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Socialism Finale: Rubio Backs Figuera; Allegations Say Regime Coerced Machado Ban; U.S. Seizes More Fuel Shipments to Cuba

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Sociedad Media Now: Brazil’s Candidates Prepare For Final Battleground as Uruguay Refuses to Restore Contact With Venezuela Regime

Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula in post-election polls ahead of Brazil’s October 25 runoff as both campaigns court absent & undecided voters. Uruguay says it won’t restore relations with Venezuela while Delcy Rodríguez governs, calling her “as illegitimate as Maduro”

South America

Uruguay Says Delcy Rodríguez is as “Illegitimate as Maduro”

By Sociedad Media Oct 12, 2026

Democracy

Brazil Rallies For Candidates Before Runoff, Flávio Leads Polls as Lula Fights Abstention

By Sociedad Media Oct 12, 2026

Democracy

Brazil Rallies For Candidates Before Runoff, Flávio Leads Polls as Lula Fights Abstention

Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula in post-election polls ahead of October 25 runoff. Lula is betting on mobilizing roughly 30 million absent voters, while Bolsonaro builds a coalition of allies and local leaders in the northeast

By Sociedad Media Oct 12, 2026 4 min read

Democracy

Ex-Magistrate Says Maduro Regime Coerced Machado Ban; Rodríguez Declares Start Of Christmas

Former Venezuelan Supreme Court magistrate says agents detained her relatives to force her to sign María Corina Machado’s election disqualification. The claim triggers calls for an investigation as talks are set to continue

By Dionys Duroc 4 min read

Ex-Magistrate Says Maduro Regime Coerced Machado Ban; Rodríguez Declares Start Of Christmas

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

Stakes Rise For Key Congressional Race in Miami: Does María Salazar Still Have a Shot?

A public rift with President Trump over immigration enforcement turns María Salazar’s once-safe Miami congressional seat into a genuine toss-up

By Dionys Duroc Oct 2, 2026 5 min read

Miami Politics

Salazar’s Hour-Long Reversal on Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Exposes Deeper Miami Tensions Over Democracy

Rep. María Elvira Salazar displays major reversal on Trump’s 65 billion-barrel oil deal with Venezuela — a reversal that exposes the deeper, unresolved tensions for Miami’s pro-democracy Venezuela contingent

By Sociedad Media 5 min read

Venezuela

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

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

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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

Venezuela

Venezuela Moves to Reform Infamous Anti-Hate Law as Washington Presses for Elections

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Venezuela

Baker Hughes Signs Gas Alliance With PDVSA, Opening a Path to Venezuela’s First LNG Exports

By Sociedad Media 3 min read

Venezuela

Machado Signals Willingness to Meet Delcy Rodríguez as Pressure Builds Over Venezuela’s Political Transition

By Dionys Duroc 2 min read

Venezuela

Blackout Protests Spread Late Wednesday Night in Venezuela as Outages Reach 16 Hours a Day

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Venezuela

Machado’s Press Chief Returns To Venezuela, Possible Test Run For The Opposition Leader’s Comeback

By Dionys Duroc 3 min read

Venezuela

Venezuela Restores Access to Blocked News Sites, But Most Restrictions Remain

By Dionys Duroc 4 min read

Cuba

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

Cuba

“No Capitalist Reforms”: Díaz-Canel’s Defiance Collides With a Collapsing Island & U.S. Pressure

By Sociedad Media 5 min read

Cuba

Cuba’s Population In Freefall: Deaths Doubled Births in 2025 as Economic Conditions Worsen

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

Peru’s Show-Of-Force, Fujimori Creates Joint Command to Combat Organized Crime

President Keiko Fujimori creates Unified Command joining the Armed Forces & National Police to carry out operations against gangs, retake prisons & expand the state’s response to organized crime

By Dionys Duroc Oct 10, 2026 4 min read

Security

From the Donbas to Mexico’s Drug War: Cartels Sends Fighters to Learn Drone Warfare in Ukraine

Reports say Mexican & Colombian cartel members are seeking drone training in Ukraine, and that cartels are recruiting Colombian veterans of the war. Unverified video circulates, spreads concern

Security

U.S. & Argentine Marines Conduct Cold-Weather Mountain Training in Ushuaia

U.S. Marine mountain-warfare instructors train with Argentina’s 4th Marine Infantry Battalion in Ushuaia from September 8 to 22. Critics question whether the exercise had proper congressional authorization as U.S. & Argentine security apparatuses solidify closer military alliance

