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Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s far-left president, celebrated the election of socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City.

The government of Peru on Monday announced the breaking of its diplomatic ties with Mexico in response to the Mexican embassy granting asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, who faces criminal charges for her participation in a failed 2022 coup attempt.

The Communist Party of Cuba is selling thousands of young men to Russia as mercenaries to fight in the invasion of Ukraine, Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, the coordinator of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance, told reporters on Monday.

Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded the preservation of all evidence of the operation against the Red Command gang.

President Donald Trump criticized a reporter for asking if he had “actual plans” to launch air strikes on Venezuela “in the near future,” questioning how he is supposed to “answer a question like that.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued a statement declaring that Moscow was “ready” to act to defend Venezuela.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro made the bizarre claim on Thursday that Generation Z is an “invention of Western psychological warfare laboratories and is implemented through social media.”

Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police on early Thursday morning updated the official death toll of Tuesday’s massive police raid against the deadly Comando Vermelho (“Red Command”) drug-trafficking gang from an initial 64 to 121.

The Trump administration has made progress on solving the Tijuana River sewage crisis, with the EPA completing a review ahead of schedule.

The government of Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday that it is shutting down its embassy in Havana, Cuba, in response to the Communist Party offering thousands of mercenaries to Russia to participate in the ongoing invasion of its territory.

A study conducted by the Argentina-based research agency CB Consultora Opinión Pública found that Colombian far-left President Gustavo Petro stood among South America’s lowest-ranked presidents in October.

Law enforcement officials in Colombia announced on Tuesday the arrest of the ninth suspect in the assassination of conservative presidential frontrunner Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, noting that the latest evidence indicates that the communist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were involved in the planning of the killing.

Speaking to U.S. troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said his interdiction of drug shipments in the Caribbean has been so successful that “we can’t find a ship” loaded with drugs any more.

Venezuelan fishermen from the northwestern state of Falcón confessed to being more fearful of the socialist regime’s persecution than the U.S. military presence at sea, the outlet Runrunes reported Tuesday.

At least 64 individuals died in a massive police raid in Rio de Janeiro against Comando Vermelho, one of the country’s deadliest gangs.

Argentina debuted its new single paper ballot, a massively overhauled and more transparent voting system.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday claimed his regime allegedly dismantled three “CIA terrorist operations” seeking to oust him.

Colombia’s Historic Pact, the ruling leftist coalition led by President Gustavo Petro, chose Senator Iván Cepeda as its 2026 presidential candidate in Sunday’s primary elections.

Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that he will reach a “definitive solution” trade deal with President Donald Trump “in a few days” after meeting with Trump in Malaysia on Sunday.

Argentine President Javier Milei thanked President Donald Trump on Monday for his support during the midterm elections, which concluded on Sunday with a surprisingly decisive win for Milei’s political party, Liberty Advances.

The Liberty Advances Party of Argentina, led by President Javier Milei, secured a decisive and unexpected victory in the country’s midterm elections on Sunday, granting the libertarian president a mandate to continue his dismantling of two decades of socialist policies.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Thursday suggested that the men who traffic drugs on boats should be called “drug trafficking workers” instead of drug traffickers, as the latter is too insulting.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Thursday attempted to send a message to President Donald Trump in English saying “no crazy war, please.”

The top American diplomat in Cuba, Embassy Charge d’Affairs Mike Hammer, was among hundreds who attended a Catholic Mass on Tuesday to honor what would have been the hundredth birthday of Celia Cruz, one of Cuba’s most iconic and beloved singers.

The Archdiocese of Caracas announced the abrupt suspension on Wednesday of a scheduled weekend Mass in celebration of the recent canonization of Saints José Gregorio Hernández and Carmen Rendiles, Venezuela’s first Catholic saints.

Brazil’s radical socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed on Thursday that he will run for a fourth presidential term in next year’s elections.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for his supporters to join him at an upcoming rally this week that he described as an act of defense against “a monster like Trump.”

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected calls to pull his invitation for cross-dressing Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

A Colombian appeals court on Tuesday overturned the controversial conviction of conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on bribery and witness tampering charges.

House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) on Monday called for an immediate hearing into President Donald Trump’s authorization of lethal U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean, citing unanswered questions about their legality, oversight, and the recent early retirement of U.S. Southern Command Commander Admiral Alvin Holsey.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday ordered the development of an application so that citizens can report “everything you see, everything you hear,” presumably including opinions unacceptable to the regime, to the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) at any time of day.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Monday urged humanity to “remove” President Donald Trump if he does not “change” in an unhinged interview with Univisión.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry took a moment on Monday to chastise the government of Paraguay for its longstanding alliance with Taiwan, warning that it’s commitment to the sovereign nation would “lead nowhere.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military conducted what he called a “lethal kinetic strike” on a suspected narco-vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he associated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN), a Marxist terror organization.

Bolivian centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz became the President-elect of Bolivia after winning Sunday’s runoff election.