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ICE Renews $10 Million Bounty on Head of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son — Why the Cartel Boss is Still on the Run

Two of El Chapo’s four sons are in U.S. custody & cooperating with prosecutors. ICE renews $10 million bounty on the third. Here is the full story of why the most wanted cartel leader in North America is still free

By Dionys Duroc

/ 15 Apr 2026

ICE Renews $10 Million Bounty on Head of ‘El Chapo’s’ Son — Why the Cartel Boss is Still on the Run

Culture

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

Venezuela

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

Venezuela

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

Democracy

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

Venezuela

/ Sociedad Premium tier

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

Security

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

Democracy

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

South America

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

Nuevo Miami

The Stronghold: How Miami’s Cuban Exile Community Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy for Sixty Years — and is Shaping it Still

Miami is not just a refuge for Cuban exiles. It is a stronghold — one that has shaped American foreign policy toward Cuba for 67 years, produced the most powerful Latino diplomat in U.S. history, and is influencing the current tensions with the island in real-time

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 Apr 2026

The Stronghold: How Miami’s Cuban Exile Community Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy for Sixty Years — and is Shaping it Still

Security

The Smuggling Network That Turned Cuban Desperation into Hard Cash

For over a decade, a transnational criminal organization kidnapped Cuban migrants in Mexico and called their families in Miami. The financial architect of that operation was just arrested in Cancún

By Dionys Duroc

/ 8 Apr 2026

The Smuggling Network That Turned Cuban Desperation into Hard Cash

Security

Trump vs. Brazil’s Gangs: Washington Calls Them “Terrorists” — Lula Says That’s a Prelude for Intervention

The PCC has 40,000 members, operates in 90 countries, and earns nearly a billion dollars a year. The Trump administration wants to call it a terrorist organization. Brazil’s president is calling it a sovereignty threat — and voters are watching both men closely

By Dionys Duroc

/ 8 Apr 2026

Trump vs. Brazil’s Gangs: Washington Calls Them “Terrorists” — Lula Says That’s a Prelude for Intervention

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