FARC dissidents ambush Colombian Army convoy in Algeciras, Huila, killing two soldiers and wounding over a dozen more — striking as the military remains stretched thin managing Colombia’s deadliest earthquake in decades
Senator Ted Cruz introduced legislation to reauthorize & expand NICA Act sanctions on Nicaragua, days after Ortega declared the country will never hold elections again — tightening restrictions on regime revenue
Lula calls Marco Rubio a “frustrated Latin American” who “hates Brazil,” accusing him of interfering in October’s election. Miami Congressman Carlos Giménez fired back — posting a doctored image placing him in Maduro’s custody photo, captioned “What awaits him.”
As de la Espriella takes office vowing “no peace processes,” his government transfers 117 high-profile inmates to maximum-security prisons on inauguration day, while Washington announced a $1 billion security package
Abelardo de la Espriella is sworn in on Friday in Cali, the first Colombian inauguration held outside Bogotá in decades — anticipated by Miami’s Colombian community and GOP delegation alike
From a Brooklyn jail cell, Maduro publicly endorsed Venezuela’s dialogue process ahead of next week’s first in-person talks — a process he has no role in, proceeding without Machado, as his own trial date now sits confirmed for June 2027
Paraguay’s Congress formally repudiates Lula after he cites the War of the Triple Alliance to justify Brazilian defense spending, reopening one of South America's deepest historical wounds
Miami Congressman Carlos Giménez escalated a months-long campaign against Sheinbaum, accusing her of propping up Cuba’s government & warning it could jeopardize Mexico’s standing in USMCA talks
Chile’s largest drug bust ever — 108 tons of cocaine allegedly impregnated into Bolivian timber — is now disputed: Bolivia claims its own tests found no drugs and wants the cargo released
President-elect de la Espriella announces a breaking of ties with Cuba & Nicaragua, a reopening of Colombia’s Jerusalem legation, and the closing of 14 embassies major diplomatic upheaval
María Corina Machado & Edmundo González announce they will not join U.S.-backed dialogue process to begin August 1 between Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government & opposition faction
Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in Miami on July 18 after five years in prison, released on the condition he never return to Cuba