Latin America

The commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Francis Donovan, said forces are carrying out an "actual campaign" against cartels in the region, saying strikes against alleged drug vessels are "just a small part of that."

A top Pentagon official didn't rule out the possibility of using ground troops to take on cartels in Latin America.

It allows companies that existed before Jan. 29, 2025, to buy Venezuelan oil and engage in transactions that would normally be banned under U.S. sanctions, allowing Venezuela to reenter global markets.

Cuba's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign trade and investment, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, told NBC News that the ongoing blockade by the United States is hindering the strategy from coming to fruition.

According to some investors and analysts, the market is wary of whether early gains by regional AI startups are sustainable, and other persistent barriers, both structural and cultural, continue to bedevil VC activity in the region.

Last week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez to sign an agreement with Venezuela's state owned mining company to sell as much as 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for U.S. markets.

According to mathematician Rafael Prieto-Curiel, criminal organizations in Mexico recruit more members than they lose through arrests or deaths. He estimates that cartels across the country now have more than 180,000 members.

The issue of child recruitment has always been a concern for Colombians, but grew even more following the assassination of the senator and presidential hopeful, Miguel Uribe Turbay, on 7 June 2025.

A lifelong activist, former political prisoner and leader of the 30 de Noviembre Revolutionary Movement, Fernández was a prominent Cuban dissident in the 1990s until she was exiled in 2002.

Since at least 2016, diplomats, spies and military officers have suffered from unexplained brain injuries likely caused by a microwave weapon used by a foreign adversary, although sources say the U.S. government has tried to downplay it.

After averaging more than 4 million visitors as recently as 2019, only about 1.6 million tourists traveled to Cuba between January and November 2025, a drop of nearly 70 percent since 2018

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told Latin American leaders that cartels "can only be defeated with military power."

The Americans are not believed to be participating in the actual raids but are helping Ecuadorian troops plan operations and providing intelligence and logistical support, one official with knowledge on the matter said.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was questioned during her Tuesday morning press conference about media access to the home where Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho," longtime leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, was killed.

Roadblocks, killings, carjackings and arson attacks on businesses have been among the most frequent crimes carried out by cartel associates in more than 20 states since the killing of Jalisco Cartel leader El Mencho.

The cases stem from a provision in the 1996 Helms-Burton Act known as Title III, which allows Americans to sue entities that "traffic" in property taken by Cuba.

The Trump administration's cutoff of oil shipments to the island has escalated the already precarious situation to levels rarely seen before, and with each passing day the crisis appears to deteriorate.

Sheinbaum said the Attorney General's Office is responsible for providing information within the framework of the investigation, including the names of the businesspeople involved.

A look at the main reasons that explain the trade war between the South American countries and its implications.

U.S. authorities announced on Jan. 14 that the first sale of Venezuelan crude had generated $500 million, but contrary to Trump's comments, the revenue has remained under U.S. control.

The Navy SEALs visit comes at the invitation of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has publicly emphasized her goal of better preparing Mexican military and law enforcement personnel to combat drug cartel violence.

Rep. Nydia Velázquez is reintroducing a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on the State Department to formally move beyond the Monroe Doctrine, arguing that current U.S. policy toward Latin America reflects a renewed interventionist approach.

The former Mexican president has for years denied receiving money either from drug cartels or from Venezuela to fund his 2006 campaign.

According to testimony from Damaris Osorio, cousin of Pablo Osorio Sánchez, a 26-year-old civil engineer, he was at a bus stop along the Durango-Mazatlán highway waiting for transportation to the Concordia area when he was kidnapped.

So far, Dominican authorities have reported the arrest of a Haitian man identified as Chin Laduse, who is allegedly connected to the killings.

Deputies Elizabeth Montoya and Sergio Torres were traveling in a vehicle accompanied by two bodyguards on Jan. 28 when they were attacked by a group of armed civilians.

As reported by the Miami Herald, the three-phase plan originally laid out by the Trump administration calls for stabilization, economic recovery and an eventual transition to democratic rule.

A Venezuelan woman living in Florida came up with the idea of sending Nicolás Maduro a letter containing messages from other Venezuelans, criticizing him for the harm his regime caused in their lives.

The deployment comes just days after two local lawmakers from the Movimiento Ciudadano party were injured Jan. 28 in an armed attack in Culiacán. The shooting left three people wounded.

The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with ongoing U.S. threats and sanctions, has stalled tourism in the Caribbean nation.