Latin America

Iran and Venezuela found kinship in anti-American ideology and in evading U.S. sanctions.

Iran and Venezuela found kinship in anti-American ideol...

NYT > Americas, Jan 4, 2026 - 20:22

Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack

Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed...

NYT > Americas, Jan 3, 2026 - 19:52

The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least o...

He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First.

He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. H...

NYT > Americas, Dec 31, 2025 - 12:52

Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw the...

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?

NYT > Americas, Dec 29, 2025 - 13:26

Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medic...

How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turned into a Drug Lord

How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turne...

NYT > Americas, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:25

Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say...

Why the Right Is Boycotting Havaianas Flip-Flops

Why the Right Is Boycotting Havaianas Flip-Flops

NYT > Americas, Dec 25, 2025 - 14:56

For decades, Havaianas flip-flops have been a beloved global symbol of Brazilian...

With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venezuelans

With Airspace Closed, a Lonely Christmas for Many Venez...

NYT > Americas, Dec 25, 2025 - 14:56

The holidays usually bring home huge numbers from the Venezuelan diaspora. But t...

Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports

Trump’s Tanker Crackdown Paralyzes Venezuelan Oil Exports

NYT > Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 17:10

Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United ...

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

NYT > Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some sc...

Uruguay’s Quiet Luxury Turns A Long Weekend Into Soft Power

Uruguay’s Quiet Luxury Turns A Long Weekend Into Soft P...

LatinAmerican Post, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:47

Nine hours from a U.S. gateway sounds like too much for a “quick” escape, until ...

Latin America War on Drugs Returns as Terror Labels Spread

Latin America War on Drugs Returns as Terror Labels Spread

LatinAmerican Post, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:47

Half a century after Nixon, cocaine hits records again: 3,700 tons in 2023, 25 m...

Honduras Street Truce Dreams When Gangs, Police, and Fear Collide

Honduras Street Truce Dreams When Gangs, Police, and Fe...

LatinAmerican Post, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:47

In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the small barrio of Casa Blanca struggled to keep M...

Colombia Army’s Renewed Lethal Targets Rattle Ranks and Revive Old Fears

Colombia Army’s Renewed Lethal Targets Rattle Ranks and...

LatinAmerican Post, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:47

A new set of battlefield incentives is reshaping Colombia’s war on armed groups,...

Puerto Rican Bad Bunny Helps Mexico Fix Ticketmaster’s Broken Gate

Puerto Rican Bad Bunny Helps Mexico Fix Ticketmaster’s ...

LatinAmerican Post, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:47

After the Estadio Azteca fiasco, Mexico City learned a concert ticket is not pap...

The Two Myths Fueling the Trump Administration’s Anti-Immigrant Scapegoating

The Two Myths Fueling the Trump Administration’s Anti-I...

Latino News Network, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Scapegoating narrative relies entirely on two myths: “American exceptionalism” a...

Let America Vote to Welcome Its 51st Star

Let America Vote to Welcome Its 51st Star

Latino News Network, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

A national vote would spotlight facts, sweep aside myths and let communities tak...

Russia, Venezuela warn US actions in Caribbean could have 'wide-reaching consequences'

Russia, Venezuela warn US actions in Caribbean could ha...

SouthAmericaTimes.com, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Moscow [Russia], December 23 (ANI): As the US military presence in the Caribbean...

Trump says it would be "smart" for Venezuela's Maduro to step down

Trump says it would be "smart" for Venezuela's Maduro t...

SouthAmericaTimes.com, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that it ...

1st LD Writethru: U.S. military sinks alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 1

1st LD Writethru: U.S. military sinks alleged drug boat...

SouthAmericaTimes.com, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military on Monday sank "a low-profile ...

Russia denies reports about embassy evacuation in Venezuela

Russia denies reports about embassy evacuation in Venez...

SouthAmericaTimes.com, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

MOSCOW, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday labeled an Asso...

Maduro would be smart to get out Trump

Maduro would be smart to get out Trump

SouthAmericaTimes.com, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The US president has issued veiled threats, saying the Venezuelan leader could p...

Could Maduro Playing to Trump’s Ego Avoid War?

Could Maduro Playing to Trump’s Ego Avoid War?

Latin America: Fair Observer, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Much ink has been spilled over the seemingly imminent invasion of Venezuela by t...

Japan will reform its employment policy for foreigners

Japan will reform its employment policy for foreigners

Prensa Latina, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Tokyo, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Japanese government announced plans to reform ...

DRC: More than 500 incidents against humanitarian actors reported

DRC: More than 500 incidents against humanitarian actor...

Prensa Latina, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Kinshasa, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Office for the Coordination ...

China questions the US over its lack of commitment to arms control

China questions the US over its lack of commitment to a...

Prensa Latina, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Beijing, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) China criticized the United States for its lack ...

Perez Esquivel: Attacking Venezuela is attacking the entire continent

Perez Esquivel: Attacking Venezuela is attacking the en...

Prensa Latina, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Buenos Aires, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) An attack on Venezuela is an attack on the ...

