October 2, 2026

Lula, Bolsonaro, the Catholic bishops and the Supreme Court are drawn into a controversy nurtured by the left that could influence an extremely close election

Opportunities, Obstacles, and the Global Demand for Criminal Expertise

Dozens of American military personnel joined Ecuadorean police in raids this week, marking a new level of direct U.S. involvement.

A reformist president weighs the pressure to move fast against the imperative to restore institutions his people can trust.

Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...

Political analyst Thomas Traumann on the mudslinging in the Supreme Court, and other factors in the October election

La aeronave estadounidense comenzó a apoyar a las Fuerzas Armadas en Alto Punino, una zona marcada por la minería ilegal y la presencia de una estructura disidente de las antiguas FARC

U.S. strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels mark an unlawful expansion of military force into a law enforcement mission.

No, the U.S. will not be ‘topping out’ the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with Venezuelan oil ‘very shortly,’ as President Trump claimed.

La era de una industria petrolera estatal y cerrada, y de las grandes nacionalizaciones de empresas ligadas a los hidrocarburos, al grito de “¡Exprópiese!” lanzado por el fallecido presidente Hugo Chá...

Almost two years after Donald Trump first threatened to take over the Panama Canal, the storied watershed is thriving.

American soldiers are conducting operations near the Colombian border, while U.S. warships are being deployed, Ecuadorian officials said.

Carlos Alvarado-Quesada praises President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration for choosing constitutionalism over confrontation.

Trying to keep track

A deadly temblor devastated Armenia in 1999, spurring a reconstruction that allowed the city to build back stronger. When disaster struck this time, it was prepared.

The U.S. is trying to destroy Mexican cartels. But so far, a turf war has only deepened.

Posters of missing people on walls and light poles near the border in Tijuana has always alarmed me. My video report...

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

The Trump administration has shared few details and little evidence.

The United States is intensifying its hunt for narcos within the Mexican government. Is this all prelude to an attack?

Elbridge Colby's speech at a regional defense conference revealed major gaps between the US and its neighbors

Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” in Latin America inverts a policy that, properly understood, abided by and reinforced constraints on unilateral presidential force.

Adam and Cameron discuss the relationship between the two countries ahead of the FIFA Men's World Cup final.

The short-term results and the long-term risks of the “Donroe Doctrine.”

Con Trump, Estados Unidos toma distancia de la OEA. ¿Qué futuro le espera al principal organismo político de las Américas?

Videos e imágenes descontextualizadas y desinformaciones virales que han circulado en redes sociales tras el doblete sísmico

It’s been one year since I launched this blog, which, predictably, feels like forever ago and not long ago at all.

The President claims to be targeting vessels involved in drug trafficking. Were the fishermen who went missing with the Fiorella collateral damage?

The jury is still out, given how much there is to be done

The earthquakes in Venezuela are a massive and unprecedented natural tragedy.

Supplies are being collected in the US and globally, but monetary transfers are the fastest way to deliver relief

Amid 25 years of economic and political instability, Ecuador's national team's consistency—and ties to a scattered global diaspora—provides a rare sense of unity.

Consulta los resultados oficiales de las Elecciones Presidenciales de la República de Colombia 2026 en tiempo real. Seguimiento de votos mediante gráficos interactivos.

Anti-imperialist rhetoric aimed at the US may have has disappeared since Maduro’s capture, but everything else remains largely the same under Delcy Rodríguez

Washington is threatening to walk away from one of the hemisphere's most essential institutions. The region needs to say something about it.

Can a species be so terrible we need to wipe it out?

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The Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against Raul Castro for shooting down the Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996. The c...

The surge of clips created by artificial intelligence is being driven largely by the two campaigns battling for right‑wing voters, with the left hesitating to use this strategy

The surge of clips created by artificial intelligence is being driven largely by the two campaigns battling for right‑wing voters, with the left hesitating to use this strategy

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