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No end in sight for São Paulo's water crisis
São Paulo, Latin America's most populous metropolitan area, is facing a historic hydrological crisis as three consecutive years of drought have pushed critical reservoirs to near-depletion. With the Jaguari-Jacareí dam —the primary source for nine million residents— dropping
Chile's Central Bank cuts interest rate to 4.5%
Chile's Central Bank Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lower the Monetary Policy Rate (TPM) to 4.5% in response to a faster-than-anticipated decline in inflation and a stabilizing global economic outlook after holding rates at 4.75% during its previous session.
White House expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority and other nations
US President Donald Trump issued a sweeping proclamation on Tuesday significantly expanding the administration's travel ban, citing national security concerns and inadequate screening procedures.
Trump orders total blockade of Venezuela's tankers
US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a "total and complete" naval blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela, marking the most aggressive move against Caracas' energy sector to date. The announcement came after the recent seizure of a
What are the 'ghost ships' Venezuela is using to evade oil sanctions?
A tanker seized by the US is believed to be part of a "ghost fleet" used by Venezuela to evade oil sanctions.
Venezuela denounces Trump's order for ship blockade as 'warmongering threats'
It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the country's coast, intensifying pressure on Nicolás Maduro.
US military build-up in Caribbean has shadows of the past - but differences are stark
BBC correspondent Will Grant surveys the similarities and differences between current US-Venezuela tensions and the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Díaz-Granados reelected for second term at helm of CAF
Colombian lawyer Sergio Díaz-Granados was re-elected on Tuesday as the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean's (CAF) Executive President for a second, consecutive five-year term after getting the nod from the entity's Board of Directors.
The U.S. has long had interest in Venezuelan oil, but that's not all
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University about the U.S.'s long interest in Venezuela's oil industry.
Milei and Kast signal "new era" of bilateral ties
In his first international trip since winning Chile's runoff election, President-elect José Antonio Kast met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. Kast's trip marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Southern Cone nations.
US designates Colombian cocaine gang a terrorist group
The move is seen as a further escalation of the Trump administration's war on drugs in Latin America.
