Two teenage gunmen assassinate rival gang leader of Ecuador’s Los Águilas gang in Guayaquil’s airport — one day after President Noboa declared a 60-day state of emergency — prompting a decree the next day granting immunity to foreign security personnel
De la Espriella rules out U.S. incursion while advocating for American military bases, joint fumigation, and bombing of narco groups alongside U.S. forces. Washington declines renewal of USMCA on July 1, converting the trade deal governing $1.3 trillion into permanent annual renegotiation
U.S. declines to renew USMCA on July 1 — triggering annual reviews that will repeat every year until 2036 — while the agreement itself remains fully in force, U.S.-Mexico negotiations are already in their third round
Brazil’s October 4 election — the last domino in Latin America’s right-wing wave, Venezuela’s Rodríguez blames private enterprise for earthquake-collapsed buildings, and Cuba’s national electric grid is in blackout for the fourth time in 2026, leaving 10 million in the dark
Bolivia’s President Paz declares 90-day state of emergency after road blockades kill 14 while Venezuela’s earthquake response descends into chaos, and viral video showing U.S.-indicted Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello blocking a U.S. rescue delegation from entering a La Guaira disaster site
As Venezuela’s earthquake death toll surpassed 1,430 and the 72-hour golden rescue window closed, 2,000 international rescuers from 27 countries, $150 million in U.S. aid, and the USS Fort Lauderdale converge on Venezuela
Venezuela earthquake kills 188 as U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 to end Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians as oil crashes to pre-war low of $70 a barrel
U.S. crude dropped nearly 4 percent to $70 a barrel — a pre-war low that made some winners & losers throughout Latin America as Venezuela recovery efforts begin following 7.2 magnitude earthquake
Gunmen massacre 19 in Honduran palm plantation, and U.S.-Venezuelan airstrikes kill Tren de Aragua founder in Bolívar state as Peru’s post-electoral crisis deepens with leftist candidate calling for “popular and patriotic resistance” in the face of election loss
De la Espriella assumes office on August 7 with Washington’s full bilateral reset agenda while 1,500 miles away, Washington sanctions Cuba’s state oil company, CUPET
Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s June 21 runoff with 12.9 million votes — the most in Colombian history while 1,500 miles away, Cuba’s National Assembly approves 176 market reforms in 24 hours
Peru’s presidential runoff has been deadlocked for eight days at a 600-vote margin while Venezuela’s Nobel laureate María Corina Machado prepares to return home as Colombia’s election attracts foreigners to reshape the hemisphere’s political map
