judge Humberto de Vasconcelos Sampaio ruled that the sudden imposition of the 12% rate amounts in practice to the creation of a new tax burden with a merely revenue-raising purpose A federal judge […]
Although immigrant and undocumented workers constitute 21% of the American food supply-chain workforce, they are disproportionately represented in the sectors with the nation’s highest injury rates. This disparity is particularly stark in Texas, where private industry employers recently reported 175,900 nonfatal workplace injuries—an incidence rate of 1.8 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Despite these […]
Iran re-closes Strait of Hormuz after Israeli strikes in Lebanon, putting ceasefire at risk Wednesday, April 8th 2026 – 20:55 UTC Fars news agency, which is linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, reported that tanker passage was halted following Israeli bombardments on Lebanese territory Iran suspended tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz just […]
Oiapoque is swelling on the promise of Petrobras drilling, drawing migrants into the Amazon mud while exposing Brazil’s oldest development question: can oil wealth lift a poor frontier enough to justify the forest lost, the pressure building, and the waiting. A Boomtown Before the Boom On a recent morning in Oiapoque, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca sat […]
Hundreds of women in Havana rallied against the U.S. energy embargo, but the scene says more than that. It shows how Cuban women, and by extension many Latin American women, are still asked to absorb scarcity, defend dignity, and perform national endurance in public. When Women Carry the Nation’s Anger Hundreds of Cuban women gathered […]