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The United States deployed three Aegis guided-missile destroyers near Venezuelan waters as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, Reuters reported on Monday.

Far-left Vice President of Colombia Francia Márquez criticized the government of President Gustavo Petro in an interview published by Caracol Televisión on Sunday evening, airing personal grievances against her own Marxist government.

Bolivian Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the centrist Christian Democratic Party won a surprise victory in Sunday’s presidential elections and will go to a runoff election against conservative former President Jorge Quiroga on October 19.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Argentina’s Javier Milei is willing to “personally collaborate” so that Ukraine finds a “just peace and reliable security guarantees.”

The United States will impose visa restrictions on Brazilian government officials involved in the Mais Medicos (“More Doctors”) program.

Colombian conservative Congressman Julio César Triana survived an attack on Wednesday night after his vehicle came under fire by unknown individuals as he left the Southwestern city of La Plata, Huila.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro chose to not pay respects to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay at the Colombian Congress, where he has been lying in state, and will not attend Uribe’s burial on Wednesday afternoon, local outlets reported.

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad claimed on Monday that alleged “far-right forces” operating with the White House forced the cancellation of a meeting he had scheduled with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Colombians gathered at the nation’s Congress to mourn and pay tribute to conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on Monday following a difficult two-month fight for his life after he was shot by a child in June.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro pledged his support for Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Sunday after the United States doubled its bounty on Maduro to $50 million.

Colombian conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay died on Monday, two months after he was shot by a child during a campaign rally in Bogotá.

Thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the nation’s main cities on Thursday in support of conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez after he was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest. 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday that the United States doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.

A Brazilian hotel in downtown Belém recently went viral on social media after it “rebranded” for the upcoming COP30 climate alarmism summit and made its rooms 100 times more expensive – defying government efforts to solve the city’s exorbitant lodging prices ahead of the event, the outlet G1 reported on Thursday.

China is willing to assist and deepen its cooperation with fellow BRICS founder nation Brazil against the “external uncertainties” of the United States and President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly detained Jorge Luis Vega García, allegedly one of the Cuban communist regime’s most feared torturers, Martí Noticias reported Tuesday.

Five Brazilian senators began impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, whom Trump sanctioned for human rights abuses.

A prospective deal on Brazil’s critical and rare earth minerals could be included in ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday.

Police placed conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest on Monday night by order of Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes for allegedly breaking the restrictions imposed on him after Bolsonaro’s sons published footage of him on social media.

Thousands of supporters of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro peacefully marched in 62 Brazilian cities on Sunday.

A court in Colombia sentenced conservative former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez over the weekend to 12 years of house arrest on charges of abuse of procedure and bribery of a public official.

Representatives from 25 countries invited to the United Nations’ COP30 climate alarmism summit are pressuring the government of radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to relocate the event out of the city of Belém due to “exorbitant” lodging prices, Brazilian outlets reported on Thursday.

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Thursday approved a series of constitutional reforms that eliminate presidential term limits and extend the duration of terms, paving the way for a possible reelection of President Nayib Bukele in the future.

Panama’s comptroller general sued against the contract that allows a China-linked company to control two Panama Canal ports.

The administration of President Donald Trump identified Brazil as a national security threat on Wednesday and imposed human rights sanctions on Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia announced on Tuesday that a 17-year-old Venezuelan linked to the assassination attempt against conservative Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay “escaped” from the government welfare institute where he was receiving assistance on Monday.

Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not behave like his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro and “wag his tail” or say “I love you” to Washington in prospective U.S.-Brazil tariff talks, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday.

A Colombian judge on Monday convicted conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on charges of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a trial widely denounced as irregular by local and international politicians and his supporters.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Kristi Noem received a warm welcome from President Javier Milei and his cabinet during her official visit to Argentina on Monday — including horseback riding with Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and enjoying the country’s famous asado barbecue.

Russia is proposing the creation of an alternative “Silicon Valley” tech company cluster on Cuba’s Isla de la Juventud island for companies within the BRICS anti-U.S. bloc and Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries in Latin America, the Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate reported over the weekend.

Chinese authorities over the weekend launched a probe against Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple, on allegations of embezzlement, misappropriation of temple funds, sexual misconduct, and violation of Buddhist precepts.

German carmaker Volkswagen trapped and effectively enslaved hundreds of Brazilian workers at a cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon between 1977 and 1987, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing the work of an intrepid Catholic priest to document the atrocity.

Armed military clashes between Thailand and Cambodia over a 117-year-old territorial dispute have left at least 20 dead in Thailand.

Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that former President Jair Bolsonaro must “pay for the shit he did.”

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee expressed concerns about reports of drug abuse “at the highest levels” of the government of Colombia.

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said that the regime of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro lost its “most powerful blackmail tool.”