Americas

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

Washington Turns Up Heat on Managua as Ortega Calls Trump “Unhinged.” What Comes Next In Nicaragua?

U.S. sanctions Nicaraguan Interior Ministry official — timed deliberately to the anniversary of Nicaragua’s 2018 massacre — a signal that the Trump administration’s Western Hemisphere pressure campaign has a third target

By Dionys Duroc

/ 25 May 2026

Washington Turns Up Heat on Managua as Ortega Calls Trump “Unhinged.” What Comes Next In Nicaragua?

Paraguay & Taiwan Partner in Development of World’s Largest AI Data Centers

50/50 joint venture between Asunción & Taipei combines the one thing Taiwan has in abundance with the one thing Paraguay has in surplus: semiconductors and clean energy

By Sociedad Media

/ 19 May 2026

Paraguay & Taiwan Partner in Development of World’s Largest AI Data Centers

Latin America Sits on Minerals to Power of This Next Century — Washington & Beijing Know It

The region holds more than half the world’s lithium, vast copper deposits, and rare earth elements that underpin everything from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence to advanced weapons systems. The competition to control — or partner with — the countries that own them is already underway

By Sociedad Media

/ 19 May 2026

Latin America Sits on Minerals to Power of This Next Century — Washington & Beijing Know It

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

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?

Brazil’s Lula Goes to Washington. The Meeting Will Test Washington’s New Security Alliance in Latin America

Lula goes to Washington on Thursday with rare earths, gang designation threats, and EU-Mercosur on the table. Will the meeting make or break Lula’s presidential hopes in October?

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Brazil’s Lula Goes to Washington. The Meeting Will Test Washington’s New Security Alliance in Latin America

Trump-Xi Summit in China Next Week as Washington Regains Foothold in Latin America. But Beijing Isn’t Going Quietly

Trump dismantled three of the four threats the Donroe Doctrine identified in Latin America. The fourth may not have a seat at the table in Beijing next week

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Trump-Xi Summit in China Next Week as Washington Regains Foothold in Latin America. But Beijing Isn’t Going Quietly

Leaked Audio Recordings Reveal Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Allegedly Plotting Anti-Left Media War Across Latin America — With Argentine Money

Leaked audio recordings purport to show Trump-pardoned ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández coordinating with Honduras’s sitting government to fund a covert anti-left media operation across Latin America — allegedly with Milei’s money. The recordings have not been independently authenticated

By Dionys Duroc

/ 30 Apr 2026

Leaked Audio Recordings Reveal Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Allegedly Plotting Anti-Left Media War Across Latin America — With Argentine Money

USMCA is Up for Renewal July 1 — and Washington is Not Playing Nice

The USMCA — the agreement that governs how the United States, Mexico, and Canada do business — must be renewed by July 1. Washington isn’t playing nice. And Latin America is watching what happens next

By Dionys Duroc

/ 28 Apr 2026

USMCA is Up for Renewal July 1 — and Washington is Not Playing Nice

The Donroe Doctrine: How Trump is Remaking Latin America — and What it Means for the Hemisphere

The fall of Maduro. CIA operations in Mexico. Pentagon memo leaks. U.S. troops in Argentina. Tech billionaires in Buenos Aires. Cuba’s blockade. FTO threats aimed at Brazil. This is not a collection of individual foreign policy decisions. It is a doctrine — and Washington named it

By Dionys Duroc

/ 28 Apr 2026

The Donroe Doctrine: How Trump is Remaking Latin America — and What it Means for the Hemisphere

Pentagon Memo Reopens Falklands Dispute — and Argentina’s Milei is Ready to Pounce

For four decades, U.S. support for British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands was one of the fixed coordinates of the South Atlantic’s geopolitical order. A leaked Pentagon memo, a Trump ally in Buenos Aires & the fallout from the Iran war put it all in doubt

By Dionys Duroc

/ 25 Apr 2026

Pentagon Memo Reopens Falklands Dispute — and Argentina’s Milei is Ready to Pounce

Peru in Crisis: A Stalled F-16 Deal, Two Cabinet Resignations & a New Impeachment Threat — Six Weeks Before the Runoff

Peru is on its ninth president in a decade. A $3.5 billion U.S. arms deal just collapsed the cabinet. The election count is still disputed & a presidential runoff is six weeks away. This is what a decade of institutional collapse looks like in real time

By Dionys Duroc

/ 23 Apr 2026

Peru in Crisis: A Stalled F-16 Deal, Two Cabinet Resignations & a New Impeachment Threat — Six Weeks Before the Runoff