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​Supporters of Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, at one of Kast's last closing campaign rallies in Santiago, Chile, on November 11, 2025.
Analysis

After a season of upheavals, Chile goes back to the polls

This Sunday, close to 16 million Chilean voters will head to the polls in a starkly polarized presidential election shaped by rising fears of crime and immigration.

​Centrist senator and presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz celebrates in La Paz, Bolivia, on October 19, 2025.
Analysis

Bolivia takes a right turn – will its neighbors follow?

After two decades of left-wing dominance in Bolivia, the Latin American country elected a centrist president on Sunday. It isn’t the only country in the region that’s tilting to the right.

​People attend a vigil in Lima, Peru, in memory of a 32-year-old man who was killed during Wednesday's protest against Peru's President Jose Jeri, on October 16, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Peru declares state of emergency, Trump to meet Zelensky after Putin call, Bangladesh seeks to end political upheaval

The Peruvian government is declaring a state of emergency in Lima after the protests, which haven’t stopped, turned deadly – police shot and killed a 32-year-old man on Wednesday at demonstrations outside the Congress.

​Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini following the CIPESS decision to approve the construction of the Messina Strait Bridge, Italy, on August 7, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Italy builds bridge over troubled waters, Ghanaian helicopter crash kills two ministers, Portuguese cop stuffs coke in animal skins, & More

Graphic Truth: Mexico and Brazil seek to boost trade ties
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Mexico and Brazil seek to boost trade ties

Small Country Big Story: El Salvador and the appeal of the "world's coolest dictator"
Analysis

Small Country Big Story: El Salvador and the appeal of the "world's coolest dictator"

As Latin America gears up for a huge cycle of elections, Nayib Bukele's strongman approach to crime is winning admirers across the region.

​Guatemalan migrants walk after arriving at La Aurora Air Force Base on a deportation flight from the U.S., in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 27, 2024.
What We're Watching

Latin America braces for Trump’s deportation blitz

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s challenge to Donald Trump over deportation flights lasted less than a day.

What do Donald Trump, Bad Bunny, and the Panama Canal have in common?
Analysis

What do Donald Trump, Bad Bunny, and the Panama Canal have in common?

Donald Trump wants the Panama Canal back right, and Bad Bunny's new album is topping the charts. These two things have more to do with each other than you think.

​Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela January 9, 2025.
What We're Watching

Venezuela briefly arrests opposition leader just ahead of Maduro inauguration

Regime forces violently detained Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as she left a rally in Caracas on Thursday, one day before strongman President Nicolás Maduro was set to begin his third term.

Ian Explains: What's so radical about Argentina's new president (besides his cloned dogs)?
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: What's so radical about Argentina's new president (besides his cloned dogs)?

Meet Argentina's new radical president, Javier Milei. But it's not his cloned dogs or bombast that makes him unique...the radicalism comes down to his plans for Argentina's economy. And it might already be working.