Sociedad Media covers the Americas as a single, interconnected story—tracking the political shifts, security alliances, economic transformations, and cultural forces reshaping the Western Hemisphere from Washington to Tierra del Fuego. From the Shield of the Americas and Trump’s Monroe Doctrine revival, to presidential elections, cartel wars, and the energy deals rewriting the region’s future. Original reporting from Miami—the capital of the Americas
U.S. finalized a 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, citing illegal Amazon deforestation, digital trade restrictions, and anti-corruption failures after a yearlong Section 301 investigation. Lula rejected the move as groundless and vows countermeasures
U.S. declines to renew USMCA on July 1 — triggering annual reviews that will repeat every year until 2036 — while the agreement itself remains fully in force, U.S.-Mexico negotiations are already in their third round
De la Espriella has ruled out a U.S.-led “incursion” on Colombian soil — while simultaneously advocating for U.S. military bases in Colombia, joint coca fumigation operations, bombing narco-trafficking groups alongside American forces
U.S. crude dropped nearly 4 percent to $70 a barrel — a pre-war low that made some winners & losers throughout Latin America as Venezuela recovery efforts begin following 7.2 magnitude earthquake
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
Latin America holds 60% of world’s lithium, the largest copper reserves on earth, and rare earth deposits that Washington & Beijing are spending billions to lock in
The U.S. share of Brazilian exports hit a historic low of 9.4% in the first quarter of 2026 — the worst figure ever recorded — as the Trump administration proposes fresh 25% tariff
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
The review of North America’s defining trade agreement launched only in March — bilaterally, not trilaterally, with no text on the table and less than four months before the statutory decision date
Operation Absolute Resolve. Cuba blockade. Nicaragua sanctions. A counterterrorism doctrine that covers the entire hemisphere. The administration has moved faster and further in Latin America than any since the Cold War — but there are risks
