Beneath a fake discount store in Otay Mesa, the CJNG built a 1,933-foot cocaine tunnel — equipped with lighting, ventilation, and an electric rail system — that federal investigators watched for six months before seizing more than a ton of cocaine valued at $45 million
Eight presidents in a decade. Extortion, robberies, murders, and schools closed for fear of the criminal networks. Peru heads to the polls on Sunday, June 7 for a presidential runoff between right-wing Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez
Trump administration looks to reshape its relationships across South America — nominating Florida House Speaker & Rubio ally as ambassador to Brazil while a de la Espriella victory could trigger Washington’s most comprehensive reset of U.S.-Colombia relations in a generation
A de la Espriella victory on June 21 would open a reset of U.S.-Colombia relations across five concrete policy fronts — reversing four years of deterioration under Petro and repositioning Bogotá as one of Washington's closest hemispheric partners
Trump nominates Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez — a close ally of Marco Rubio — as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil on Monday, placing a politically connected Miami Republican at the center of Washington’s most consequential diplomatic relationship in South America
Latin America’s most consequential political realignment in a generation accelerated this week: political outsider De La Espriella stuns pollsters as region witnesses right-wing shift while Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa drops all tariffs after De La Espriella victory
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa lifts tariffs on Colombian imports following 10-minute call with opposition candidate De La Espriella — bypassing the Petro government and prompting Bogotá to accuse Quito of deliberate interference
A De La Espriella victory on June 21 would place the three largest South American economies under right-wing rule simultaneously for the first time in over two decades
Right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella stuns pollsters on Sunday by winning Colombia’s presidential first round with 43.7%. June 21 runoff against leftist Senator Iván Cepeda is official — as outgoing President Gustavo Petro rejects the results
Washington designates Brazil’s PCC & CV as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Thursday, with a formal Foreign Terrorist Organization classification set to take effect June 5 — a move Brasília says amounts to electoral interference ahead of October’s presidential vote
Scaloni releases Argentina’s final 26-man squad a day early — catching the football world by surprise. Mastantuono is out. Six Qatar champions are left behind. The defending champions open June 16 in Kansas City
