Chile’s economy grew 2.4 % in June

In June 2026, the Chilean economy grew by 2.4 %, breaking a five-month streak of decline, according to data released by the Central Bank on Monday, August 3. In 2025, Chile's GDP grew by 2.5 %, with inflation closing at 3.5 %, its lowest…

Venezuela works on coral conservation project

The Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt) and the Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela (IOV), affiliated with the University of the East (UDO), are developing a pilot project in Sucre State, in eastern Venezuela, for…

OFAC extends protection for Citgo until September

With the issuance of General License Y5, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) extended until September 17 the protection of Citgo, a PDVSA subsidiary considered a strategic asset in Venezuelan debt…