Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast will inherit a crisis as raging wildfires left at least 19 people dead and hundreds homeless over the weekend, setting up a lengthy reconstruction process on his watch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/world/politics/chile-president-wildfires-kill-19/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #joseantoniokast #wildfires #southamerica
Uncontrolled wildfires tore through communities in southern Chile, leaving charred ruins in their wake and at least 18 dead, authorities said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/world/chile-emergency-wildfires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #chile #wildfires #southamerica #climatechange
EU and South American officials signed a major trade deal, which they hailed as sending a powerful message at a time of tariff threats, global uncertainty and protectionism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/18/economy/eu-mercosur-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #eu #europe #southamerica #trade #tariffs #us #donaldtrump #mercosur
Almost as if in answer to the new #Trump #tariffs on fmr #US #allies opposing his attempts at a #HostileTakeover of #Greenland [except this has been long in the making]…
#EU & #Mercosur bloc of #SouthAmerica nations sign landmark #FreeTrade agreement
#geopolitics #trade #economy #inflation #Europe #NewWorldOrder
https://apnews.com/article/mercosur-european-union-trade-agreement-south-america-b779460da4b7ecb6aa15d322976fa70d?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-17-Breaking+News
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, in what some said amounted to a war crime called "perfidy.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/world/us-attack-civilian-plane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #defense #usmilitary #donaldtrump #warcrimes #southamerica #centralamerica #drugs #petehegseth
China's progress in Latin America — from satellite tracking stations in Argentina to a port in Peru — has been an irritant for U.S. leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/world/politics/venezuela-raid-us-china-americas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #china #northamerica #southamerica #us #donaldtrump
Kevin Carson
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#EuropeanUnion Agrees to Landmark #FreeTrade Deal With #SouthAmerica
The agreement with #Argentina, #Brazil, #Paraguay & #Uruguay represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the #UnitedStates turning to coercion & #force in its dealings with other countries.
#geopolitics #GlobalEconomy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#EuropeanUnion Agrees to Landmark #FreeTrade Deal With #SouthAmerica
The agreement with #Argentina, #Brazil, #Paraguay & #Uruguay represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the #UnitedStates turning to coercion & #force in its dealings with other countries.
#geopolitics #GlobalEconomy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil that had been stuck in Venezuela under U.S. blockade, following the capture of its leader, Nicolas Maduro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/world/politics/venezuela-oil-us-talks-caracas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #oil #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #oil #mariacorinamachado #southamerica
With Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in U.S. custody, Cuba is left without its principal global ally as its economy careens deeper into the abyss. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/world/politics/maduro-cuba-oil-benefactor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #venezuela #cuba #caribbean #latinamerica #southamerica #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump
Dario Castañé 🏴☠️⁂
boosted
🇺🇸🇻🇪🇦🇿🇦🇲 I guess we now know that military operations are acceptable and nobody really cares, as long as they’re quick (the #US in #Venezuela, #Azerbaijan in #Nagorno-Karabakh...).
🇺🇦 Seems #Russia would have just had to take #Ukraine faster...
🇹🇼 Meanwhile, the #Chinese military is probably holding a #Taiwan planning party right now - bet.
#Military #Politics #War #China #USA #Unitedstates #america #news #southamerica #europe #world #government #crime #trump #putin #maduro #donaldtrump
🇺🇸🇻🇪🇦🇿🇦🇲 I guess we now know that military operations are acceptable and nobody really cares, as long as they’re quick (the #US in #Venezuela, #Azerbaijan in #Nagorno-Karabakh...).
🇺🇦 Seems #Russia would have just had to take #Ukraine faster...
🇹🇼 Meanwhile, the #Chinese military is probably holding a #Taiwan planning party right now - bet.
#Military #Politics #War #China #USA #Unitedstates #america #news #southamerica #europe #world #government #crime #trump #putin #maduro #donaldtrump
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was captured during U.S. military operations in the country early on Saturday. What are the legal implications? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/04/world/politics/us-venezuela-maduro-legal-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #southamerica
WTF?
The #Trump admin “captured” #Venezuela President Nicolás #Maduro & his wife & flew him out of the country in an insane nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating pressure on the #oil-rich #SouthAmerica nation.
The US is now deciding next steps for Venezuela, Trump said Saturday on Fox News, adding, “We’ll be involved in it very much.”
The legal authority for the attack was not clear. [there is none]
#law
https://apnews.com/live/trump-us-venezuela-updates-01-03-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-03-Breaking+News
Loud noises heard in Venezuela capital, southern area without electricity
#HackerNews #LoudNoises #Venezuela #Capital #Electricity #Outage #Noise #Pollution #SouthAmerica
President Donald Trump revealing a covert U.S. strike against what he said was a drug-trafficking facility in Venezuela raised new questions about how far he is willing to go to pressure the regime of Nicolas Maduro. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/politics/trump-venezuela-steps/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #venezuela #us #usmilitary #southamerica #congress
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was supposed to sign the European Union’s largest free-trade agreement on Saturday, proving the bloc’s standing as a geoeconomic force. That didn't happen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/economy/europe-stumbles-trump-world-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #eu #southamerica #trade #us #china #donaldtrump #agriculture #italy #globaleconomy
Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential election, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to steer the country in its sharpest rightward shift since the end of its military dictatorship in 1990. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/politics/chile-jose-antonio-kast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #southamerica #latinamerica #joseantoniokast
Gert V 🇵🇸
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"To fully understand Washington’s current warpath in the region, it’s necessary to revisit earlier episodes in which the U.S. intervened, violently and anti-democratically, to shape the political destinies of countries in the hemisphere. Three cases are especially instructive: Cuba, Guatemala, and Chile. Together, they illuminate the long arc of U.S. imperialism in Latin America and clarify the dangers of the present confrontation."
#uspol #Imperialism #SouthAmerica
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/08/the-trump-corollary/
"To fully understand Washington’s current warpath in the region, it’s necessary to revisit earlier episodes in which the U.S. intervened, violently and anti-democratically, to shape the political destinies of countries in the hemisphere. Three cases are especially instructive: Cuba, Guatemala, and Chile. Together, they illuminate the long arc of U.S. imperialism in Latin America and clarify the dangers of the present confrontation."
#uspol #Imperialism #SouthAmerica
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/08/the-trump-corollary/