The United States designates the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones as a “terrorist organization”
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Roberto Kury at a press conference at the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, September 9, 2026. KAREN TORO / REUTERS Visiting Ecuador, the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio,…
Four days in the Colombian jungle: the story of the kidnapped legionnaire’s incredible escape
The detailed account of the Colombian Foreign Legion soldier’s escape was provided by a high-ranking military source to AFP. On the day of his escape, Thursday September 3, José Olger Melo Charry asked to be taken aside to relieve himself, he told…
Mid-term elections in the United States: “The danger is not so much massive electoral fraud as an organized fog of doubt”
Lhe mid-term elections have always constituted an essential counter-power in the United States against the president. They allow voters to correct the course. But those of November 3 are even more crucial. For millions of Americans, they could be one of…
Marco Rubio arrives in Colombia, first stop on Latin America tour
The United States is tightening its grip on the South American continent. American Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Tuesday September 8 to strengthen ties with Colombia after four years of left-wing government, on the first day of a mini-tour in…
Jordan targeted by Tehran after US strikes on Iranian oil tankers in Gulf region
This photo released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards reportedly shows an American underwater drone captured in the Strait of Hormuz on September 8, 2026. SEPAHNEWS VIA AP The Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, declared on Wednesday…
September 11: thousands of documents on air toxicity in New York made public
Twenty-five years after September 11, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday, September 8, the publication of tens of thousands of documents revealing, according to him, the city’s cover-ups on the toxicity of the air after the attacks.…
Trade conflict with the United States: Canada’s measures against American products come into force on Tuesday
A truck enters the United States via the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, Michigan, on September 6, 2025. JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP Canadian surcharges affecting a series of American products came into force on…
Steel, yogurt, electronics… Canada’s response to American products comes into force
The Canadian response is launched. Canadian surcharges affecting a series of American products came into force on Tuesday, September 8, in retaliation for new customs duties imposed at the end of August by Washington. These customs duties of 15, 25 or…
Cuba denounces “record” financial losses from the American embargo
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, September 7, 2026. NORLYS PEREZ / REUTERS Cuba accused Monday, September 7, the American embargo, in force since 1962, of having caused historic financial losses of 8…
After being kidnapped in Colombia, a Foreign Legion soldier escapes his captors
The Franco-Colombian corporal of the French Foreign Legion who was kidnapped in early August in a region of Colombia controlled by guerrillas escaped from the hands of guerrillas holding him hostage in Colombia. He is “doing well” and remains…