Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has sought the presidency of Brazil eight times since 1989. He has won the presidency four times (2002, 2006, 2022, and 2026), most recently
Brazil’s government is reeling from a massive pension fraud scandal that has already forced a minister’s resignation and threatens to overshadow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s bid for re-election next year.
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A harrowing video showing the execution of 13 security contractors at a gold mine in northern Peru has thrown global attention onto the country’s deepening crisis of illegal gold mining — a
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China is now Latin America’s second-largest trading partner, and the region has become the second-largest destination for overseas Chinese investment, with 600.8 billion U.S. dollars in stock by the end of 2023.
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No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. The FACTS graphic above shows that US-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela
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Argentina has officially released hundreds of previously hard-to-access documents confirming its long-suspected role in sheltering senior Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, fulfilling a campaign promise made by President Javier
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Argentina’s peso has defied many economists’ expectations, avoiding a sharp decline after the government relaxed its fixed exchange rate earlier this month. Following the move to a partial float on April 14,
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On a stormy August night in 1791, Dutty Boukman (1767–1791) and Cécile Fatiman (1771–1883) conducted a Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman in northern Saint-Domingue, in the French-owned part of Hispaniola. Boukman was
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Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting
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Editorial The passing of Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian literary colossus, at the venerable age of 89, marks not merely the extinction of a singular intellect but the irrevocable dimming of a
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Newly analyzed CIA documents reveal that U.S. intelligence officials continued to investigate the possibility that Adolf Hitler survived World War II and escaped to South America, pursuing leads for more than a
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Venezuela’s government has intensified efforts to suppress black market dollar transactions, enforcing strict penalties on businesses using unofficial exchange rates in a bid to defend the weakening bolívar amid escalating U.S. sanctions.
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On an evening in September 2024, Argentina’s President Javier Milei stood before a large crowd in Parque Lezama in Buenos Aires. He wore his signature dark leather jacket and barked out his
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A chilling discovery in the Mexican state of Jalisco has ignited public outrage and political pressure following the unearthing of human remains, hundreds of pairs of shoes, clothing, and what appears to
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In 1945, when the United Nations Charter was drafted, its authors and those who first adopted it carefully crafted language on how to deal with armed conflict in the world. Between the signing of
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Javier Milei has emerged victorious in Argentina’s Senate despite being embroiled in a cryptocurrency scandal, solidifying his political agenda with a key electoral reform victory. Senators voted 43 in favor and 20
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