De la Espriella takes office on August 7 with Washington’s full agenda — coca fumigation, extraditions, China, and more. But a razor-thin mandate and a preferred governing style of executive decrees may complicate things
Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s June 21 runoff with 12.9 million votes — the most in Colombian history while 1,500 miles away, Cuba’s National Assembly approves 176 market reforms in 24 hours
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announced she will return to Venezuela before the end of 2026 and run for president. How much longer will Venezuelans have to wait?
Cuba’s National Assembly unanimously approves 176 economic reform measures — the most sweeping structural changes since the 1959 revolution
De la Espriella takes office on August 7 with Washington’s full agenda — coca fumigation, extraditions, China, and more. But a razor-thin mandate and a preferred governing style of executive decrees may complicate things
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
At Colombia’s official World Cup send-off ceremony in Bogotá, captain James Rodríguez “snubs” Gustavo Petro's daughter Antonella — a three-second moment that went viral across Colombia as presidential election heads into its final weeks
Brazil records lowest homicide rate in over a decade — but extortion, cybercrime, police killings, and disappearances all rose in the same period, while PCC and CV cells expanded across 12 U.S. states
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
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