Venezuela
Venezuela’s New Foreign Minister Promises Elections Open to All Parties, But Sets No Date
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Oliver Blanco says every political force will be able to compete in future elections and all must respect the result
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Democracy
Democracy
After Peña: Paraguay’s Democracy Faces Test as Alliana Takes Power
Paraguay removes President Santiago Peña, order him held in pretrial detention within two days, a rapid test of the nation’s institutions. With Colorado Party ally Pedro Alliana in power, the question is whether accountability reaches beyond one man
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Democracy
After Peña: Paraguay’s Democracy Faces Test as Alliana Takes Power
Paraguay removes President Santiago Peña, order him held in pretrial detention within two days, a rapid test of the nation’s institutions. With Colorado Party ally Pedro Alliana in power, the question is whether accountability reaches beyond one man
By Sociedad Media 6 min read
Democracy
Paraguay’s Ousted President Peña Detained, Due Before Prosecutors Saturday as Alliana is Sworn in
Santiago Peña spent Friday night in custody at his Asunción home hours after the Senate removed him over the Ueno Bank collapse. Prosecutors say he must appear Saturday, while Pedro Alliana takes over as president
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Democracy
Bolivia’s Chamber of Deputies Descends Into Chaos, Opposition to Block President’s Agenda
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Democracy
Brazil’s Lula Wins Presidential Fourth Term, Bolsonaro Claims Federal Police Request Passports
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Democracy
Venezuela’s Opposition Rallies Behind Machado as She Says Washington Left Her Out Of Talks
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Miami News
Cuban-Born Woman Loses U.S. Citizenship Over Role in Miami-Dade Casino Laundering Scheme
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Miami News
Florida Issues Arrest Warrant for Raúl Castro in 1996 Brothers to the Rescue Shootdown
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Miami News
Miami-Dade Commissioners Raise Metrorail & Bus Fares — First Increase in 13 Years
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Miami News
South Beach Ranked Among Top 20 Best Beaches in the Americas
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Miami News
Former Congressman David Rivera Sentenced to 10 Years For Secretly Working for Venezuelan Government
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Miami News
Brazilian Man Arrested in Kendall, Miami For Dressing as ICE Agent at Brazil Voting Station
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Miami News
Ken Griffin’s $3 Billion Gift Brings Carnegie Mellon to Miami — What it Means For the City
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Miami News
“Have My Baby in Miami”: The Miami Doctor at the Center of Congress’s Birth Tourism Crackdown
Miami Politics
Miami Politics
Giménez Wins in Miami-Dade as Díaz-Balart & Salazar Hold Razor-Thin Leads
Republican Carlos Giménez won re-election in Miami-Dade’s CD-28, but no winner announced for CD-26 or CD-27. Mario Díaz-Balart and María Elvira Salazar lead by narrow margins in preliminary counts
By Sociedad Media 1 min read
Miami Politics
Giménez Wins in Miami-Dade as Díaz-Balart & Salazar Hold Razor-Thin Leads
Republican Carlos Giménez won re-election in Miami-Dade’s CD-28, but no winner announced for CD-26 or CD-27. Mario Díaz-Balart and María Elvira Salazar lead by narrow margins in preliminary counts
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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?
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Miami Politics
Old Fidel Castro Interview Resurfaces in Attack Ad Against Miami Rep. María Elvira Salazar
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Miami Politics
Doral Mayor Christi Fraga Faces Mounting Scrutiny Over City’s ICE Agreement
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Miami Politics
Stakes Rise For Key Congressional Race in Miami: Does María Salazar Still Have a Shot?
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Venezuela
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Economy
South America’s Economic Outlook 2026: What the IMF Expects, Country By Country
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How Colombia’s Fiscal Crisis Ballooned, and the Government’s Plan to Contain it
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Argentina Poverty Down Since Milei, But Rising Again
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Latin America is Racing to Become Data-Center Hub. Will the Boom Pay Off?
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Venezuelans Are Leaving Chile’s Job Market as President Kast Inherits Labor Decline
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Society
Why Has Latin America Gone Right?
