AMERICAS
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Mexican Union Masks and Cartel Money Challenge Sheinbaum’s Midterm Fight
As Mexico nears Claudia Sheinbaum’s midpoint, cartel operatives are slipping into union shirts, turning extortion into paperwork. Arrests in La…
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Venezuela Blockade Drama Shows China’s Latin Gamble Meets Trump’s Navy
China condemns “unilateral bullying” as Donald Trump orders a blockade of sanctioned tankers around Venezuela. With December crude flows to…
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Venezuela Ghost Tankers Outrun Trump’s Sanctions, and Caracas Learns Again
US sanctions sought to choke Venezuela’s oil cash, yet exports climbed from 495,000 barrels a day to about one million.…
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Colombia Gulf Clan Gets Terrorist Tag as Fentanyl Fever Rises
Washington’s terrorist designation of Colombia’s Clan del Golfo collides with President Donald Trump’s fentanyl crackdown and offshore strikes. For President…
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Venezuela Skies, JetBlue Jitters, and the Tanker Nobody Wanted There
Air traffic radio recordings capture JetBlue Flight 1112 ascending from Curaçao, an island near Venezuela, to New York when a…
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Chile Elects Kast Again: Crime and Memory Shape A Presidency
Chile’s run-off gave Jose Antonio Kast 58 percent of the vote and the presidency, ending the center-left era after Gabriel…
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Aid With a Flag: What China’s Hospital Ship Signals in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean face complex choices as China's hospital ship arrives, stirring feelings of sovereignty and external influence…
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Aztecs Still Speak After Conquest, As Empires Fall Apart Today
The so-called fall of the Aztecs in 1521 was never a clean break. However, a violent transformation whose survivors still…
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Colombia Fighters Tied To Sudan Genocide Spark Sweeping U.S. Crackdown
A new U.S. Treasury press release exposes a Colombia-led mercenary pipeline sending ex-soldiers to Sudan, recruiting even children for the…
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Trump’s War Talk Pulls Mexico and Colombia into Crosshairs Again
As Donald Trump weighs extending U.S. military power over Mexico and Colombia, Latin America confronts an old fear in new…
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