Despite prominent female winners, Colombia elections highlight slow path to parity
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – On March 8, the Colombians elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives, as well…
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Delcy Rodriguez cancels meeting with Colombian president Gustavo Petro
Read More A meeting due to take place today between acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez and Colombian President Gustavo Petro…
Machado rallies thousands of Venezuelans in Chile as Kast quickly clamps down on migration
Read More Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado greeted Thursday 17,000 Venezuelans in the streets…
Brazil’s booming pet economy: Last call for Brazilian startups to join Leap Venture Studio Cohort 10
Read More As of 2026, Brazil is home to one of the largest pet populations in the world, trailing only…
José Antonio Kast becomes Chile’s first hard-right president since dictatorship
Read More Medellín, Colombia – José Antonio Kast was sworn in today as the new president of Chile, inaugurating the country’s…
Colombia presidential candidates announce running mates as race narrows
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – Iván Cepeda and Abelardo de la Espriella, two of the frontrunners to be the next Colombian…
Petro criticizes Trump for sidelining Colombia in ‘Shield of the Americas’ anti-drug alliance
Read More Medellín, Colombia – President Gustavo Petro spoke out against Colombia’s exclusion from Trump’s ‘Shield of the Americas’ alliance…
A jungle pipeline explosion exposes Peru’s fragile gas system
Read More Lima, Peru — A pipeline explosion in southern Peru last week has triggered an energy crisis, exposing a…
Historic Pact and Democratic Center parties lead Colombia’s legislative elections
Read More Amelia Makstutis, Lily O’Sullivan and Jonathan Hernández Nassif contributed to reporting. Medellin, Colombia — Colombians went to the…
“I am Uribista, and I will die Uribista”: An interview with Paloma Valencia, presidential pre-candidate in Colombia
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – Paloma Valencia, a former senator from Colombia’s Democratic Center (Centro Democrático) party, has been one…
International policy through dialogue: An interview with Juan Carlos Pinzón, presidential pre-candidate in Colombia
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – Colombians take to the polls Sunday to elect representatives to Congress and the Senate. They…
Chinese undersea cable weighs heavy on Chile ahead of ‘Shield of the Americas Summit’
Read More Medellin, Colombia – Leaders from 11 Latin American countries will meet with President Donald Trump and Secretary of…
Colombia authorities offer security and democratic assurances ahead of elections
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – On Sunday, Colombians will elect their representatives in Congress and begin to whittle down the…
Democratic backsliding or a blip?: Chile’s Kast withdraws from power transition talks
Read More Chile’s far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast pulled his incoming administration out of transition talks with leftist outgoing President…
Ecuador’s Noboa bets on international trade as armed conflict overshadows economic policy
Read More “This is how we lift the country up” said Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, fresh from firming up a trade…
US and Ecuador launch joint military action against drug trafficking
Read More Bogotá, Colombia – The United States and Ecuadorian militaries announced the beginning of joint operations against drug trafficking in…
Colombian state sued over alleged failures surrounding femicide of US citizen in Medellín
Read More Medellín, Colombia – On March 2, 2026, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed a legal complaint against…
The Border Token launches groundbreaking project to rewrite the script at U.S.-Mexican Border
Read More For decades, the story around the U.S. border with Mexico has been defined by fear and polarization, with…
The Border Token launches groundbreaking project to rewrite the script at U.S.-Mexican Border
Read More For decades, the story around the U.S. border with Mexico has been defined by fear and polarization, with…
Colombia and Ecuador join forces on border crime despite escalating trade war
Read More Medellín, Colombia – Security forces in Colombia and Ecuador have launched a joint operation to target criminal groups…