This Monday’s full Democracy breakdown on the latest stories in Bolivia, Colombia & Peru. Riots, unrest and instability, coups? Upcoming elections & a presidential runoff for Peru’s top job
For the fourth time, Keiko Fujimori is one election away from Peru’s presidency. Her opponent is a former minister under a president who tried to stage a coup and is now in prison. The June 7 vote is a stress test for a country that has cycled through eight presidents in a decade
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For years, Venezuela’s government suppressed its own economic data. Inflation figures, GDP numbers, monetary aggregates — all state secrets. Under Washington’s post-Maduro oversight framework, the Central Bank of Venezuela has begun publishing again, and numbers are not pretty
Classified intelligence shared with Axios reveals Cuba has acquired more than 300 attack drones from Russia and Iran — and has held internal discussions about targeting Guantanamo Bay, U.S. naval vessels, and Key West. Washington says it is on high alert
Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy names Western Hemisphere as primary theater of U.S. national security. It says Washington will act against cartels with or without local governments’ cooperation
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
Mexico names its preliminary World Cup squad — and the stories that matter aren’t just who made it. They’re Ochoa’s history chase, the Chucky Lozano fallout, Aguirre’s club standoff, and the quiet anxiety around Santiago Giménez
Brazil’s October election is already one of the most consequential in the hemisphere. An 80-year-old president with two brain surgeries is running for an unprecedented fourth term. His opponent carries his father’s name and his father’s movement. And Washington is already inside the campaign
Washington’s indictment of Sinaloa’s governor forced him from office in four days — and cost him the immunity that kept U.S. prosecutors at arm’s length
Foreign Correspondent based in Latin America; Executive Editor at Sociedad Media
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