A visual guide to the deadly airstrikes and military buildup: how the US ‘war on drugs’ has unfolded in the Caribbean US has used claims of a drug route to justify its attacks, which have resulted in 83 deaths that the UN has called extrajudicial executions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Is US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded? Donald Trump claims military buildup is necessary to stem flow of drugs to US but some believe goal is regime change www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guyana in turmoil after opposition leader arrested and faces US extradition Azruddin Mohamed had emerged as a surprise contender in the presidential election and claims political persecution www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Bolivia’s ex-president who oversaw bloody crackdown on protesters freed from prison Release follows supreme court ruling that overturned Jeanine Áñez’s conviction for allegedly staging coup to seize power www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘We don’t have enough to eat, to live’: how Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ cuts are driving homelessness in Argentina Those hit hard by far-right leader’s zero-deficit policies fear worse to come after his election win www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

O livro do projeto Querino completou 1 ano de lançamento 🎉 A quem ainda não leu (ou leu e quiser presentear), está disponível em livrarias físicas, e-book, no site da Editora Fósforo e, com desconto, neste link: a.co/d/2sNhpXH

‘You’re either poor or rich’: the Argentinians struggling under Milei’s chainsaw austerity Despite falling inflation, a majority are failing to make ends meet as wages and purchasing power have nosedived From Buenos Aires, with @facundoiglesia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘A colony of the US’: Argentinians contemplate future after Trump-backed Milei coasts to victory Big win leaves many wondering if result reflects genuine support for president or corrosive US influence www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analysts www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Rodrigo Paz Pereira wins Bolivia’s presidential runoff marking a new shift to the right Sunday’s election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales’ Mas party was on the ballot www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’ San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local government www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Catolicismo se reinventa no Brasil: cresce o hábito de acordar às 4h para acompanhar orações ao vivo, transformando o país em um campo de testes para influenciadores religiosos, por @tiagorogero.com jnascim.info/catholic-daw...

Bolivia to vote in presidential runoff that will turn it to the right End of almost two decades of leftist rule could revive ‘war on drugs’ in change of approach to coca cultivation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Catholicism is reinventing itself’: Brazilians waking at 4am to stream prayers Habit of rising early for livestreams growing rapidly, suggesting Brazil is testing ground for religious influencers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"..21 more towers were toppled, all using the same method: bolts were removed from the base, and supporting steel cables were cut. The perpetrators knew exactly which power lines to sever to cause the most harm to the electricity supply." Por @tiagorogero.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro was convicted but the military appetite for a coup lingers Armed forces academies teach troops that military control would be better for the country, historians and experts say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

O livro do projeto Querino, pela editora Fósforo, é semifinalista do prêmio Jabuti na categoria Biografia/Reportagem! Estamos muito felizes e honrados em estar na lista ao lado de trabalhos tão incríveis. Agradeço ao júri do Jabuti www.fosforoeditora.com.br/produto/proj...

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Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Cuban prisoners forced to work making cigars and charcoal for export to Europe, report claims Madrid-based NGO estimates at least 60,000 inmates subject to forced labour with little or no pay in Cuban jails www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

What did Jair Bolsonaro’s trial reveal about the attempted coup? Brazil’s far-right ex-president was found to have led a ‘criminal organisation’ to try to stay in power www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Argentinians deliver electoral blow to Milei’s scandal-rocked government President touted contest in Buenos Aires province – 40% of electorate – as ‘life or death battle’ but won only 34% of vote www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial The former Brazilian president and seven of his closest allies are awaiting judgment – and Bolsonaro’s conviction is considered highly likely www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Javier Milei reels from ‘scandal’ tying powerful sister to alleged kickbacks Leaked audio links Karina Milei, sister of Argentina’s president, to alleged kickbacks in drug contracts for the disabled www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Brazil judge orders round-the-clock surveillance of ‘flight risk’ Bolsonaro Pre-trial monitoring ordered after police reported former president had drafted request for asylum in Argentina www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“I voted for Mas in the past, but this time I chose the right,” said Ronnyxh Oliver Mamani Figueredo, 34, an Aymara carpenter and pharmacy owner who has a seven-storey, Knights of the Zodiac-themed cholet that cost more than $1m. By @tiagorogero.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

How towering dominance of Bolivia’s socialist party came tumbling down In strongholds such as El Alto, support for the Mas party that once made Evo Morales Bolivia’s first Indigenous president has ebbed away – leaving it on the brink of extinction www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Two decades of leftwing dominance end in Bolivia as rightwingers head to election runoff Movimiento al Socialismo’s time runs out as economic crisis grips country www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Bolivians go to polls in election that could end 20 years of socialism Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decades www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Bolivia election could see lurch to right as once-dominant party’s time runs out The two leading presidential candidates are both rightwingers and the leftist party of former president Evo Morales faces potential extinction www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The ‘European capital of Brazil’ moves to expel Black politician from office – again Experts say new removal cases against Renato Freitas show how Curitiba is ill-equipped to handle a defiant Black leader www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Top US diplomat in Brazil summoned to foreign ministry over Bolsonaro trial comments US embassy in Brazil made social media post accusing high court judge of persecuting former president, who is now on trial for alleged coup attempt www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Brazil’s president signs ‘devastation bill’ after vetoing key licensing articles Environmental campaigners had urged Lula to veto the bill entirely, but many have welcomed his alterations www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Brazil judge eases Jair Bolsonaro house arrest to allow family visits Ex-president can see children and grandchildren without prior court approval, but phone and video ban remains www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Brazil’s supreme court judge orders house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro accused of breaking ‘preventative measures’ imposed amid concerns of avoiding penalty over alleged coup attempt www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Argentina’s Javier Milei vetoes bills that would have raised pensions and disability benefits Self-styled anarcho-capitalist prompts outrage after claiming bills would ‘break government’s fiscal balance’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘Our north is the south’: Softball leagues flourish in Brazilian city as Cuban arrivals outnumber Venezuelans for first time Southern city of Curitiba ranks just behind northern entry-point towns in Cuban asylum requests www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Morre o jornalista Marcelo Beraba

Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Remember Lady Gaga's concert on Copacabana Beach in May? Were there 2m people there? Could you even get 2m people on the beach? We got into the numbers. Video on the Verify live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx... Or on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Ana Maria na ABL e eu fui parar no The Guardian 😄

Ana Maria Gonçalves becomes first Black woman in Brazil’s literary academy Author of Um defeito de cor wins seat in 128-year-old institution long dominated by white men www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Trump v Lula: what to know about the tariffs spat between the US and Brazil Brazilian president threatened a 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s levy on the Latin American country www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘God chose you, Jair Bolsonaro!’ Is Brazil now in the grip of evangelicals? From TV soaps to the supreme court to the top job, Christian fundamentalists are on a power-grab. We meet the director of Apocalypse in the Tropics, a new film charting their rise www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

I can't wait to watch this documentary (out on Netflix July 14) Great review by @tiagorogero.com www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Trump says Bolsonaro ‘not guilty of anything’ amid Brazil coup trial President Lula rejects foreign ‘interference’ as Trump claims far-right former leader victim of ‘witch-hunt’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Bolsonaro wanted to exterminate us, claims Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakes www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will run unopposed as one of the poorest countries in the region eyes billions of dollars www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Lula visits former Argentinian president under house arrest in snub to Milei Brazilian president meets Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her flat in Buenos Aires after regional summit www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...