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Ortega Declares No More Elections in Nicaragua
At a rally marking the Sandinista Revolution, Daniel Ortega declared that Nicaragua will never again hold elections, even though a 2025 constitutional reform extended the presidential term and the next vote is now slated for 2027. He accused opposition groups—many exiled or jailed—of trying to seize power with U.S. backing, announced new laws to block them, and asserted that the era of foreign-installed governments is over, as international pressure for a political transition persists.
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El Salvador’s emergency crackdown leaves thousands of children without caregivers
Four years into El Salvador’s state of emergency, mass detentions tied to gang violence have left tens of thousands of children without parental care, creating psychological and economic strain even as authorities tout a drop in violence and rights groups condemn the erosion of civil liberties.
Petro's coca-substitution push meets Trump’s pressure in Washington
Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro is shifting away from forced coca eradication toward voluntary crop substitution (PNIS) to replace coca with legal crops, a policy praised for rural-benefit but criticized for not yet delivering lower coca cultivation or cocaine production amid continuing US pressure from Donald Trump; the program pairs farmer support with enforcement against traffickers, while numbers from the UN remain contested and political tensions rise ahead of May elections.
U.S. Warships Near Venezuela as Maduro Mobilizes Militia
The US is deploying three warships off Venezuela's coast to counter drug cartel threats, prompting Maduro to mobilize 4.5 million militia members in response, amid heightened regional tensions and US sanctions.
"International Investigators Abandon Search for 43 Missing Mexican College Students"
International investigators have given up the search for 43 missing college students in Mexico after eight years of trying to uncover the truth. The case of the students, who disappeared in 2014, has become symbolic of the epidemic of disappearances in Mexico, with the government repeatedly lying about what happened. The group of international investigators found evidence implicating the government and military in the crime, but their final report concludes that this is as far as they can go. The families of the missing students continue to suffer, knowing that the state was responsible but with no one being held accountable.