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Lula’s Fourth Term: What Brazil’s Contested Election Means For Democracy, The Region & U.S. Ties

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Mexico

Sheinbaum Calls Texas Claim to Nine Rio Grande Islands an “Electoral Issue”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says Texas’s claim to nine Rio Grande islands is an “electoral issue,” and only the bilateral boundary commission can decide. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry cites 1970 Boundary Treaty between both sides to guarantee against challenges

Cuba

Analyst Dossier Alleges Cuba’s Military Conglomerate GAESA Uses Private Firms to Tap U.S. Fuel Market

By Sociedad Media Nov 3, 2026

Venezuela

Rubio Meets Venezuela’s Foreign Minister as U.S. Presses For Progress On Election Preparations

By Sociedad Media Nov 3, 2026

Democracy

Bolivia’s Chamber of Deputies Descends Into Chaos, Opposition to Block President’s Agenda

Bolivia’s Chamber of Deputies declares Roberto Castro its president for 2026–27 in a chaotic session in which no vote count was announced. Opponents, including a faction of Libre, say no vote was held & plan to challenge result before the Nov. 5 swear-in

By Sociedad Media Nov 2, 2026 3 min read

Democracy

Brazil’s Lula Wins Presidential Fourth Term, Bolsonaro Claims Federal Police Request Passports

Lula wins fourth term with 51.8% of valid votes in Brazil’s Sunday runoff. Flávio Bolsonaro says he will seek annulment, citing a ruling by Justice Cristiano Zanin, Lula’s former lawyer, that extended voting by two hours

By Sociedad Media 6 min read

Brazil’s Lula Wins Presidential Fourth Term, Bolsonaro Claims Federal Police Request Passports

Viral Clips

Brutal Robbery Attempt Caught On Camera in Guatemala City as Violence Returns to Spotlight

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Viral Clips

Priest Dies in Ecuador After Cross Falls During Live-Streamed Mass

By Sociedad Media 1 min read

Viral Clips

2025 Footage Of Peru Taskforce Shootout Of Carjacking Gang Goes Viral Across the Hemisphere

By Sociedad Media 2 min read

Viral Clips

Man Escapes Fiery Death On Highway Corridor In Mexico

By Sociedad Media 2 min read

Viral Clips

Brazil’s Lula Makes Disturbing Claims On Prostate Cancer During Rally, Insists Women “Take ***** When Young”

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Viral Clips

Chicago Bears Hire Mariachi Band To Perform U.S. National Anthem On Monday Night Football

By Sociedad Media 2 min read

Miami News

Miami Politics

Miami-Dade Early Voting — 2026 Midterms: Will Immigration Hurt GOP in South Florida?

Miami-Dade’s first two days of early voting show Democrats returned more ballots than Republicans, but the lead has since disappeared. Republicans are three-quarters Hispanic, but will immigration impact the election?

By Sociedad Media Oct 23, 2026 4 min read

Miami Politics

Old Fidel Castro Interview Resurfaces in Attack Ad Against Miami Rep. María Elvira Salazar

Democrat Eliott Rodriguez’s new ad revives Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s 1990s interview with Fidel Castro. Her campaign calls it recycled footage in a district where Cuba policy still shapes the vote

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Old Fidel Castro Interview Resurfaces in Attack Ad Against Miami Rep. María Elvira Salazar

Venezuela

Rubio Meets Venezuela’s Foreign Minister as U.S. Presses For Progress On Election Preparations

By Sociedad Media 2 min read

Venezuela

Rubio Says Venezuela’s Election System Must Be Replaced Before a Credible Vote

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Venezuela

Delcy Rodríguez Says Machado Return a “Show,” Denies Political Persecution

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Venezuela

Machado Arrives in Caracas to Huge Crowds. What Does it Mean For Democracy in Venezuela?

By Sociedad Media 4 min read

Venezuela

María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela, Testing Rodríguez Government & U.S.-Backed Transition Talks

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Venezuela

Maikel Moreno & Tareck El Aissami: Who Could Be the Next Ones Extradited to the U.S.

