AMERICAS
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Colombia Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope Between Palestine and Israel Again
As Gustavo Petro exits and Abelardo de la Espriella prepares to govern, Colombia is attempting a risky diplomatic pivot: preserving…
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Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Takes Office Against Crime, Poverty, and Ghosts
Keiko Fujimori entered Peru’s presidency promising soldiers against gangs, higher wages, and relief for forgotten families. Yet before her sentence…
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Brazil Counts Votes While Trans Lawmakers Fight to Be Counted
Brazil’s 2022 election opened Congress to unprecedented transgender representation. Four years later, two federal deputies face a Supreme Court challenge…
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Mexico Fentanyl Pipeline Exposes the Global Broker Behind Cartel Chemistry
Inside Mexico’s fentanyl economy, one alleged broker linked Chinese chemical suppliers, Sinaloa laboratories, American money networks, and global laundering routes,…
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Brazil Voepass Crash Report Shows How Routine Risks Became Deadly
Brazil’s final Voepass crash report traces the deaths of 62 people to icing, maintenance lapses, cockpit failures and weak oversight,…
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Guyana Ferry Disaster Reveals the Hidden Cost of Cheap Passage
After the MV Barima capsized off Guyana, killing at least 65 people, arrests and missing passenger records have turned a…
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Nicaragua Votes on Nothing as Ortega Buries the Ballot Box
Daniel Ortega’s threat to end meaningful elections in Nicaragua completes a long democratic demolition, built through court rulings, jailed challengers,…
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Cuba Blackouts Turn Havana Beaches Into the Summer’s Last Resort
Under punishing heat and near-total blackouts, Cuba’s families are reclaiming Havana’s rocky shoreline as a fragile summer refuge, where salt…
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Chile and Peru Face Twin Disasters Across Shaking, Flooded Ground
A deadly earthquake in Peru and a sprawling El Niño storm in Chile have exposed how disaster travels through weak…
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When Cartels Become Terrorists: The Dangerous Reframing of Latin America’s Crime Crisis
Washington’s July 16 designation of two Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations promises sharper financial weapons and tougher prosecutions. Across Latin…
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