Specialized clinic in Cuba for post-chikungunya care opens

Specialized clinic in Cuba for post-chikungunya care opens

Prensa Latina, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Havana, December 23 (Prensa Latina) Patients with post-chikungunya ailments, esp...

Militarization of the merchant fleet, convoys and drones: how to combat piracy?

Militarization of the merchant fleet, convoys and drone...

EADaily | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

In recent days and weeks, there have been several attacks on merchant vessels of...

The new unipolarity will become a reality, the expert warns

The new unipolarity will become a reality, the expert w...

EADaily | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Observing the actions of the United States related to the naval blockade of Vene...

Nicolas Maduro Issues Six-Page Rant Against Operation Southern Spear and U.S. 'Piracy'

Nicolas Maduro Issues Six-Page Rant Against Operation S...

Breitbart News, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro issued a furious six-page letter t...

Vance Warns European Nuclear Arsenals Could Come Under Control of Islamists

Vance Warns European Nuclear Arsenals Could Come Under ...

Breitbart News, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned that the mass migration agenda could risk a ...

Greta Thunberg Arrested in London While Supporting Palestine Action Terror Group

Greta Thunberg Arrested in London While Supporting Pale...

Breitbart News, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Professional protester Greta Thunberg was arrested Tuesday in Central London whi...

'Common Sense Approach'? UK Police to Scrap Orwellian 'Non Crime Hate Incidents'

'Common Sense Approach'? UK Police to Scrap Orwellian '...

Breitbart News, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

There is "cause for cautious optimism", say the Free Speech Union as the UK Coll...

Trump Boom: U.S. Economy Grows 4.3%, Fastest in Two Years, Smashing Expectations

Trump Boom: U.S. Economy Grows 4.3%, Fastest in Two Yea...

Breitbart News, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Economic growth in the U.S. accelerated far more than expected this summer. The ...

US Restricts Visas of 2 Honduran Government Officials

US Restricts Visas of 2 Honduran Government Officials

The Americas | The Epoch Times, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The visa removal and block of the two government officials was authorized under ...

US Announces 29th Strike on Drug Boat

US Announces 29th Strike on Drug Boat

The Americas | The Epoch Times, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

More than 100 people have been killed so far in the U.S. strikes targeting drug ...

US Envoy Says Annexation of Greenland Remains a Priority

US Envoy Says Annexation of Greenland Remains a Priority

The Americas | The Epoch Times, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Greenland and Danish officials have rejected any takeover, reaffirming the terri...

Pill Version of Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Approved by US Regulator

Pill Version of Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Approved by US ...

The Americas | The Epoch Times, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

U.S.-listed shares of Novo jumped by 8 percent while Lilly fell by 1 percent in ...

Canada’s first Christmas without the Hudson’s Bay Company

Canada’s first Christmas without the Hudson’s Bay Company

The Economist | The Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

From fur-trading outpost to department-store giant, founding a country along the...

Christmas in Caracas with Donald Trump on the doorstep

Christmas in Caracas with Donald Trump on the doorstep

The Economist | The Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Venezuelans are tiring of hope as their dictator digs in against the might of th...

U.S. forces stop a 2nd merchant vessel off Venezuela coast, officials say

U.S. forces stop a 2nd merchant vessel off Venezuela co...

NPR: The Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

U.S. forces stopped a vessel off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in l...

Cartagena's iconic horse carriages give way to electric buggies

Cartagena's iconic horse carriages give way to electric...

NPR: The Americas, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Cartagena, Colombia, is set to ban its iconic horse-drawn carriages, replacing t...

When F Scott Fitzgerald’s Christmas wish came true

When F Scott Fitzgerald’s Christmas wish came true

THE FINANCIAL TIMES | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The Pat Hobby stories about a washed-up writer in Hollywood were written to make...

Canada names Mark Wiseman as US ambassador

Canada names Mark Wiseman as US ambassador

THE FINANCIAL TIMES | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Former BlackRock executive will be tasked with helping to reset relations with W...

AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record

AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to re...

THE FINANCIAL TIMES | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

Investment-grade borrowers have issued $1.7tn of bonds this year, closing in on ...

‘We have to have’ Greenland, says Trump

‘We have to have’ Greenland, says Trump

THE FINANCIAL TIMES | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

US president claims Danish territory is needed ‘for national security’

Panama Canal ports deal at risk after China’s Cosco demands majority stake

Panama Canal ports deal at risk after China’s Cosco dem...

THE FINANCIAL TIMES | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

BlackRock and shipping group MSC consider walking away from talks

Trump says US is pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela

Trump says US is pursuing third oil tanker linked to Ve...

BBC News | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The move comes days after the US president said that he was ordering a blockade ...

Ecuadorean soldiers jailed for 34 years over boys' forced disappearance

Ecuadorean soldiers jailed for 34 years over boys' forc...

BBC News | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The four boys were picked up by a military patrol and their bodies were later fo...

Ros Atkins on… the oil tanker being pursued by the US

Ros Atkins on… the oil tanker being pursued by the US

BBC News | Latin America, Dec 23, 2025 - 10:46

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what we know about the "active pur...