LATAM PRESS DIGEST 28 Feb. 2026: US/Israel attack Iran

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Feb.2026, Words: 164) — The following are mainly the top stories from the top media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, as compiled by Energy Analytics Institute (EAI).

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— The US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran w/ massive explosions rocking Tehran and smoke rising in an area where the Iranian president’s office is located. US president Donald Trump announced ‘major combat operations’ in Iran in a video broadcast via major US media  outlets. “The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests. We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground it,” Trump said.

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