Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, “Tony Montana,” brother of the late CJNG founder El Mencho, pleaded guilty in Washington to trafficking over 450 kilos of cocaine and 45 kilos of meth — closing out two decades as the cartel’s chief financial operator
Three angles for this Tuesday: Newsweek declares Trump vindicated since predicted chaos never came, yet no new U.S. oil deals have closed amid internal infighting — while Paraguay deepens ties with Washington via a new nuclear pact
Rubio signs civil nuclear cooperation pact with Paraguay as part of a broader U.S. push to counter Chinese influence in a country that’s one of the few remaining Taiwan allies worldwide
Eight months after Trump promised to “rapidly rebuild” Venezuela’s oil industry, not a single new U.S. deal has closed — and insiders are blaming the Energy Department for favoring cautious majors over MAGA-aligned “wildcatters”
Maduro endorsing a Venezuela dialogue he has no role in, Brazil’s election tightening to a virtual tie, and Sheinbaum treating kids’ social media use as a public health crisis
President Sheinbaum devoted Monday’s mañanera entirely to the risks social media poses to children, previewing a two-part government proposal built on public forums and expert input, including NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt, rather than a ready-made law
Brazil’s presidential race tightens with Lula’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro nearly erased two months before the vote — while first-time candidate Renan Santos, has quietly built a “third way” lane
Petro closed his presidency with a farewell visit to Havana days before his successor severs ties with Cuba, while Paraguay’s Congress rebukes Lula for invoking an 1864 war to justify defense spending — reopening old wounds
Gustavo Petro closed out his presidency with a farewell solidarity visit to Havana — not Washington — days before his successor breaks diplomatic ties with Cuba entirely, a final, pointed statement on four years of ideological alignment about to be reversed
Miami Represnetative pressures Sheinbaum of Mexico, a Miami power broker’s contested exit from Venezuela policy, and new data shows the city itself has quietly become less affordable than New York City
Mauricio Claver-Carone, the Miami businessman who ran Venezuela policy like an unofficial “viceroy,” leaves his post — he says voluntarily, though sources tell Reuters he was pushed out
