Issue Apr 22-May 05 2026: In the weeks following the April 18, 2026 meeting of Latin American leftist and progressive leaders in Barcelona during the “IV Cumbre en Defensa de la Democracia,” columnists and pundits in Latin America asked some rather pointed, though conflicting, questions about what leftist leaders, governments, and opposition leaders really bring to

Issue Apr 15-21 2026: In the weeks after Peru’s April 12, 2026 general election, Peruvians continued to wait for the count to reveal who would face Keiko Fujimori in the June 7 presidential runoff. Leftist Roberto Sánchez and ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga were battling vote-for-vote for second place, with Sánchez holding a slight lead of

Issue Apr 08-14 2026: On Sunday, April 12, 2026, Peruvians went to the polls for their general election. They were looking to choose the 10th president in ten years, but more than 50,000 voters were unable to cast their ballots due to logistical failures, so voting was extended to Monday, April 13. What is more,

Issue Apr 01-07 2026: Problems continued to mount for Javier Milei’s Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, who is facing mounting questions over his finances after journalistic investigations uncovered inconsistencies, unexplained asset growth, and dubious transactions. Added to Milei’s ongoing $LIBRA crypto currency scandal, as well as economic complications blamed on his libertarian economic policies, the

Issue Mar 25-31 2026: The first month of the far-right Kast administration in Chile was a feverish dash, with a blitz of measures, protests, controversies, and backpedaling. He withdrew support for former President Michelle Bachelet’s candidacy for Secretary-General of the United Nations, hiked fuel prices, halted “regularization” of the status of almost two hundred thousand

Issue Mar 18-24 2026: Latin Americans marked the fiftieth anniversary of the watershed military coup in Argentina on March 24, 1976, which deposed President María Estela “Isabel” Martínez de Perón, widow and former vice president of Juan Domingo Perón. The first ruling military “Junta,” made up of President and Army General Jorge Rafael Videla, Air

Issue Mar 11-17 2026: On March 16, 2026, Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout after the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported a “complete disconnection” of the National Electric System, leaving virtually the entire island without power. Linked to the U.S. blockade of oil shipments, and coming as the Trump administration made demands for regime change,

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: On March 7, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump formally established a military coalition alongside several Latin American presidents to defeat drug cartels. The first “Shield of the Americas” summit brought together a group of like-minded Latin American and Caribbean leaders to unveil a new regional security alliance focused on fighting drug

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: After U.S. President Donald Trump abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and helped kill Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei in late February, he seems to have turned part of his scattered attention to the leadership of Cuba. Editorialists and pundits had thoughts.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: The death on February 22, 2026, of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known in Mexico as “El Mencho” (leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación or CJNG), triggered a wave of violence marked by roadblocks, vehicle burnings, and armed incidents across multiple parts of Mexico. Jalisco was at the center of the upheavals,