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The delegations held a meeting lasting over five hours in Riyadh. Moscow dampened enthusiasm by stating ‘it is still difficult to talk about rapprochement’
US State Secretary Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and others gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as a prelude to a future one-on-one between Trump and Putin. The exclusion of representatives from Kyiv and Brussels has raised mistrust about the content of the negotiations
Following the US president’s talks with Putin and Zelenskiy, Washington’s representatives will discuss the situation with Ukrainians and Europeans at the Munich Security Conference
The Kyiv government has stated that it does not anticipate engaging in any discussions with Moscow representatives
After months of rapprochement, El Salvador’s president is offering his prisons and hoping for financial support in his budding friendship with the Republican administration
Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Dominican Republic welcomed Trump’s representative with open arms. But before he left the region, the first disagreement had already emerged
During State Secretary Marco Rubio’s visit, the government of El Salvador also announced that it will promote a nuclear energy project with Washington
Trump’s decision to return the island to the list of countries sponsoring terrorism halted the release of the 553 detainees agreed to during the Biden administration
Mexican government agrees to deploy 10,000 National Guard to the border to fight drug trafficking and irregular immigration
Washington increases pressure on its neighbors with a decree that tightens the noose on organized crime but poses risks to Mexican sovereignty and compromises other areas of the bilateral relationship
Trump’s order to halt all international aid programs has left thousands of workers in limbo and millions of beneficiaries in danger
Seventh in Latin America, 50th in the world, the Venezuelan army stands out for its aviation, its anti-missile system, its tank squadron and the strategic nature of its National Militia
In his second term, the U.S. president will be far more free to implement his proposals
The new president’s cabinet — one of the least diverse in recent decades — has the highest concentration of billionaires ever recorded
Marco Rubio, the next Secretary of State, claims at Senate confirmation hearing that Mexican drug traffickers have operational control over large swaths of the border
The former Florida representative, Trump’s nominee for attorney general until he withdrew over the scandal, fought unsuccessfully to prevent the investigation from becoming public
The more than probable return of Nicolás Maduro to the presidency does not end the hopes of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado of being able to impose the result of the elections
The appointment of the son of Cuban migrants as US Secretary of State will put relations with the Caribbean island at the center of Donald Trump’s agenda
The president has activated her Cabinet, marking territory on one of the crucial fronts of the bilateral relationship and sending messages that challenge the Republican’s proposal to deport a million people each year
The state’s land commissioner offers the president-elect a 1,400-acre ranch along the border to build new temporary detention centers to expel ‘violent criminals’
The next secretary of state, known for his tough stance on countries such as Cuba, is expected to put the region at the center of his agenda
The G20 summit that opens on Monday in Rio de Janeiro is the first test of the new climate generated by the radical change of course expected to take place under the Republican president-elect
The Florida senator’s pick would round out a hardline team alongside Elise Stefanik as U.N. ambassador and Michael Waltz as national security adviser
The president-elect chooses two immigration hawks to launch a mass deportation and taps Marco Rubio for foreign policy
The richest man in the world is emerging, along with Robert F. Kennedy or the ultra anti-immigration adviser Stephen Miller, as one of the potential collaborators of the White House’s next tenant
The Republican candidate has denounced Tehran’s interference without providing evidence while the agency has been investigating the Democratic team’s communications since June
