Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippos into Colombia in the 1980s. He died in 1993. The hippos didn’t stop reproducing, and 40 years later, Colombia is authorizing the killing of 80 of their descendants — and the country is deeply divided over it
Brazil’s former intelligence chief fled a 16-year prison sentence through the jungle and into the United States. ICE has him now. Bolsonaro’s allies want asylum & Lula wants extradition
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Workers marched on Miraflores. Rodríguez exceeds 90-day constitutional mandate with no election announced. And the collapse of the Islamabad talks has direct consequences for Venezuela’s oil future. Here’s what to watch for next
The ceremony that took place Monday at the presidential palace in Caracas was not just a business transaction. It was the clearest statement yet of what the U.S.-Venezuela relationship has actually become — and what it has not
In his first interview with a U.S. television network in decades, Cuba’s president told NBC’s Kristen Welker he would not resign. Outside the interview room, Cuba was experiencing its worst blackouts in history, its largest street protests since 2021, and a fuel blockade with no end in sight
The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has produced the largest oil supply disruption since the 1970s. Latin America is not a bystander. Brazil is winning, Chile is exposed, Venezuela is constrained — and tonight’s Trump deadline could change everything
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emerges as likely replacement as president expresses dissatisfaction with Justice Department’s performance; Todd Blanche named acting A.G.
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
Nike promised the World Cup’s hottest venues a high-tech kit. Then players wore it. The Aero-FIT shoulder seam refuses to drape naturally — and with millions already distributed and 62 days until kickoff, there may not be a fix in time
Brazil’s former intelligence chief fled a 16-year prison sentence through the jungle and into the United States. ICE has him now. Bolsonaro’s allies want asylum & Lula wants extradition
The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances made history last week — finding crimes against humanity in Mexico and referring the case to the General Assembly. President Sheinbaum called the report biased — the mothers disagree
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