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Peru Drafts Student Expulsions, Dress Codes in Major Public School Reforms
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Mexico Named Top Tourist Destination In Latin America For 2025
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Ecuador Records 400+ Femicides in 2025 — Its Deadliest Year. Most Are Linked To Organized Crime
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Puerto Rico Secures $124.7 Million From Meta in Historic Child Safety Settlement
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Culture
The Island That Produces Kentucky Derby Champions: How Puerto Rico Became the World’s Greatest Jockey Factory
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Shakira Drops World Cup Anthem as Colombian’s In Miami Get Ready for Summer
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Pablo Escobar Brought Four Hippos to Colombia — 40 Years Later, the State is Killing 80 Descendants
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Father of Argentine Lawyer Mocks Brazil in Racist Gesture & Calls Out Milei Government Hours After Daughter’s Release
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Brazil’s Wagner Moura Makes Oscar History—and the Night Is Still Young
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Cuba
Nuevo Miami
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Nuevo Miami
Rep. Carlos Giménez Escalates Attacks on Sheinbaum Over Mexico’s Cuba Support, Invokes USMCA Leverage
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Nuevo Miami
Is Miami Failing to Assimilate? A New Data Debate Raises Hard Questions for the City's Future
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Nuevo Miami
Political Prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Arrived in Miami This Week, Released By Cuban Regime
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Nuevo Miami
Miami-Dade’s Quiet Enforcement Campaign: Revoking Business Licenses Over Cuba Trade
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Nuevo Miami
Latin America Is Turning Right — And the Money Is Moving to Miami
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Nuevo Miami
Miami is Latin America’s Financial Capital — Which is a Safe Haven During Crises
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Nuevo Miami
Is Miami Becoming a Refuge for Latin America’s Press? The Journalists Who Left — and Landed Here
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Nuevo Miami
The Stronghold: How Miami’s Cuban Exile Community Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy for Sixty Years — and is Shaping it Still
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Security
Security
Colombia Arrests Mexican Federal Judge Wanted By U.S. Over Alleged Ties To Cartel Network
Colombian police detain Mexican federal judge Luis Benítez Alcántara at Bogotá’s airport on U.S. extradition request. Prosecutors accuse him of taking US$2 million bribe to free the second in command of Ryan Wedding’s drug network
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Security
Colombia Arrests Mexican Federal Judge Wanted By U.S. Over Alleged Ties To Cartel Network
Colombian police detain Mexican federal judge Luis Benítez Alcántara at Bogotá’s airport on U.S. extradition request. Prosecutors accuse him of taking US$2 million bribe to free the second in command of Ryan Wedding’s drug network
By Sociedad Media 2 min read
Security
Venezuelan Strike On ELN Camp Kills at Least 19 On Colombian Border; U.S. Role Reported But Unconfirmed
Venezuelan strike on ELN camp in Apure state kills at least 19 people, according to local reporting. U.S. officials tell The New York Times the operation used U.S. intelligence & drones, but no government has confirmed the strike or a possible U.S. role
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
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
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Americas
U.S. & Venezuela Negotiate Agreement That Could Pave Way For Long-Term U.S. Troop Presence
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U.S. Sends Hundreds of Troops to Latin America as Anti-Drug Campaign Expands On Land
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U.S. Signs Air Interception & Border Security Deals in Paraguay
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U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Hosts “Cuba Libre” Panel as Cuban Diplomats Shout Down Dissidents
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Álvaro Leyva Delivers Petro Case Documents to U.S. Embassy
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Central America
El Salvador’s Haiti Deployment at 2,000 Troops, First Ground Offensive Underway as Fate of Four Missing Remains Unknown
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Nicaragua Confiscates American-Owned Properties, U.S. Official Calls Seizures “Illegal”
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El Salvador’s Bukele Deploys Special Forces Rescue Missing Technicians in Haiti
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El Salvador’s Bukele Voices Warning Over France Riots
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Costa Rica Finishes Bukele-Style Mega-Prison For 5,100 Inmates
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South America
Bolivia’s Supreme Court President Declares Exile After Prosecutors Order Arrest On Drug Charges
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President of Paraguay Resigns After Ueno Bank Collapse, Executives Detained
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Truck Bomb Attack Near Military Base in Tolima Department, Colombia Kills Four, Two-Month-Old Baby Among Dead
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Colombia’s De la Espriella Leads Overnight Bogotá Raids: 172 Arrested in “Operation Bosur-Kratos”
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Ecuador Detains Former Presidential Candidate Luisa González in Money Laundering Probe
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Brazil
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 5 min read
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 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
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Mexico
How Bad Is It? Hurricane Polo Slams Mexico’s Pacific Coast
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Mexico
Sheinbaum Moves to Bar Dual Nationals From Mexico’s Top Executive Offices
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Mexico
Mexico City Faces Day of Protests as School Year Begins & Grievances Weigh On Sheinbaum
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Mexico
U.S. Consulate Issues Security Notice in Mexico Over Possible Threat. Here’s What We Know
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Mexico
Sinaloa’s Governor Rubén Rocha Tried to Reclaim His Office. It Lasted 36 Hours
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Mexico
Michoacán Wakes Up to Roadblocks & Burning Vehicles After Overnight Operation Against CJNG
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Mexico
The Audio Scandal Consuming Baja California’s Governor — and Mexico
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Mexico
Arresting a Cartel Leader Was Supposed to Calm Michoacán’s Avocado Industry. It Triggered New Threats Instead
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Mexico
Mexico Deploys 1,500 Troops to Protect Avocado Country After U.S. Halts Inspections Over Security Threat
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Immigration
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Immigration
New Migrant Caravan Departs Honduras For The U.S. Following Midterm Elections
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Immigration
Why Cubans Are Rebuilding Their Lives in Brazil
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Immigration
ICE Arrests Hit 49,571 in July, the Highest Monthly Total of Trump’s Second Term
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Immigration
TPS for Honduras Has Officially Ended. Here’s What Honduran Nationals in the U.S. Need to Know
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Immigration
U.S. Supreme Court Clears the Way to Deport 350,000 Haitians In TPS Ruling
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Immigration
Trump Threatens ICE Deployment at U.S. Airports as DHS Shutdown Enters Its Sixth Week
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Immigration
350,000 Haitians Face Deportation as Trump Takes TPS Fight to the Supreme Court
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Immigration
Federal Judge Rules Against Administration’s ‘Third Country Policy’
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El Salvador’s Haiti Deployment at 2,000 Troops, First Ground Offensive Underway as Fate of Four Missing Remains Unknown
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Venezuelan Strike On ELN Camp Kills at Least 19 On Colombian Border; U.S. Role Reported But Unconfirmed
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Americas
U.S. & Venezuela Negotiate Agreement That Could Pave Way For Long-Term U.S. Troop Presence
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Cuba
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Venezuela
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