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Marco Rubio speaks during a briefing at the White House
Latin America

After midterm disaster, can Rubio still get Cuba regime change?

The elections have sharpened the case against a military operation, even as US economic pressure continues to grow

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