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,

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: For the seventh time in ten years, Peru has a new president, and this time less than two months before the next general election. On January 17, 2026, the Peruvian legislature voted, once again, to remove the nation’s sitting president. In this case it was José Jerí, who had only been

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: In early February 2026, the Mexican government announced the shipment of more than 814 tons of food supplies destined for the Cuban population aboard two Navy ships that departed from the port of Veracruz. This action comes at a time of heightened diplomatic tension, while the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: On February 1, 2026, Laura Fernández of the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO) won Costa Rica’s presidential election in the first round after early official results showed her clearing the 40% threshold required to avoid a runoff. Fernández led by a wide margin over her closest rival, economist Álvaro Ramos, who

Issue Jan 21-27 2026: On January 27, 2026, Nasry “Tito” Asfura assumed the presidency of Honduras for the 2026-2030 term. Markets, along with the regional and international business sectors, demonstrated strong expectations after years marked by institutional uncertainty and ideological tensions with the left-leaning government of Xiomara Castro. Editorialists and pundits shared their thoughts.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Ten agents of the Policía Nacional Civil de Guatemala were killed on January 18, 2026, at the hands of incarcerated gang members during riots in three prisons. The murders reignited the smoldering conflict between the government of President Bernardo Arévalo de León and the leaders of Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha