Abelardo de la Espriella, promising an iron-fist approach to crime, leads polls in Colombia’s presidential runoff election
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EU watchdog says von der Leyen should have kept Macron’s Mercosur text message ⊖
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POLITICO revealed Macron's move to derail the trade deal with Latin America in early 2024.
6 days ago
US strike on alleged drug boat kills two people in eastern Pacific Ocean ⊖⊖
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Attack brings death toll to at least 207 since administration began targeting people it calls ‘narcoterrorists’
The US military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean …
12 days ago
US to designate two Brazilian gangs as ‘terrorist’ organisations ⊖
Trump administration has used crime and drug trafficking to push for greater US military influence across Latin America.
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The US keeps finding ways to justify state violence against Cuba | Daniel Mendiola ⊖⊖
For centuries, the US has engaged in imperialist intervention in Latin America. The Castro indictment looks like its latest move
On 20 May, a federal court in the state of Florida indicted the former …
14 days ago
China’s EV exports surge 40 percent in April ○
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Asia bought the most Chinese EVs of any region, followed by Europe and Latin America, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.
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‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought ○
The country is positioning itself as Latin America’s next technology hub, but communities are pushing back
The Andes mountains frame what was once a wetland – now a stretch of dry, yellowed grass. Rod…
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‘This is his legacy’: Marco Rubio nears goal of toppling Cuba’s government ○
US secretary of state’s campaign of ‘maximum pressure’ is culmination of a personal pursuit spanning decades
• Cubans outraged at US charges against Raúl Castro
Marco Rubio’s moment has finally arrived…
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Did Trump really rescue Venezuela? – podcast ⊖
Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro
“The last time I flew out of Venezuela was right at the start of August 2024, just after t…
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Flight to Argentina: How significant is it for Israel’s LatAm outreach? ⊕
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Experts say Israel is using the new flight as a geopolitical tool to cement its footprint in Latin America.