Security

U.S. Ships MQ-9 Reaper Drones to Colombia to Expand Counter-Narcotics Campaign

U.S. moves MQ-9 Reaper drones from Africa to Colombia & Ecuador as it widens its campaign against drug traffickers

Security

500 U.S. Troops Deployed to Rio Grande After Cartel Gunfire Hits Coast Guard Vessel

After suspected cartel gunmen fired on a Coast Guard vessel near Garceno, Texas, the U.S. Army is deploying roughly 500 troops to the Rio Grande Valley for at least 30 days

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

By Sociedad Media Oct 4, 2026 5 min read

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

Brazil

Brazil’s Presidential Candidates Fight For Valuable Voting Bloc: Women

Lula & Flávio Bolsonaro both pivot toward women voters, 53% of Brazil’s electorate, highlighting crisis: 1,558 femicides in Brazil in 2025, an average of four women killed daily

Brazil

Brazil’s Election Just Got Tighter — And a First-Time Candidate Is Quietly Building a Third Lane

Brazil’s presidential race tightens with Lula’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro nearly erased two months before the vote — while first-time candidate Renan Santos, has quietly built a “third way” lane

Mexico

U.S. Treasury Sanctions 46 Sinaloa Cartel Targets, Eyes Baja California Corruption Network

Trump administration sanctions 21 individuals/25 entities tied to Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Mayos faction, alleging corruption network reaches Baja California’s governor’s inner circle

By Sociedad Media Sep 30, 2026

Mexico

How Bad Is It? Hurricane Polo Slams Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Mexico

Sheinbaum Moves to Bar Dual Nationals From Mexico’s Top Executive Offices

Immigration

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Sociedad Media Now: Venezuelans Leave Chilean Job Market; LATAM Invests in Data Centers & CDMX Lights Up For “Tehran Day”

By Sociedad Media Oct 8, 2026

Venezuela

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

By Sociedad Media Oct 8, 2026

Economy

Latin America is Racing to Become Data-Center Hub. Will the Boom Pay Off?

By Sociedad Media Oct 8, 2026

Economy

Venezuelans Are Leaving Chile’s Job Market as President Kast Inherits Labor Decline

By Sociedad Media Oct 7, 2026

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Miami-Dade Commissioners Raise Metrorail & Bus Fares — First Increase in 13 Years

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Sociedad Media Now: U.S. Reapers to LATAM; Joint Exercise in Ushuaia; Costa Rican Mega-Prison Under Completion & Cartel Mercenaries Fight in Ukraine

By Sociedad Media Oct 7, 2026

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From the Donbas to Mexico’s Drug War: Cartels Sends Fighters to Learn Drone Warfare in Ukraine

By Sociedad Media Oct 7, 2026

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Sociedad Media Now: Brazil’s Candidates Prepare For Final Battleground as Uruguay Refuses to Restore Contact With Venezuela Regime

Uruguay Says Delcy Rodríguez is as “Illegitimate as Maduro”

Brazil Rallies For Candidates Before Runoff, Flávio Leads Polls as Lula Fights Abstention

Peru’s Show-Of-Force, Fujimori Creates Joint Command to Combat Organized Crime

Brazil Rallies For Candidates Before Runoff, Flávio Leads Polls as Lula Fights Abstention

Brazil Rallies For Candidates Before Runoff, Flávio Leads Polls as Lula Fights Abstention

Ex-Magistrate Says Maduro Regime Coerced Machado Ban; Rodríguez Declares Start Of Christmas

“End Of the PT Era”: Flávio Bolsonaro & Lula Open Runoff Campaign, History is Against First Round Loser

Brazil Set For October 25 Runoff — Flávio Bolsonaro BEATS Lula as Nation’s Right Sweeps Governorships & Senate

OFFICIAL: Flávio Bolsonaro BEATS Lula in First Round Vote, Run-Off Set For October 25

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

Man Escapes Fiery Death On Highway Corridor In Mexico

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

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

Miami-Dade Commissioners Raise Metrorail & Bus Fares — First Increase in 13 Years

South Beach Ranked Among Top 20 Best Beaches in the Americas

Former Congressman David Rivera Sentenced to 10 Years For Secretly Working for Venezuelan Government

Brazilian Man Arrested in Kendall, Miami For Dressing as ICE Agent at Brazil Voting Station

Ken Griffin’s $3 Billion Gift Brings Carnegie Mellon to Miami — What it Means For the City

“Have My Baby in Miami”: The Miami Doctor at the Center of Congress’s Birth Tourism Crackdown

Kenya Helicopter Crash Kills 7 — Ecuador Intel Chief, Wife, Miami Food Restauranteur & Telemundo Exec On Board

Miami’s Tech Boom Is Here. The Question Is What Comes Next?

