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Trump’s Latin America Gamble: Quick Gains, Lingering Risks
world1 day ago

Trump’s Latin America Gamble: Quick Gains, Lingering Risks

The piece argues that Trump has made Latin America a central, interventionist front of his foreign policy, reviving a Monroe Doctrine-style approach to curb migration, counter drugs, and limit China’s influence. In the short term, this has produced closer security cooperation, cartel pressure, and political wins for allied leaders (e.g., in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico) as well as some reductions in U.S. drug-overdose deaths and irregular migration. However, the long-term risks loom: sovereignty backlash and resentment could undermine U.S. influence, potentially driving regional governments toward China or away from Washington, while ongoing crises in Venezuela, Cuba, and Mexico could test the durability of Trump’s Latin American strategy.)

via Foreign Affairs|
#latin-america#mexico#monroe-doctrine
Narco-Terrorism Revisited: Trump’s Latin American War Mirrors Reagan’s Cold War Playbook
world29 days ago

Narco-Terrorism Revisited: Trump’s Latin American War Mirrors Reagan’s Cold War Playbook

The article argues that Trump’s aggressive Latin American interventions framed as a crackdown on narco-terrorism echo Reagan-era tactics, using the label to justify military action while targeting leftist governments. It traces the term’s Cold War origins—from Peru’s Shining Path and the Huallaga coca trade to Colombia’s M-19 and NSDD 221—showing how U.S. policy has repeatedly linked drugs to anti-communist aims. Today’s moves—designating gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, pressuring allies, and expanding security coalitions—are portrayed as a continuation of that approach, selectively applied to advance political objectives rather than solely curb drug trafficking.

via The Conversation|
#drug-policy#latin-america#narco-terrorism
Petro: Israel and U.S. spreading Nazi-style propaganda in Latin America
world1 month ago

Petro: Israel and U.S. spreading Nazi-style propaganda in Latin America

Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Israel and the United States of exporting political manipulation from ‘free Palestine’ to ‘free Latin America,’ comparing a billboard campaign against Iván Cepeda to Nazi propaganda. Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon condemned the remarks, prompting a heated exchange that adds to Petro’s long-running disputes with Israel and its allies.

via The Jerusalem Post|
#antisemitism#gustavo-petro#israel
Keiko Fujimori's uphill bid tests Peru's political dynasty
latin-america1 month ago

Keiko Fujimori's uphill bid tests Peru's political dynasty

In her fourth bid for the Peruvian presidency, Keiko Fujimori leads Fuerza Popular as she tries to translate decades of influence and her father Alberto Fujimori's legacy into a win. She faces hurdles including past corruption inquiries, pre-trial detentions that were dismissed, and skepticism about her commitment to democracy. With a campaign built on restoring stability amid rising crime and economic worries, she has solidified the right-wing base while opponents label her as a remnant of impunity. The first-round performance exceeded expectations, but a neck‑and‑neck runoff with leftist Roberto Sánchez has emerged as the likely verdict, with debates over constitutional reforms and market-oriented economics shaping voters' choices. If she wins, analysts say her party's power could govern through a full term, but experts warn the Fujimori name still shadows Peru's democratic future.

via Al Jazeera|
#alberto-fujimori#fuerza-popular#keiko-fujimori
U.S. strikes another drug-boat in Pacific as toll climbs beyond 200
world1 month ago

U.S. strikes another drug-boat in Pacific as toll climbs beyond 200

The U.S. military conducted another strike on a drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing three and pushing the death toll to 202 in a week of attacks. Washington says the targets are narco-trafficking operations tied to designated terrorists, but rights groups warn the strikes amount to unlawful extrajudicial killings and the administration has provided no definitive evidence of trafficking. The operation followed a meeting between Gen. Donovan and Cuban military leaders near Guantánamo Bay, and the military released color footage of the strike.

via The Guardian|
#drug-trafficking#extrajudicial-killings#human-rights
Oil’s supply puzzle: why more drilling isn’t an instant fix
business2 months ago

Oil’s supply puzzle: why more drilling isn’t an instant fix

Despite high prices, expanding oil output is slow and complex: long project lead times, capital costs, storage and refining bottlenecks, and potential US shale declines mean that simply drilling more won’t quickly ease the global shock; investors are eyeing diversification beyond the Middle East, notably in Latin America where Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina could add supply, while Venezuela’s revival remains a possibility. With demand shifts and price uncertainty, the fix is likely a gradual, long‑term shift rather than an immediate spike in supply.

via CNN|
#business#drilling#energy
Shakira Delivers Historic Free Copacabana Show to a Massive Rio Crowd
musicentertainment2 months ago

Shakira Delivers Historic Free Copacabana Show to a Massive Rio Crowd

Shakira headlined a free Copacabana Beach concert in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, drawing about 2 million people. The Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour set included hits like Hips Don’t Lie and La Tortura, with skywriting drones overhead spelling “I love you Brazil.” Officials estimate the event could boost the local economy by roughly 777 million reais ($155 million) through tourism and spending, citing City Hall and Riotur, as attendees from across Brazil and Europe celebrated Latin identity and the city’s post-Carnival glow.

via billboard.com|
#copacabana#free-concert#latin-america