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AMERICAS
Bogotá Reclaims Casa de Nariño as Presidential Power Moves Elsewhere
Bogotá’s Casa de Nariño is losing its president but not its power. As Colombia’s new government disperses across cities, the…
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ANALYSIS
Colombian Tiger Roars as Failed Peace Talks Lose Their Grip
President Abelardo de la Espriella opened Colombia’s new era by ending armed-group talks, reviving crop fumigation and promising megajails. After…
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AMERICAS
Colombia Watches Disarmed Fighters Test a Hardline President’s Peace Promise
In Colombia’s southern jungle, 99 former guerrillas have surrendered weapons, planted medicinal gardens and called home. Now they face a…
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ANALYSIS
Paraguayan Senator Turns Racist Outrage Into a Shameless Presidential Audition
Celeste Amarilla wants Paraguay’s presidency weeks after racist insults against Kylian Mbappé made her globally notorious. Whether the remarks reflected…
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Politics
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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AMERICAS
Five-Year Anniversary Finds Haiti Still Chasing Its President’s Killers
Five years after Jovenel Moïse was murdered inside his bedroom, Haiti has convictions but no settled truth. The gunmen are…
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ANALYSIS
Peru Hands Keiko Fujimori the Keys to a Haunted House
Keiko Fujimori’s razor-thin win gives Peru a familiar promise of order. Still, the map of her victory tells a rougher…
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ANALYSIS
Colombia President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s Vows Cut to Petro’s Peace Mirage as Violence Exposes the Fraud
President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s vow to dismantle Total Peace is not vengeance. It is a course correction for a…
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AMERICAS
Uruguay Poll Crash Puts Orsi’s Truck Scandal in the Driver’s Seat
A CIFRA poll shows President Yamandú Orsi with 20% approval and 65% disapproval after Uruguay's truck controversy, exposing a governing…
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ECONOMY
Colombia Bets on De la Espriella as Markets Count Pesos
Colombia's incoming far-right president, Abelardo de la Espriella, promises fiscal shock therapy, oil revival and a patriotic miracle. Still, the…
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