Latin America
Latin America
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:44:00 GMTSánchez narrowly ahead in Peru runoff quick count; both candidates urge caution
Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a representative sample of tally sheets, gave a slight edge t...
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:17:00 GMTTrump's 'Shield of the Americas' reshapes Central America's war on drug cartels
Donald Trump's return to the White House and the launch of the "Shield of the Americas" —a militarized anti-narcotics coalition that excludes Mexico and that Washington unveiled in Miami in March— have reshaped the security...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:56:00 GMTFujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff
Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very clo...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:12:00 GMTUS sanctions Cuba's president Díaz-Canel and inner circle in push for regime change
The United States sanctioned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his closest circle on Thursday, in a fresh escalation of Washington's pressure on the island with the stated goal of forcing a change of regime after 67 years ...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:49:00 GMTBolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide
The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Wo...