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Indicted Raúl Castro reappears after months out of public view

13-08-2026 18:39 Brother of Fidel Castro, facing indictment in United States, last appeared in public at a May 1 event in front of the US Embassy in Havana, where he appeared frail, and was shown on state television at events in June.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Lula battles Trump, Milei over perceived election meddling

06-08-2026 04:44 President Lula's government accuses Trump’s administration of improperly intervening in Brazil’s affairs.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Brazil hits new diplomatic lows with United States and Argentina

05-08-2026 18:50 Two months before Brazil's election, diplomatic tensions are flaring between President Lula's administration and Argentina and the United States.

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.

GEOPOLITICS

Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

06-03-2026 13:11 Donald Trump is gathering his top allies from Latin America at a moment when a new US military conflict is putting even his best friends in the region under newfound pressure.

ANALYSIS

Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit

23-02-2026 17:35 Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over.

US FOREIGN POLICY

Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'

11-01-2026 10:56 US president warns Communist leaders in Cuba that flow of Venezuelan oil and cash will stop; "I strongly suggest they make a deal, before it is too late," declares Trump on social media.

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump is on a roll

10-01-2026 06:51 Though Trump and his aides insist that they have drawn up a plan to make Venezuela great again, they do not seem to be aware of the magnitude of the task they have undertaken.

by James Neilson

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina leads bloc to stop CELAC rebuke of US action in Venezuela

05-01-2026 13:19 Buenos Aires leads group of regional governments in preventing unanimous CELAC statement condemning Washington’s actions in Venezuela, highlighting political divisions across Latin America.

UNITED STATES ATTACKS VENEZUELA

Milei cheers Trump-ordered capture of Maduro in Venezuela

03-01-2026 09:16 Argentina's President reacts to news of the United States intervention in Venezuela, declaring: “Freedom moves forward."

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."

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei's new challenge: Becoming Trump's delegate in Latin America

20-11-2025 00:39 Argentina’s government cheered last Sunday's election result in Chile and is already imagining a right-wing regional bloc led by President Javier Milei.

by Alejandro Gomel

Foreign policy & diplomacy

US warns South Africa not to issue G20 statement at summit

19-11-2025 16:47 Argentina, a close ally of the US, has pushed back on references to both climate finance and global climate accords, according to government sources.

NEW ERA IN BOLIVIA

President Milei to attend new Bolivia leader Paz’s inauguration

05-11-2025 09:07 Presidency confirms Javier Milei will attend the inauguration of Bolivia's new leader, Rodrigo Paz, on Saturday.

GEOPOLITICS IN AMERICAS

'Non-interventionist' Trump flexes muscles in Latin America

30-10-2025 01:08 US president has intervened directly to weaken leftists in Colombia and Brazil, while supporting Argentina. He has also put Washington on a war footing in the Caribbean, raising speculation he will forcefully depose Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Flight carrying Argentines deported from US lands in Buenos Aires

11-09-2025 08:43 First Trump-era deportation flight to Buenos Aires brings 17 Argentines back; Milei government tried to keep operation quiet and will not complain to Washington, but nation has been grouped alongside Brazil and Venezuela by the US administration.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei hails shared values during talks with Paraguay’s Peña

09-04-2025 21:32 President met up with his Paraguayan counterpart, holding various meetings in Asunción during brief overseas trip.

TRUMP'S RETURN

Scalded by Colombia row, Latin America treads carefully with Trump

29-01-2025 22:44 Leaders across Latin American leaders are walking a tightrope in the Trump 2.0 era, as Gustavo Petro’s recent clash with US president goes to show.