Latin America

The U.S. Southern Command conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” against a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing “six male narco-terrorists.”

Colombian voters on Sunday elected a new, divided Congress that will see no party hold a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Representatives and Senate on their own.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the weekend returned a crucifix to Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz that once belonged to Paz’s father, Jaime Paz Zamora — fulfilling a nearly 36 year-old promise made by late President George H. W. Bush to Paz Zamora.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Sunday confirmed a $100 million gold shipment from Venezuela arrived to the United States on Friday, days after he met with “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez.

President Donald Trump rolled out a sweeping anti‑cartel doctrine Saturday, rallying a 17‑nation coalition behind a new hemispheric security pact that authorizes direct military action against cartel strongholds. The president’s speech highlighted the administration’s hard line, including the declaration that “the heart of our agreement is a commitment to using lethal military force to destroy the sinister cartels and terrorist networks.” Conspicuously absent from the conference was Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Shield of Americas Summit in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, March 7.

Twelve U.S.-allied Latin American heads of state will join President Donald Trump in Miami on Saturday at the upcoming “Shield of the Americas” Summit, a security initiative focused on stopping regional threats and foreign malign influence as part of President Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine.”

Unknown individuals within Mexico’s Navy provided restricted weapons, tactical gear, and body armor to members of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation. The revelation comes from a former cartel hitman who revealed to authorities in April 2025 that he personally went to pick up stashed weapons for the criminal organization.

The United States and Venezuela on Thursday agreed to restore diplomatic ties between both countries after seven years, both countries announced.

Former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill denigrated Cubans and Latinos for shifting rightward over the past decade.

President Trump hinted that something is on the verge of happening to free Cuba of communist dictatorship as Miami’s MLS team visited.

The government of Ecuador on Wednesday expelled all diplomatic personnel of Cuba’s communist regime from the country.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday announced that America will be working together with Venezuela to tap into the country’s mining sector after meeting with “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez.

Venezuelan courts are demanding U.S.-dollar cash payments to sign off documents for the release of political prisoners under the socialist regime’s new “Amnesty” law, relatives of the prisoners denounced on Tuesday.

A coalition of anti-communist organizations in Cuba and the diaspora signed a document called the Agreement for the Liberation of Cuba on Monday, detailing the construction of a government to transition the island out of 67 years of repressive and impoverishing socialist rule.

A large deployment of Mexican military and National Guard forces took to the streets of Jalisco to guard the wake and funeral of one of the country’s most dangerous drug lords, Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation.

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Tuesday it launched a military operation against narco-terrorists in Ecuador together with the Ecuadorian military.

Venezuela’s socialist “interim” leader Delcy Rodríguez held a phone call on Monday with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Venezuela experienced a sharp increase in its oil exports in February following the arrest of deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

Anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Sunday announced that she will be returning to her country “in a few weeks” to continue working towards a democratic transition in the South American nation following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.

Iran’s Islamic regime reportedly designated Ahmad Vahidi, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as its new leader.

President of Argentina Javier Milei celebrated the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing him Sunday as “one of the most evil, violent, and cruel people in the history of mankind.”

Venezuela’s socialist regime on Saturday released a statement condemning the military operation against the Iranian regime without making any mention of the United States or Israel — but appeared to delete it moments later without any explanation.

Officials from Panama’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday raided the offices of Panama Ports Company (PPC), a China-linked organization that up until recently controlled two key ports at the Panama Canal.

President Donald Trump said Friday, “maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba,” and that his administration is in contact with the Cuban government.

A recent survey conducted by AtlasIntel found that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ranks as the most liked politician in Venezuela.

“Interim president” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez, who has run the country since the American arrest of deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro in January, referred to President Donald Trump as a “friend” and “partner” during an event next to Maduro’s son, lawmaker Nicolás Maduro Guerra.

A man falsely identified as being on the Cuba-bound speedboat said he is “worried” for his safety.

American lawyer Barry Pollack, currently representing Nicolás Maduro, on Thursday asked a federal Judge to throw out the drug trafficking case against the deposed socialist dictator alleging the Trump administration is “blocking” the Venezuelan regime from paying Maduro’s legal fees.

Loads of human remains were found buried in Mexico City near where the World Cup games will take place later this year. 

Granma, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, featured a speech from figurehead “President” Miguel Díaz-Canel on the top of its front page on Wednesday in which he declared that Cuba would “fight and resist” the U.S., shortly after Cuban forces allegedly engaged in a shootout with a Florida speedboat.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that the Cuban coast guard “acted correctly” when it allegedly opened fire on a speedboat from Florida on Wednesday afternoon, claiming to kill four people aboard and wounding the other six.

Cuba identified seven individuals of the ten it claims were onboard a Florida-registered speedboat intercepted in a fatal shootout.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab on Wednesday resigned from his position after almost nine years — only for him to be appointed as interim Ombudsman moments later after Ombudsman Alfredo Ruiz also resigned on the same day.