Link to article:https://latinamericanpost.com/analysis-en/mexicos-pacification-myth-falling-homicides-hide-rising-disappearances-and-shifting-violence/ As Mexico celebrates a 37% drop in homicides and a slew of positive statistics there is many other factors not being included like extortion, attempted murder, and kidnapping. The article highlights that although murder rates are down, it is unwise for the President to say that it is because of her rule that the numbers have dropped…. Read more »
Article: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/11/19/is-donald-trump-preparing-to-strike-venezuela-or-lining-up-a-deal The article from The Economist describes the growing uncertainty around U.S. policy toward Venezuela under President Donald Trump. It explains that the administration has increased military pressure on Venezuela by positioning naval assets in the Caribbean and authorizing covert intelligence activities aimed at the Maduro government. These moves have led many observers to speculate that the United States… Read more »
Title: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/offshore-fossil-fuel-exploration-jeopardizes-brazils-climate-leadership-study-says/ The Mongabay article explains how Brazil’s rapidly expanding offshore fossil fuel exploration is threatening its reputation as a global climate leader. A new study by the environmental organization SkyTruth found 179 probable oil slicks along Brazil’s coastline since 2017, along with an 81% increase in offshore oil-and-gas vessel traffic over the past decade. The report highlights that methane… Read more »
Link to article:https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/deterrence-by-chaos-inside-venezuelas-guerrilla-blueprint-to-stop-an-invasion/ The article begins by talking about how the generals of Venezuela are trying to plan for an attack that they know that they cannot defend. So they are creating a two tier plan consisting of “prolonged resistance” and the “anarchaization” of the capital Caracas. The first prolonged resistance talks of creating a guerilla army that will wage… Read more »
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/argentina-immunisations-childhood-adolescent-plummet The Guardian article reports a severe decline in childhood and adolescent vaccination rates in Argentina, reaching historic lows in 2024. According to the Argentinian Paediatric Society (SAP), fewer than half of children aged five to six received essential vaccines, including MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and polio boosters, both of which previously maintained close to 90% coverage between 2015… Read more »
Link to article: https://latinamericanpost.com/analysis-en/mileis-math-how-argentinas-new-majority-redraws-the-political-map/ Javier Milei’s libertarian movement, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), has achieved a huge electoral breakthrough in the 2025 midterm legislative elections in Argentina, winning nearly 40% of the vote and securing about one-third of the lower house, and moving close to similar strength in the Senate. This highlights that this milestone gives Milei a level of legislative… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251030-venezuela-intercepted-drug-planes-us-caribbean Venezuela announced that its armed forces intercepted three aircrafts alleged to be involved in drug-trafficking that attempted to enter its airspace via the Caribbean Sea or from the north. The country’s president, Maduro, stated that one plane had flown “illicitly and furtively” from the Caribbean, turned off its transponder, and was then detected and disabled by… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/canada-carney-trump-budget-exports-c78a41c00167bc1d8177d5d74e34d09f The article talks about Canada’s prime minister setting a goal to double all non-U.S. exports as a result of increased U.S. tariffs levied against Canada and Mexico. He states that he believes that the close ties between Canada and the U.S. that used to be advantageous, have become liabilities because of Canada’s economic dependence on the stated U.S. bound… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-favela-deaths-f2e7366d98790c5c90e7996ec8b3282f# A large police raid in low income neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro left at least 119 people dead, making it one of Brazil’s deadliest security operations in Brazil’s history. The raid took place in Complexo de Penha, a cluster of low income communities that have been long controlled by drug gangs. Authorities said the operation aimed… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/more-than-40-bodies-seen-street-after-rios-deadliest-police-operation-2025-10-29 The article highlights the police operation in Rio, Brazil that saw 113 arrested and left 121 people dead, 4 of whom were police officers. The operation’s goal was to disrupt a major drug gang within the region by driving the gang out of the city and into a nearby forest, in which a special operations unit was waiting to… Read more »
