Sociedad Media covers South America’s most consequential stories—from Brazil’s political scandals and Argentina’s economic transformation under Javier Milei, to Colombia’s presidential race, Bolivia’s pivot toward Washington, and the security crisis reshaping Ecuador and beyond. Original English-language reporting on the continent that is home to the largest share of Miami’s Latin American community
What began as a trade dispute over border security has devolved into accusations of orchestrating a military incursion. Does Colombia’s election — only 32 days away — play into the border feud?
Colombia’s president is in Caracas — the first foreign leader to visit post-Maduro Venezuela. Border security, energy & most volatile frontier in South America are on the table
A man accused of helping plan the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was arrested in Buenos Aires this week. The suspect is a logistics operative, and the alleged masterminds are a FARC dissident faction operating out of Venezuela with presidential elections 37-days away
Rising oil prices from the Iran conflict, 900% pipeline tariff hike from Ecuador, a central bank standoff & a May 31 presidential vote — Colombia is entering its most consequential economic moment in years with no easy exits
Milei promised Argentines that inflation would hit zero by August. A global energy shock triggered by a war with Iran has made that promise harder to keep — and ordinary Argentines are feeling it at the gas pump, in the classroom, and on the bus
José Antonio Kast took office March 11 with the most aggressive anti-immigration mandate in Chilean history. For the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who built lives in Santiago after fleeing Maduro, the new government’s message is unambiguous: your time is running out
On April 12, Peruvians choose their next president from a field of 35 candidates. The harder question isn’t who wins. It's whether whoever wins will last
Daniel Noboa’s latest emergency decree grants the military extended powers as joint U.S.-Ecuador operations escalate “war” against drug cartels ahead of Easter holiday weekend
Colombia’s presidential race has snapped into focus. The official ballot was finalized on March 25—the three-way contest between leftist Iván Cepeda, right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, and center-right Senator Paloma Valencia is now set in stone
The UN says more than 10,000 Colombians have been recruited to fight in foreign wars. From Sudan to Ukraine to Mexico’s cartel battlefields, Colombia’s veterans have become the world’s most in-demand mercenaries
The EU and Mercosur just signed the world’s biggest free trade deal—€111 billion in annual trade, 700 million consumers, and 25 years in the making. Miami sits at the center of the triangle it will reshape