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

Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippos into Colombia in the 1980s. He died in 1993. The hippos didn’t stop reproducing, and 40 years later, Colombia is authorizing the killing of 80 of their descendants — and the country is deeply divided over it

By Dionys Duroc

/ 14 Apr 2026

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

Chevron Signs at Miraflores — Shell is Next — Washington’s Venezuela Oil Deal is Now in Action

The ceremony that took place Monday at the presidential palace in Caracas was not just a business transaction. It was the clearest statement yet of what the U.S.-Venezuela relationship has actually become — and what it has not

By Dionys Duroc

/ 14 Apr 2026

Chevron Signs at Miraflores — Shell is Next — Washington’s Venezuela Oil Deal is Now in Action

Delcy Rodríguez Appoints Padrino López as Minister of Agriculture as Part of Ongoing Leadership Shuffle

Venezuela’s most powerful general for over a decade has been moved to agriculture. Padrino López commanded the military that kept Maduro in power. Now he oversees crop yields

By Dionys Duroc

/ 13 Apr 2026

Delcy Rodríguez Appoints Padrino López as Minister of Agriculture as Part of Ongoing Leadership Shuffle

Machado is Coming Back. She Survived Maduro — Now Rodríguez Says She Must Answer for Treason

María Corina Machado survived 16 months in hiding and collected a Nobel Prize. Now she is coming home. But Rodríguez says she has “questions to answer”

By Dionys Duroc

/ 13 Apr 2026

Machado is Coming Back. She Survived Maduro — Now Rodríguez Says She Must Answer for Treason

Peru’s Election is Heating Up. Fujimori Leads as López Aliaga & Jorge Nieto Struggle for Second

A police raid on the electoral authority. Voting extended to Monday. A record 35 candidates split the vote. Peru held its most chaotic first-round election in decades on Sunday — and the country still does not know who will fight for the presidency on June 7

By Dionys Duroc

/ 13 Apr 2026

Peru’s Election is Heating Up. Fujimori Leads as López Aliaga & Jorge Nieto Struggle for Second

Slow Walk to Democracy: March on Miraflores, 90-Day Mandate Expires & Islamabad Talks

Workers marched on Miraflores. Rodríguez exceeds 90-day constitutional mandate with no election announced. And the collapse of the Islamabad talks has direct consequences for Venezuela’s oil future. Here’s what to watch for next

By Dionys Duroc

/ 12 Apr 2026

Slow Walk to Democracy: March on Miraflores, 90-Day Mandate Expires & Islamabad Talks

Florida-Brazil Gun Pipeline: Washington & Brasília Create Joint Task Force to Combat Organized Crime

Brazil & the United States announce a new intelligence-sharing agreement on Friday targeting illegal arms trafficking from Florida to Brazil’s most powerful criminal organizations

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 Apr 2026

Florida-Brazil Gun Pipeline: Washington & Brasília Create Joint Task Force to Combat Organized Crime

Merit or Quota?: Mexican Female Referee Makes World Cup History — But at What Cost?

FIFA names Katia Itzel García to the 2026 World Cup — a historic appointment that is being challenged in the Mexican fútbol world, not with celebration but with accusations that she is simply unqualified

By Dionys Duroc

/ 10 Apr 2026

Merit or Quota?: Mexican Female Referee Makes World Cup History — But at What Cost?

Venezuela’s Workers March on Miraflores. Rodríguez Sends in Tear Gas

The biggest anti-government demonstration since August 2024 filled the streets of Caracas on Thursday. Police blocked the march two kilometers from the presidential palace. The minimum wage is $0.27 a month. The acting president promised a raise — but wouldn’t say how much

By Dionys Duroc

/ 10 Apr 2026

Venezuela’s Workers March on Miraflores. Rodríguez Sends in Tear Gas

“Resignation is Not Part of Our Vocabulary”: Díaz-Canel Refuses to Step Down as Cuba Crumbles

In his first interview with a U.S. television network in decades, Cuba’s president told NBC’s Kristen Welker he would not resign. Outside the interview room, Cuba was experiencing its worst blackouts in history, its largest street protests since 2021, and a fuel blockade with no end in sight

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 Apr 2026

“Resignation is Not Part of Our Vocabulary”: Díaz-Canel Refuses to Step Down as Cuba Crumbles

U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Hangs By a Thread as Tehran Plays Last Card in Strait of Hormuz

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 Apr 2026

U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Hangs By a Thread as Tehran Plays Last Card in Strait of Hormuz

Chile’s New President is Building a Wall & Counting Down the Days as Half a Million Venezuelans Are Watching

José Antonio Kast took office March 11 with the most aggressive anti-immigration mandate in Chilean history. For the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who built lives in Santiago after fleeing Maduro, the new government’s message is unambiguous: your time is running out

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 Apr 2026

Chile’s New President is Building a Wall & Counting Down the Days as Half a Million Venezuelans Are Watching