Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigns amid banking crisis.

 

De la Espriella, a caged tiger.

   

The Colombian left, in resistance.

Published Saturday, August 8, 2026

 

Keiko, the Fujimori family's "blessed daughter".

 

De la Espriella, a tiger behind bulletproof glass.

 

Keiko Fujimori is on track to become president of Peru.

 

Aligned with Trump, Chile's Kast, most right-wing president since Pinochet, takes office.

 

Chile goes into second round of elections for president with polarized candidates.

 

Weakened opposition and international support, key to Javier Milei's victory.

 

Argentina's president Milei risks his government in the legislative elections.

 

Rubio ramps up Ecuador support while calling Venezuela's Maduro 'fugitive of American justice'.

 

U.S. sends three warships toward the coast of Venezuela, Maduro mobilises 4.5 million militia members.

 

AG Bondi offers $50M for arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

 

Blackout in Chile paralyzes 99% of the country... in the middle of a heat wave.

 

Cryptocurrency promoted by Argentina's Milei crashes.

 

Ecuador opens another front with Mexico, declares a tariff war.

 

Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert trade war.

 

Colombian electoral authority opens investigation into Gustavo Petro's 2022 campaign financing.

 

Presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez proclaims himself as President of Venezuela.

 

Nayib Bukele re-elected as El Salvador president in landslide win.

 

First protests in Argentina as groups react to Milei austerity plan.