By Sociedad Media 4 min read

Venezuela

Alex Saab Associate Álvaro Pulido Extracted By DEA From Caracas Prison, Sent to Miami

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Venezuela Subscribers only

Rubio Backs Figuera Before New Venezuela Transition Talks

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Venezuela

Maduro & Flores Face New Torture-Conspiracy Charge: What it Means For Their Case in U.S. Custody

By Sociedad Media 4 min read

Cuba

Analyst Dossier Alleges Cuba’s Military Conglomerate GAESA Uses Private Firms to Tap U.S. Fuel Market

By Sociedad Media 2 min read

Cuba

Rubio Calls On Cubans to Partner With CIA as Trump Warns U.S. Will “Take Care” Of Regime After Iran

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Cuba Subscribers only

U.S. Seizes Fuel Bound for Cuba as Talks Remain Unclear

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Cuba

Protester Ariel Limias Leyva Detained in Cuba, Transferred to State Security Prison After Demonstration

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Cuba

Pentagon Weighs Military Options for Cuba as Rubio's Diplomatic Push Stalls

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Cuba

U.S. Targets Cuba’s Nickel Industry & Military Research Arm in Latest Sanctions Round

By Dionys Duroc 4 min read

Cuba

Cuba’s President Issues 9/11 Commemoration, Accuses U.S. Government Of “State Terrorism”

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Cuba

Longtime Foreign Minister Hints at Resignation as Cuba’s Regime Dismisses Political Change

By Sociedad Media 4 min read

Cuba

Raúl Castro Reported Gravely Ill as Rumors Swirl Amid Stalled U.S.-Cuba Negotiation

By Sociedad Media 4 min read

Nuevo Miami

How is Immigration Impacting Miami’s Latino Republicans Ahead of the Midterms? What We Know

Hispanic voters still anchor Miami-Dade’s Republican registration edge, but immigration enforcement is straining the GOP in a House seat and the governor and Senate races

By Sociedad Media Oct 9, 2026

Nuevo Miami

Inside the FBI’s Widening Investigation Into Argentina’s Fútbol Federation & Its South Florida Money Trail

Nuevo Miami

Colombia Inaugurates a New President in Cali. Miami’s Colombian Community Has Been Celebrating Since June

Security

Search Continues for Four Missing Salvadoran Airmen in Haiti as U.N. Council Hears Calls for Their Return

GSF air/ground search operations for four missing Salvadoran airmen ongoing following Sunday’s Haiti ambush. At the U.N., Ambassador Waltz said all four are believed alive — vowing to bring them home

By Dionys Duroc Oct 21, 2026 3 min read

Security

Peru Dismantles Tren de Aragua Extortion Cell in Lima as Fujimori Launches Crime Command

Peruvian police arrest six Venezuelans in Lima’s Puente Piedra district, accused of running a Tren de Aragua extortion cell targeting bus companies & construction workers. The raid is part of President Keiko Fujimori’s new crime command

Security

Colombia Seizes 7.6 Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Panela at Cartagena Port

Colombian police seize 7.6 tons of cocaine mixed with powdered panela at the port of Cartagena, the biggest seizure there in a decade. U.S. Embassy credits weeks of DEA-police intelligence sharing

Security

Costa Rica: How a State With No Army Looks to Wage War Against Crime

Costa Rica abolished its army in 1948. After opening a Bukele-style mega-prison, President Laura Fernández toured El Salvador’s CECOT & floated U.S. ground operations to fight record violence

Security

Four Salvadoran Soldiers Ambushed & Missing in Haiti, Tests Bukele’s Foreign Security Push

Four Salvadoran soldiers with the GSF are missing after an ambush near Port-au-Prince. The incident could test El Salvador’s expanded role in Haiti & Bukele’s bid to project his security model internationally

Brazil

Lula’s Fourth Term: What Brazil’s Contested Election Means For Democracy, The Region & U.S. Ties

Lula’s fourth-term victory returns the left to lead Latin America’s largest economy, even as his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro contests results & flees to the U.S. Here’s a look at what it means for Brazilian democracy, the region & relations with Washington

By Dionys Duroc Nov 2, 2026 5 min read

Brazil

Flávio Bolsonaro Flees Brazil For The U.S. After Missing Passport Surrender Deadline Following Election Defeat

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro misses deadline to surrender his passports & is reportedly on a flight to the U.S., according to Brazilian media citing Federal Police sources. Officials have not confirmed it, and Argentine authorities say he did not enter Argentina

Brazil

BRAZIL HEADS TO POLLS FOR NEXT PRESIDENT: What to Know About the Race & Washington’s Watching Eye

Brazil votes October 4 in a tight presidential race between Lula & Flávio Bolsonaro likely headed to an October 25 runoff. Here’s what we should know

Brazil

U.S., Australia, U.K. & Canada Suspend Consular Services in Brazil Two Days Before Presidential Election

U.S. & Australia suspend all consular services in Brazil two days before Sunday’s presidential election, citing security concerns following a bomb scare near Supreme Court

Brazil

Brazil’s Economy Is Growing. But It Is Not Being Felt By Voters Heading Into Election

Brazil’s economy shows growth, but persistent inflation & fiscal strain have voters unconvinced ahead of October 4. Lula leads first-round polls, but runoff simulations against Flávio Bolsonaro are tied within the margin of error

Mexico