Miami’s Condo Crisis Has a Delayed Detonation Date, and It’s Hitting Owners & Buyers Right Now

Stakes Rise For Key Congressional Race in Miami: Does María Salazar Still Have a Shot?

Stakes Rise For Key Congressional Race in Miami: Does María Salazar Still Have a Shot?

Salazar’s Hour-Long Reversal on Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Exposes Deeper Miami Tensions Over Democracy

Democratic Socialists Storm South Florida: A Rally, the DSA & a Primary Election To Shape November

Florida’s First Open Governor’s Race in Eight Years: What Miami’s Latino Community Should Watch For

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

Rubio Backs Figuera Before New Venezuela Transition Talks

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

Venezuela Moves to Reform Infamous Anti-Hate Law as Washington Presses for Elections

Baker Hughes Signs Gas Alliance With PDVSA, Opening a Path to Venezuela’s First LNG Exports

Machado Signals Willingness to Meet Delcy Rodríguez as Pressure Builds Over Venezuela’s Political Transition

Blackout Protests Spread Late Wednesday Night in Venezuela as Outages Reach 16 Hours a Day

Machado’s Press Chief Returns To Venezuela, Possible Test Run For The Opposition Leader’s Comeback

Venezuela Restores Access to Blocked News Sites, But Most Restrictions Remain

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Latin America is Racing to Become Data-Center Hub. Will the Boom Pay Off?

Venezuelans Are Leaving Chile’s Job Market as President Kast Inherits Labor Decline

Milei Meets Macron in Paris, Seeking Investment Backing for Argentina’s Economic Program

China Slaps 55% Tariff on Brazilian Beef Starting Oct. 1; Argentina Looks to Move in

As Inflation Tops 500%, Venezuela’s Opposition Pushes Bill to Kill the Bolívar for Good

Society ›

Mexico Named Top Tourist Destination In Latin America For 2025

Ecuador Records 400+ Femicides in 2025 — Its Deadliest Year. Most Are Linked To Organized Crime

Puerto Rico Secures $124.7 Million From Meta in Historic Child Safety Settlement

LATAM’S Most Developed Countries, Ranked: Chile Leads a Region of Contrasts

Sheinbaum Mañanera Highlights Dangers Of Social Media Use For Children, Previews Late-August Regulation Proposal

Culture ›

The Island That Produces Kentucky Derby Champions: How Puerto Rico Became the World’s Greatest Jockey Factory

Shakira Drops World Cup Anthem as Colombian’s In Miami Get Ready for Summer

Pablo Escobar Brought Four Hippos to Colombia — 40 Years Later, the State is Killing 80 Descendants

Father of Argentine Lawyer Mocks Brazil in Racist Gesture & Calls Out Milei Government Hours After Daughter’s Release

Brazil’s Wagner Moura Makes Oscar History—and the Night Is Still Young

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“No Capitalist Reforms”: Díaz-Canel’s Defiance Collides With a Collapsing Island & U.S. Pressure

Cuba’s Population In Freefall: Deaths Doubled Births in 2025 as Economic Conditions Worsen

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

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

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

Rep. Carlos Giménez Escalates Attacks on Sheinbaum Over Mexico’s Cuba Support, Invokes USMCA Leverage

Is Miami Failing to Assimilate? A New Data Debate Raises Hard Questions for the City's Future

Political Prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrived in Miami This Week, Released By Cuban Regime

Miami-Dade’s Quiet Enforcement Campaign: Revoking Business Licenses Over Cuba Trade

Latin America Is Turning Right — And the Money Is Moving to Miami

Miami is Latin America’s Financial Capital — Which is a Safe Haven During Crises

Is Miami Becoming a Refuge for Latin America’s Press? The Journalists Who Left — and Landed Here

The Stronghold: How Miami’s Cuban Exile Community Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy for Sixty Years — and is Shaping it Still

Peru’s Show-Of-Force, Fujimori Creates Joint Command to Combat Organized Crime

Peru’s Show-Of-Force, Fujimori Creates Joint Command to Combat Organized Crime

From the Donbas to Mexico’s Drug War: Cartels Sends Fighters to Learn Drone Warfare in Ukraine

U.S. & Argentine Marines Conduct Cold-Weather Mountain Training in Ushuaia

U.S. Ships MQ-9 Reaper Drones to Colombia to Expand Counter-Narcotics Campaign

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