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Cartel Map Redraw as Regional Security Tightens. Here’s What’s Replacing the Old Trafficking Routes

U.S. operations in the Caribbean have disrupted traditional drug trafficking networks across Latin America. Criminal organizations are now adapting — and the consequences are being felt from Honduras to Chile

By Dionys Duroc

/ 13 May 2026

Cartel Map Redraw as Regional Security Tightens. Here’s What’s Replacing the Old Trafficking Routes

Venezuela as the 51st State: Trump Floated It. Rodríguez Shot It Down. We Ran the Numbers Anyway

It is not going to happen. But as a window into what Washington actually wants from Venezuela — and what leverage looks like in 2026 — it is worth taking seriously — even as exercise

By Dionys Duroc

/ 12 May 2026

Venezuela as the 51st State: Trump Floated It. Rodríguez Shot It Down. We Ran the Numbers Anyway

Washington Released a Blueprint for How It Plans to Operate in Latin America. Every Government in the Region Is Reviewing It

Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy names Western Hemisphere as primary theater of U.S. national security. It says Washington will act against cartels with or without local governments’ cooperation

By Dionys Duroc

/ 12 May 2026

Washington Released a Blueprint for How It Plans to Operate in Latin America. Every Government in the Region Is Reviewing It

Spy Planes, Sanctions, and a President Running Out of Patience: What’s Really Happening With Cuba

Trump says he’ll “deal with Cuba soon.” The Pentagon is updating its plans & the UN is pushing back. Here’s what the escalation actually looks like on the ground — and what it means for the region

By Dionys Duroc

/ 12 May 2026

Spy Planes, Sanctions, and a President Running Out of Patience: What’s Really Happening With Cuba

Bolivia’s Evo Morales Held in Contempt as Human Trafficking Trial Reaches Final Stage

Former president fails to appear in court Monday in Tarija as judges prepare to begin closing arguments in a case that has followed him for years — and that his lawyers say is designed to keep him out of politics

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 May 2026

Bolivia’s Evo Morales Held in Contempt as Human Trafficking Trial Reaches Final Stage

Trump Says Venezuela Is “Happy Now.” But What Comes Next Post-Maduro?

The U.S. president’s latest remarks on Venezuela describe an oil boom & a country transformed. But Venezuelans on the ground are anxious for total democratic reform

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 May 2026

Trump Says Venezuela Is “Happy Now.” But What Comes Next Post-Maduro?

Costa Rica’s New President Laura Fernández Takes Office. But Her Predecessor Isn’t Going Anywhere

Laura Fernández is the second woman to lead Costa Rica — and she starts with more political power than most presidents ever get. What she does with it will matter well beyond her country's borders

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 May 2026

Costa Rica’s New President Laura Fernández Takes Office. But Her Predecessor Isn’t Going Anywhere

Colombia’s Election Is 20 Days Out — And The Right Is Still Not United

With Iván Cepeda leading every major poll, two conservative candidates are locked in a bitter battle for the single runoff slot that could stop him — while a wave of FARC dissident violence reshapes the stakes of the vote

By Dionys Duroc

/ 11 May 2026

Colombia’s Election Is 20 Days Out — And The Right Is Still Not United

Venezuela Now: Miami Convicts Maduro Spy, Rodríguez Goes to The Hague, and Maduro Disputes Legal Fees as Venezuela Oil Exports Surge

Miami jury convicts Maduro’s secret $50 million lobbyist — a former congressman who shared a Tallahassee home with Marco Rubio — as Rodríguez left Venezuela for the first time since January 3 & oil exports hit a seven-year high

By Dionys Duroc

/ 10 May 2026

Venezuela Now: Miami Convicts Maduro Spy, Rodríguez Goes to The Hague, and Maduro Disputes Legal Fees as Venezuela Oil Exports Surge

25-Year-Old Journalist Went to Cover the War in Antioquia. His Killers Were Sitting at Petro’s Peace Table

A 25-year-old Colombian journalist was intercepted at a roadblock, interrogated, then killed by the same FARC dissident faction currently sitting at Petro’s peace table — 22 days before Colombia votes

By Dionys Duroc

/ 10 May 2026

25-Year-Old Journalist Went to Cover the War in Antioquia. His Killers Were Sitting at Petro’s Peace Table

Brazil’s Lula Meets Trump at White House. Three-Hour Talk, Canceled Press Briefing, Deadlines — a Win For Both?

Lula & Trump met for three hours, canceled the joint press conference, agreed on a 30-day tariff deadline, and left Washington with exactly what each needed — a diplomatic win neither could fully explain in public

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 May 2026

Brazil’s Lula Meets Trump at White House. Three-Hour Talk, Canceled Press Briefing, Deadlines — a Win For Both?

The Island That Produces Kentucky Derby Champions: How Puerto Rico Became the World’s Greatest Jockey Factory

Two Puerto Rican brothers finish 1st & 2nd at the Kentucky Derby for the first time in 150 years — and the school that made them is a free vocational program on an island that has been producing world-class jockeys for half a century

By Dionys Duroc

/ 8 May 2026

The Island That Produces Kentucky Derby Champions: How Puerto Rico Became the World’s Greatest Jockey Factory