U.S. Southern Command and Venezuelan security forces killed Tren de Aragua founder Héctor “Niño” Guerrero in a joint airstrike in Bolívar state on June 12 — but analysts warn the gang’s fragmented cells across Chile, Colombia, Peru, and the United States are readying for survival
19 palm plantation workers massacred in rural palm plantation on May 21 — suspect arrested — in one of the deadliest single days in Honduras since 2018
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
De la Espriella takes office on August 7 with Washington’s full agenda — coca fumigation, extraditions, China, and more. But a razor-thin mandate and a preferred governing style of executive decrees may complicate things
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
Abelardo de la Espriella wins Colombia’s June 21 presidential runoff with 12.9 million votes — defeating Iván Cepeda by fewer than 250,000 votes in the narrowest margin in the country’s recent electoral history
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
Six days before Colombia’s June 21 presidential runoff, every major external actor in the hemisphere has a stake in the outcome — here are their reasons
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado announced she will return to Venezuela before the end of 2026 and run for president. How much longer will Venezuelans have to wait?
