South America

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

Peru Paralyzed: Nine Presidents in Ten Years with Elections Sunday — But Can Anyone Actually Govern?

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 6 Apr 2026

Peru Paralyzed: Nine Presidents in Ten Years with Elections Sunday — But Can Anyone Actually Govern?

Ecuador’s Noboa Declares Fresh 60-Day Emergency Ahead of Easter Holiday

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 3 Apr 2026

Ecuador’s Noboa Declares Fresh 60-Day Emergency Ahead of Easter Holiday

Argentina Expels Iranian Diplomat as Milei Strengthens Bonds with U.S.

Buenos Aires declares Iranian chargé d’affaires persona non grata following designation of Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organization

By Dionys Duroc

/ 2 Apr 2026

Argentina Expels Iranian Diplomat as Milei Strengthens Bonds with U.S.

Colombia’s Presidential Campaign is Off to the Races: A Guide to the Three Candidates Who Could Define the Country’s Next Four Years

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 30 Mar 2026

Colombia’s Presidential Campaign is Off to the Races: A Guide to the Three Candidates Who Could Define the Country’s Next Four Years

The UN Says More Than 10,000 Colombians Have Been Recruited as Mercenaries. The World is Hiring—and Colombia Can’t Stop It

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 27 Mar 2026

The UN Says More Than 10,000 Colombians Have Been Recruited as Mercenaries. The World is Hiring—and Colombia Can’t Stop It

25 Years in the Making: What the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Means for South America—and Miami

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 26 Mar 2026

25 Years in the Making: What the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Means for South America—and Miami

69 Soldiers Dead in Colombia C-130 Crash—and Petro is Blaming Washington

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 25 Mar 2026

69 Soldiers Dead in Colombia C-130 Crash—and Petro is Blaming Washington

“Never in My Life”: Petro Fires Back After DEA Names Him a ‘Priority Target’ & DOJ Opens Criminal Probes

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.”

By Dionys Duroc

/ 20 Mar 2026

“Never in My Life”: Petro Fires Back After DEA Names Him a ‘Priority Target’ & DOJ Opens Criminal Probes

Tehran Calls Milei’s Remarks an “Unforgivable Red Line” & Argentina is Standing Its Ground

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 18 Mar 2026

Tehran Calls Milei’s Remarks an “Unforgivable Red Line” & Argentina is Standing Its Ground

“They Are Bombing Us From Ecuador”: Petro Calls Trump to Prevent War as Colombia Deploys Troops to Border

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 17 Mar 2026

“They Are Bombing Us From Ecuador”: Petro Calls Trump to Prevent War as Colombia Deploys Troops to Border

Chile’s New Era: Kast Takes Power, Builds a Border Wall & Aligns Firmly With Washington

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

By Sociedad Media

/ 17 Mar 2026

Chile’s New Era: Kast Takes Power, Builds a Border Wall & Aligns Firmly With Washington

Tucumán Floods Leave Hundreds Homeless—Then a Congressman Gets Headbutted on a Relief Road

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

By Sociedad Media

/ 12 Mar 2026

Tucumán Floods Leave Hundreds Homeless—Then a Congressman Gets Headbutted on a Relief Road