Lula holds back-to-back meetings with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani & Senator Bernie Sanders, a day before opening the U.N. General Assembly — weeks before Brazil’s October 4 election
U.S. sanctions 11 Cuban entities & officials tied to nickel mining & military research: the latest in a sequence under an Executive Order framework targeting resources sustaining Cuba’s ruling elite
Venezuela’s Conatel orders providers to restore access to at least 10 previously blocked news sites, tied to the ongoing government-opposition dialogue
“Comandante 7,” alleged leader of Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones, expelled from Colombia, transferred to a maximum-security Ecuadorian prison, five days after his capture near Bogotá — underscoring deepening Colombia-Ecuador cooperation against criminal groups
Alex Saab, one of Maduro’s most trusted operatives, pleads guilty to money laundering in Miami, closing a decade-long case tied to over $350 million diverted from Venezuela’s food-aid program
Lula skips BRICS summit, campaigns to warn Brazilians to keep resources “in the hands of the Brazilian people,” a nationalist call to arms to rally domestic support weeks before election
Díaz-Canel marked 9/11 anniversary by accusing the U.S. of “state terrorism,” invoking Fidel Castro & the embargo — days after Rubio told reporters in Ecuador that “the left destroyed Cuba”
Trump promises $5,000 payment to every American adult if Republicans hold Congress in November — a pledge that would cost over $1 trillion, with no clear funding source or legislative path to make it real
Mexican forces capture “El Pepa,” a La Línea plaza boss near the Chihuahua-U.S. border, in an operation U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson publicly credited to shared intelligence between the two countries
Marco Rubio begins three-day tour of Colombia, Ecuador & Peru — meeting three governments aligned with Washington, part of the administration’s “Donroe Doctrine” push to counter Chinese influence in the region
Nicaragua’s neighbors split sharply over Ortega’s reform ending real opposition elections — Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala & Paraguay issue formal rebukes as Brazil & Mexico's silence draws direct criticism
Colombia’s offensive widens with killings of cartel leader “Bendito Menor” & girlfriend in Riohacha, plus seven FARC dissidents in Nariño — as a top general reveals senior guerrilla leadership sheltering in Venezuela