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A poll conducted by the Argentina-based research agency CB Consultora Opinión Pública found that Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Javier Milei of Argentina stand as the two top-ranked heads of state in South America, the Argentine newspaper Clarín reported on Wednesday. The survey was conducted across the nine Spanish-speaking South American countries and Brazil from May 19 to 22. It found that Noboa, who was inaugurated for his first full four-year term last week, leads the ranking with a 52.1-percent approval rating, making him the South American president with the highest approval rating according to the study. Milei ranked...

President Javier Milei on Thursday announced that Argentina will readjust its internal regulations to meet the requirements of President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals. Milei, a career economist and the world’s first and only libertarian president at press time, made the announcement during a brief speech at the “American Patriots Gala,” an event organized by the “We Fund the Blue” charity organization at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “In this framework, and as a result of the meetings that Foreign Minister [Gerardo] Werthein had with the U.S. Department of State and the Secretary of Commerce, Argentina will move forward to...

Argentina has recorded its first budget surplus barely a year into Javier Milei’s presidency for the first time in 14 years. . “Today’s fiscal result must be understood as a landmark in our history,” Economy Minister Luis Caputo posted on X. “There is no more deficit in Argentina.” ... According to the economy ministry, the country’s budget surplus for the entire year was 1.76 trillion pesos, or 0.3% of GDP. Meanwhile, there was a 10.41 trillion peso surplus, or 1.8% of GDP, in the primary fiscal balance, which does not include debt payments. “Zero deficit is a reality,” Milei said...

A DEA agent has died in an apparent robbery attempt in Colombia, U.S. Ambassador Michael McKinley said Friday. Colombian authorities said the American agent was stabbed four times.

The New York Post is reporting that a college student who died of a drug overdose in New York City, was "partying" with a convicted felon out on "work release:" Veronica Hagman, a 22-year-old psychology major...at Western Connecticut State University, met buff inmate Javier Tamez at the trendy Chelsea nightclub Crobar on Saturday night.Tamez, a construction worker who grew up in Queens, was doing hard time while Hagman was making the dean's list....In 2002, he was sentenced to five to 15 years after pleading guilty to attempted sale of a controlled substance. The sentence was later slashed under a 1997...