In less than a decade, Peru has cycled through nine presidents—not through elections, but through congressional removals, resignations, and scandal. April 12 may be the country's last chance to break the cycle
“Our military is always prepared, and, in fact, it is preparing these days for the possibility of military aggression,” — Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, March 22, 2026
Rodríguez purged generals, asked Trump to lift sanctions & continued building a government that is simultaneously Chavista and cooperative. Venezuela’s transformation is real. Whether it leads to democracy—or simply a new form of the same system—remains the defining question of 2026
Two weeks after Trump gathered Latin America’s right in Doral, the left gathered in Bogotá—and Lula asked: “What are they doing with Cuba? What did they do with Venezuela? Is that democratic?” The hemisphere has never been more divided
Three blackouts in March. Two in five days. Cubans navigating Havana’s streets by phone light. An international aid convoy distributing solar panels in the dark. And two Russian oil tankers whose arrival nobody can confirm. This is Cuba on March 22, 2026
Two-hour TSA lines. Three hundred officers quit. And now Trump is threatening to send ICE agents to U.S. airports to conduct security and arrest undocumented immigrants—starting Monday—if Democrats don’t fund DHS
He threatened to have a journalist’s teeth broken. He dined with Lula. He texted a Supreme Court justice the morning of his arrest. Now Daniel Vorcaro is negotiating a plea deal—and everyone in Brasília is losing sleep
The DEA has named Colombia’s sitting president a “priority target.” Federal prosecutors in New York are questioning drug traffickers about the president’s possible ties. Petro’s response: “Never in my life have I spoken to a drug trafficker.”
The government announced fuel tax relief on March 12. Petrobras raised diesel prices the next morning. The perfect illustration of Brazil’s fuel price problem—and why ordinary Brazilians keep paying more
Washington is investigating Colombia’s president for drug ties. No charges yet. But two federal probes, the DEA and Homeland Security, are now looking at the man Colombia is about to replace—and Trump could use every word of it as a weapon