Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recent electoral win in Brazil was impressive not only because he beat the odds, but because he managed to delegitimize an ideology of power based on domination and punishment.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Local reports indicated clashes between the Venezuelan Army and the ELN in the Buena Vista sector of the Meta area, in Venezuela’s Apure state, near the border with Colombia. The bombing reportedly left several people dead. In El Tiempo of Bogotá, Elim Johana Alonso Dorado wrote that a report by

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has ordered the State of Nicaragua to “immediately” release nine political prisoners convicted in connection with the July 19, 2014, massacre.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Dominican President Luís Abinader has presided over the first meeting of the Coalition of the Americas Against the Cartels (AC3), which took place in the country’s capital of Santo Domingo together with representatives from the United States.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: The National Police carried out the expulsion of foreign nationals, including Venezuelans, one Cuban, one Colombian, and one Ecuadorian.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: At least four civilians and two police officers were wounded by the detonation of an explosive device near the international bridge connecting Cúcuta to Venezuela.

Issue Oct 14-20, 2026: Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori has joined her Ecuadorian counterpart, Daniel Noboa, for a series of meetings at the Governmental Palace in Lima to discuss the border crisis affecting both nations.

Issue Oct 14-20, 2026: Mexico and Guatemala have paid tribute to the Guatemalans who took refuge in the Guatemala’s Mexican Embassy after the 1954 coup d’état, when President Juan Jacobo Árbenz and hundreds of his fellow countrymen sought protection in the complex.

Issue Oct 14-20, 2026: According to a new report prepared by the CB Global Data consulting firm, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum remains the Latin American head-of-state who is most favorably viewed by citizens in her own country, with a 69.3% positive image rating compared to a 27.6% negative one, representing a 0.3% increase since September.

Issue Oct 07-13 2026: Uruguay is moving to legalize the residency of over 30,000 Cuban nationals living in the country.