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Why Latin America鈥檚 authoritarian leaders lean into ChristmasChristmas came early this year in Venezuela, at leader Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 behest. It鈥檚 the same tactic Hugo Ch谩vez used as far back as 2003.
As US seizes oil tanker, Venezuelans focus on daily survivalThe United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, upping pressure on Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 ouster. But Venezuelans are more focused on their day to day.
Why Trump pardons a Honduran drug trafficker, but threatens war elsewherePresident Donald Trump has vowed to attack drug trafficking across Latin America. But in pardoning a convicted trafficker from Honduras, he has swayed politics and unsettled policy.
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How 1973 US-backed coup in Chile sways views on Venezuela todayU.S. comments about taking out Venezuelan leader Nicol谩s Maduro are kicking up complicated memories of a decades-old, U.S.-backed coup in Chile.
Boat strikes off Venezuela mark shift in 54-year US war on drugsThe U.S. war on drugs has always entailed a degree of pressure. The Trump administration's strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats charts a new course of noncooperation.
Bolivia banned child marriage. Lawmakers say the work is not over.Views on whether girls should marry before age 18 have radically shifted in Bolivia. But the cultural norms and attitudes that drive the practice remain.
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near VenezuelaThe presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Sunday raises questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal next.聽
Immigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte, federal officials saidAgents were seen making arrests on Saturday. Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin says the move aims to ensure public safety, while local officials say they cause unnecessary fear.聽
In Chile鈥檚 presidential vote Sunday, far-right candidate leads packWorries about crime, blamed on immigrants, are likely to put a far-right candidate ahead of his rivals in Chile鈥檚 presidential elections Sunday.
Should a war hero be deported? The complex dilemma around one convicted vet.When noncitizen veterans make bad choices after their time in the military, they serve prison sentences and then face deportation. Is that fair?
Are climate conferences 鈥榯oo mega鈥? Activists and diplomats talk reform.COP30 kicks off in Bel茅m, Brazil, Nov. 10 amid calls for an overhaul of an annual climate conference full of contradictions.
World Series offers Blue Jays fans 鈥 and Canada 鈥 a chance to change the plotThis World Series holds extra meaning for Toronto, after nearly a year of U.S.-Canadian diplomatic loggerheads. But it鈥檚 also just a game.
US bailout helped Milei, but Argentines wary of 鈥榚conomic Monroe Doctrine鈥The Trump administration鈥檚 pursuit of 鈥渁 new economic Monroe Doctrine,鈥 in which the United States extends a hand to the president鈥檚 ideological soulmates, as was the case in Argentina, is stirring historical suspicions of U.S. motives.
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