GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY Adapt or die: Latin America's response to Trump 26-11-2025 15:23 No country has been left untouched by what many view as a return to US interventionism in what the Trump administration has taken to calling "our hemisphere."
PANAMA CANAL THREAT Rubio lays down ultimatum to Panama over canal 03-02-2025 09:28 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes real on Donald Trump's threats and warns President José Raúl Mulino he must make immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the Panama canal.
CENTRAL AMERICA Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife 31-01-2025 14:58 Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo consolidate their absolute command of power in Nicaragua – as president and “co-president,” they will control all branches of government and civil society, according to the troubled nation's latest constitutional reform.
ECONOMY – ANALYSIS Brazil Central Bank daces self-inflicted crisis 17-06-2024 11:57 Brazil’s Central Bank is facing an emergency of its own making that threatens to sabotage years of deft policy making and credibility gains.
EL SALVADOR El Salvador's Bukele sworn-in for second term as Milei watches on 01-06-2024 17:42 El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele sworn in for a second term with Argentina's Javier Milei among the guests in attendance.
HEALTH Puerto Rico declares health emergency over dengue 25-03-2024 21:21 Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency over dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that has surged throughout the Americas this year.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Brazil’s economic activity caps 2023 with better-than expected growth 19-02-2024 14:05 Brazil’s economy grew more than expected in December, indicating activity is still showing some resilience to high interest rates as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva readies higher government spending.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Five Argentine tourists killed in Mexico road crash 19-02-2024 11:37 Five Argentine tourists and a Mexican citizen died in the tourist state of Quintana Roo in southeastern Mexico Sunday in a road-traffic accident.