Latin America
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El Salvador touts La Esperanza prison's 'Zero Leisure Plan,' points to drop in crime, gang activity
In 2021, President Bukele initiated a sweeping crackdown on gangs and crime. In a matter of weeks, 87,000 people were arrested.
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Argentine judge fired after documentary appearance causes mistrial in high-profile soccer case
Julieta Makintach was one of three judges involved in a negligence case against the late soccer legend Diego Maradona's medical team. Maradona died in 2020 from heart failure and acute pulmonary edema two weeks after undergoing brain surgery.
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Maduro sings John Lennon's 'Imagine' during rally speech calling for peace
Maduro referred to the song as “an anthem for all eras and generations” and a “gift to humanity.”
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Argentinian President Milei's party wins landslide victory in midterm elections
"BIG WIN in Argentina for Javier Milei, a wonderful Trump Endorsed Candidate!" President Trump said
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Maduro accuses Trump of ‘inventing new eternal war’
"The people of the United States know it, they are inventing a new eternal war. They promised they would never get involved in another war, and now they are inventing a war that we are going to prevent. How?" he said in an address in Caracas. "By mobilizing the peoples of South America."
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Bessent says US signed a $20 billion 'economic stabilization agreement' with Argentina
The confirmation comes after President Donald Trump teased last week that financing for the South American country would be contingent on President Javier Milei's success in his midterm elections.
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US seizes survivors after striking suspected drug-smuggling vessel in Caribbean: report
With this sixth strike, the death toll has reached at least 28
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Venezuelan officials proposed plan to slowly replace Maduro that US rejected: report
According to the reported plan, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would step down from power in three years and cede authority to his vice president
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Peru's Congress impeaches president, replaces with congressional leader
Since taking office in December 2022, President Dina Boluarte had faced eight other attempts to remove her
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Argentina’s poverty rate drops sharply under Milei
According to the national statistics agency cited by Semafor, about 32% of Argentinians lived in poverty during the first half of 2025, which represents a sharp decline from roughly 53% when Milei assumed office in late 2023.
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Colombian President calls for criminal charges against Trump over boat strikes
Trump ordered military strikes on Sept. 2, Sept. 15 and Sept. 19 on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean.
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Maduro said Venezuela faces 'biggest threat' in 100 years amid buildup of naval forces in Caribbean
The U.S. says the military deployment is an effort to disrupt drug cartel activity, and that it is part of Trump’s broader border policy. But Maduro sees it as an intervention in Venezuelan affairs.
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Maduro deploys millions of Venezuelan troops across country after US ships near Latin America
Maduro said that the activations are in response to the recent "extravagant, bizarre and outlandish" threats from the United States.