LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS Support slips for Latin America's new right-wing leaders 20-10-2026 09:07 Polls show support slipping for recently elected conservative leaders across Latin America. But is this just a blip?
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Óscar Martínez: ‘Bukele has neither principles nor ideology – he was after power, any which way’ 22-08-2026 06:24 A look at the dictator’s playbook – investigative journalist Óscar Martínez on the rise of Nayib Bukele, the dismantling of democracy in El Salvador and the fight for truth from exile. by Jorge Fontevecchia
THE RIGHT IN LATIN AMERICA Colombia’s new president joins a right-wing wave facing tough reality 08-08-2026 04:59 Conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella joins Javier Milei, Chile’s José Antonio Kast and Peru’s Keiko Fujimori in a broad regional shift to the right.
REGIONAL POLITICS Right sweeps Latin America with new victory in Colombia 23-06-2026 12:20 The right has won elections from Argentina to Honduras. But experts see little evidence of a structural ideological shift. Instead, they point to a political landscape that favours anti-establishment outsider candidates.
PRESS FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Reporters Without Borders: Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years 30-04-2026 14:39 Argentina falls 11 places in annual ranking, now in 98th place; Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years, says media watchdog RSF; More than half of countries facing “difficult” or “very serious” situation.
TRUMP & THE AMERICAS Trump convenes Latin American leaders to curb crime, immigration 07-03-2026 08:21 Summit at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida, marks the latest instance of the president moving ahead with his so-called "Donroe Doctrine" of asserting expanded US authority in the Western Hemisphere.
Foreign relations & diplomacy Report: Milei mulls right-wing summit as allies advance in Latin America 26-12-2025 10:15 President Milei studying potential summit of right-wing leaders in Argentina following recent election wins for allies.
ANALYSIS Chile follows Latin American neighbours in lurching right 16-12-2025 07:49 Leftist leaders have not won a single presidential election in Latin America this year as voters opt for change.
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."
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS El Salvador becoming 'black hole' for US deportees, critics fear 17-04-2025 17:22 Notorious CECOT prison is becoming a dangerous destination that Trump has been utilizing for his mistreatment of US deportees.
USAID CUTS USAID cuts imperil free press, human-rights in autocracies 17-03-2025 15:27 Experts warn US President Donald Trump's slashing of USAID jeopardises independent press and research in autocratic governments, while leaders like El Salvador's Nayib Bukele praise an end to US intervention.
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY El Salvador offers to jail US citizens, Rubio says 04-02-2025 11:38 Marco Rubio says he is "profoundly grateful" to El Salvador for its unprecedented offer to jail US detainees in Latin America's largest prison.
Human Rights 'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison 29-01-2025 14:17 The largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs in El Salvador celebrates two years since it was inaugurated under conditions that rights groups call inhumane. Along with Milei's support, Argentina Security Minister Patricia Bullrich considers President Nayib Bukele's approach as a model for state security.
TRUMP'S INAUGURATION Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration 16-01-2025 19:23 Along with the president's usual travelling crew, one unexpected Argentine will also be in attendance: San Juan Province Governor Marcelo Orrego.
GEOPOLITICS US likely to increase focus on LatAm with Rubio as top diplomat 19-11-2024 12:27 Marco Rubio's appointment as the United States' top diplomat has raised expectations that Washington will place greater emphasis on Latin America moving forward.