AMERICAS
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Ecuador Finds a Narco Sub and Latin America Sees Itself
A hidden semi-submersible in Ecuador’s mangroves offered more than a striking security image. It revealed how deeply the regional drug…
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Venezuelan Prison Messages Travel Home on Wrappers, Laundry, and Hope
In a small apartment near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds onto a chocolate wrapper with a note from her son to…
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Ecuador’s Port War Meets U.S. Muscle in a New Phase
Ecuador says it is starting a new phase in its fight against drug cartels, now involving U.S. forces. A statement…
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Chile’s La Moneda Reopens as Presidential Home After Six Decades as Kast Moves In
On March 11, José Antonio Kast will reside in Chile's La Moneda, reviving a practice abandoned since 1958. Supporters view…
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Venezuela Prison Hill Shouts Turn Amnesty into Nightly Family Ritual
Every night at El Rodeo, just outside Caracas, families climb a hill with candles to shout messages to political prisoners.…
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Flood Deaths Test Latin America as Rivers Rise, Drains Fail
From the streets of Guayaquil to the slopes of the Andes, rains from February to March are causing deaths and…
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Colombia’s Bogota Cemetery Turns Into an Archive Where Missing Names Wait
Under a white tent at Bogotá's Cementerio del Sur, forensic teams carefully lay out bones on kraft paper, trying to…
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Mexico Tourists Hide in Tapalpa as Mencho Hunt Turns Roads Ashen
Tourists in Tapalpa woke up to helicopters flying low and a flood of warning messages. Nearby, Mexico's army was hunting…
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Mexico Pursued El Mencho Using a Romantic Partner and U.S. Intelligence in a High-Risk Mountain Raid
A predawn raid in Mexico’s mountains resulted in the death of El Mencho, the country’s most wanted cartel leader, following…
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Mexico’s El Mencho Dead and Cartels Torch Roads in Fury
After Mexico announced it had killed cartel leader El Mencho, fires and roadblocks appeared in at least 13 states. The…
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