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
Monterrey, Mexico’s industrial hub, has flourished under North American free trade, with vast industrial parks housing global giants along the highway to its airport. Local business leaders, known for their pragmatic and
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Rabbi Yoel Alter, the 35-year-old leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult Lev Tahor (meaning “Pure Heart” in Hebrew), has been arrested in Guatemala following a coordinated operation led by Interpol. Alter was
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Nicaragua’s National Assembly, under the control of President Daniel Ortega’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), ratified a controversial constitutional amendment on Thursday that significantly strengthens the president’s grip on power. The
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Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has intensified his unconventional currency strategy, further slowing the monthly devaluation of the peso in an effort to combat the nation’s inflation crisis. According to the Financial
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In November, Álvaro Noboa, the father of Ecuador’s president Daniel Noboa, had a heart attack. He was hastily taken to a clinic in Guayaquil, his hometown, and then after he was stabilized, flown to
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Originally envisioned as South America’s answer to the Mississippi River, the Paraguay-Paraná waterway has become a critical artery for global commerce—and a new battleground in the fight against drug trafficking. Spanning 2,100
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El Salvador’s lawmakers have voted to overturn a controversial ban on metal mining, signaling a new direction for the country’s economic future despite widespread opposition from environmental and religious groups. The ban,
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The BRICS Summit held in Kazan from October 22–24, 2024, brought attention to several defining factors regarding Latin American countries that will be important for the continent’s political and economic development in
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Between November 15 and 16, 2024, the government of Peru hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. This 21-country gathering that first started in 1989 brings together the major countries in the
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“Condition of good friends, condition of old wine,” Chinese President Xi Jinping cited a Brazilian proverb to describe the long-running friendship between the Chinese and Latin American people when addressing the Brazilian
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Claudia Sheinbaum made history today by being sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, marking a significant milestone exactly 70 years after women gained the right to vote in the country. In
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Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries have signed a joint letter calling on the United States to remove Cuba from its list of “state-sponsors of terrorism.” The letter, coordinated by the Progressive
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Against the backdrop of hegemonism, power politics, regional conflicts, economic slowdown and climate change, which are posing significant threats to the protection of human rights in today’s world, the First China-Latin America
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News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S. irritation. So the
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As the largest developing country in the world and one of the regions with the largest number of developing countries, China has long been working with Latin American and Caribbean countries to
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