Right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella stuns pollsters on Sunday by winning Colombia’s presidential first round with 43.7%. June 21 runoff against leftist Senator Iván Cepeda is official — as outgoing President Gustavo Petro rejects the results
Washington designates Brazil’s PCC & CV as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Thursday, with a formal Foreign Terrorist Organization classification set to take effect June 5 — a move Brasília says amounts to electoral interference ahead of October’s presidential vote
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Alex Saab appeared in a Miami federal court Monday on money laundering charges. Diosdado Cabello — Venezuela’s No. 2 — says he was never Venezuelan. The problem is Chavismo spent years saying otherwise
On Cuban Independence Day, the DOJ announces criminal charges against the 94-year-old former Cuban president at Miami’s Freedom Tower — the building where generations of Cuban exiles first set foot in America
The review of North America’s defining trade agreement launched only in March — bilaterally, not trilaterally, with no text on the table and less than four months before the statutory decision date
U.S. Justice Department charges Sinaloa’s sitting governor with conspiring with Los Chapitos to flood the United States with fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. Nine other current & former officials are charged alongside him. One allegedly murdered a DEA source
Washington & Tehran agreed to stop shooting at each other on Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, Israel launched strikes on Beirut. The Strait of Hormuz remained closed. Islamabad talks begin Saturday. This is where things stand
Scaloni releases Argentina’s final 26-man squad a day early — catching the football world by surprise. Mastantuono is out. Six Qatar champions are left behind. The defending champions open June 16 in Kansas City
Washington designates Brazil’s PCC & CV as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Thursday, with a formal Foreign Terrorist Organization classification set to take effect June 5 — a move Brasília says amounts to electoral interference ahead of October’s presidential vote
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary’s two-day visit to Mexico City was the most significant bilateral security meeting in months — set against CIA agent deaths, drug indictments, and a viral moment nobody planned: Mexico’s Interior Minister’s arrival on motorbike
Foreign Correspondent based in Latin America; Executive Editor at Sociedad Media
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