Link to my Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rica-start-building-massive-el-salvador-inspired-prison-2025-08-14/ This year Costa Rica is moving ahead with plans to build a new maximum-security prison, called the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), inspired by El Salvador’s controversial mega-prison. The prison will be designed to hold 5,100 inmates, increasing Costa Rica’s prison capacity by 40 percent. Right now, prisons in Costa Rica are… Read more »
Link to my article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-remove-many-retaliatory-tariffs-us-carney-says-2025-08-22/ On August 22, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would remove many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, planning to restart stalled trade talks and strengthen the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA). While tariffs on U.S autos, steel, and aluminum remain in place, carney emphasized that the move reflects Canada’s commitment to the (USMCA)… Read more »
Link to my Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-impose-visa-restrictions-officials-alleging-ties-cuban-labor-program-2025-08-13/ The U.S. Department of State, led by secretary Marco Rubio, is imposing visa restriction and revoking visas of government officials from several countries including Brazil, Cuba, Africa, and Grenada; who the U.S. claims are linked to Cuba’s practice of sending medical staff to other countries. The U.S. claims Cuba uses the program to profit from… Read more »
Link to Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/analysis-en/venezuelas-war-games-and-u-s-patrols-turn-the-caribbean-into-a-powder-keg/ On September 2, the United States released a video of them destroying a small vessel in international waters and killed 11 members. The U.S claimed that the members on board were from a terrorist group and were transporting drugs. Venezuela, however, denied these allegations and said that the 11 killed were actually citizens. The whole situation… Read more »
Link to my article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-sentenced-27-years-after-landmark-coup-plot-conviction-2025-09-12/ The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison convicted of plotting a coup to keep him in power, after he lost the 2022 presidential election. The decision was made by the Brazilian supreme court, 4 out of the 5 judges found him guilty of: taking part in… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4wx9zlpj5o After losing the Presidential Election in Brazil in October of 2022, right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro was accused of planning a coup to overthrow the Brazilian Government and assassinate the left-wing President-Elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Bolsonaro is accused of plotting with military commanders and even inciting an… Read more »
Link to the article: https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/u-s-and-panama-push-for-5500-troop-gang-suppression-force-in-haiti-as-crisis-deepens/ In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, gangs control around 90% of the area. This statistic has sparked interest from the U.S. and Panama, who are pushing the U.N. to approve a 5,550-person Gang Suppression Force. Unlike other peacekeeping missions, this force could arrest and detain gang members, acting with Haitian authorities. The plan sparked due to failed missions… Read more »
Link to the article: https://latinamericanpost.com/analysis-en/a-u-s-strike-against-a-venezuelan-boat-at-sea-and-the-war-that-isnt-a-war/ A recent U.S. military strike destroyed a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean, allegedly killing eleven gang members connected to Tren de Aragua. While the operation was labeled a success, it raises questions about its legitimacy and justification. No drugs or evidence have been presented, just a video of the boat exploding. Analysts say that labeling… Read more »
Link to the article: https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/argentinas-missing-painting-sparks-hunt-for-nazi-looted-art-and-unburied-truths/ What started as someone browsing the web for real estate listings slowly turned into one of Argentina’s biggest mysteries, being brought back to life. A Dutch Journalist, who was looking through houses in Mar del Plata, noticed an unusual painting on the wall of one of the listings. The image seemed to be Contessa Colleoni… Read more »
