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Latin America

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña
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Paraguay's Trump-aligned president resigns amid bank crisis

Santiago Pena got himself in Washington's good graces, but his links to a major banking scandal left him with nowhere to turn

Flavio Bolsonaro gets into a car after voting in Brazil's presidential elections
Latin America

Bolsonaro becomes another exile who cannot depend on Trump's help

Meanwhile, though incumbent Lula helped to pour cold water on Washington's Latin American strategy, he still faces his own challenges governing in Brasilia.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva election
Latin America

Despite Trump's 'shield' right-wing govts line up to congratulate Lula

Brazil has become the first time this administration's preferred election outcome in a Latin American country has not come to pass

A table showing the tally of the 2026 UN vote over the embargo on Cuba
Latin America

Despite intense US pressure, UN votes to condemn Cuba blockade

US Ambassador Mike Waltz persuaded roughly 20 states to change their position but couldn't defeat the annual measure

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves ahead of a meeting with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at Miraflores Palace
Latin America

What happened to all the concern about Venezuelan democracy?

Across Latin America, leaders who once railed against Maduro are now eager to embrace the new-look regime

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks during the Shield of the Americas summit as President Donald Trump looks on
Latin America

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

Populations in Latin America aren't exactly thrilled with the right-wing governments the US is allied with