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
Milei cut inflation from 211% to 31%. Argentina grew 4.4% last year. The IMF is applauding. So why are millions of Argentines still struggling to pay for food, utilities, and rent?
A U.S.-donated plane. 69 soldiers dead. And a Colombian president pointing the finger at Washington before the wreckage had even cooled. The crash in Putumayo is the latest flashpoint in the most turbulent chapter of U.S.-Colombia relations in a generation
The DEA has named Colombia’s sitting president a “priority target.” Federal prosecutors in New York are questioning drug traffickers about the president’s possible ties. Petro’s response: “Never in my life have I spoken to a drug trafficker.”
Iran called it an “unforgivable red line.” Milei called it the truth. Argentina is the only country in South America that Iran has formally designated as an enemy
Colombia’s president called Donald Trump to prevent a war with a U.S.-backed neighbor. Twenty-seven charred bodies found near the border. Troops deployed & a 2008 precedent that nearly triggered a regional military confrontation
Chile has its most conservative president since Pinochet. A border barrier is already under construction. Six emergency decrees were signed on day one. And the transition from Boric was so turbulent that Kast walked out of handover talks
Hundreds of families are wading through floodwater in Tucumán. A congressman got head-butted delivering mattresses on a flooded road. And a province that has not built a dam since 1962 is once again paying the price for decades of deferred infrastructure investment
Ecuador’s Noboa attends Chile's most dramatic political shift in 35 years & looks to build a new regional security partnership that could redraw the map of the fight against Latin American drug cartels
Twenty years of socialism ended in November. By March, Bolivia’s new president was standing beside Trump at a security summit in Miami. Bolivia’s transformation is real. Whether it lasts is another question
Argentina's president calls opponents "thieves,” Puerto Rico readies for conflict, Caracas, once Iranian allies, remains silent in wake of U.S. strikes
