São Paulo, Brazil — Two former Peruvian presidents have been sentenced to jail in the space of 24 hours. Martín Vizcarra, who held Peru’s highest office from 2018 to 2020, was handed a sentence of 14 years in jail for corruption charges on Wednesday. The next day, Pedro Castillo, who governed Peru between 2021 and […]

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is coming sooner rather than later, and the first step towards the biggest sporting event in the world is almost here: the draw. The draw is set to reveal the makeup of the 12 groups in the 2026 World Cup. Dates and venues will be announced a day later, on

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months and 15 days in prison for his failed attempt to dissolve Congress on December 7, 2022 — an event widely referred to as a self-coup.  The ruling, issued by the Supreme Court’s Special Criminal Chamber, also ordered Castillo and his former

The streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince bore witness to a rare phenomenon on November 18 — thousands of Haitians joyously celebrated the qualification of the Haitian national team for the 2026 World Cup. The team’s qualification is historic as they became the first Haitian side to qualify for the prestigious soccer tournament since 1974.   The

Rosalía is going on her biggest tour yet! On Dec. 4, the Spanish superstar revealed her upcoming global LUX TOUR 2026, including stops in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The U.S. leg of the highly anticipated tour will kick off at the Kaseya Center in Miami, FL, on June 4, and wrap up at the

São Paulo, Brazil — A 19-year-old man named Gerson de Melo Machado died on Sunday after climbing into a lioness enclosure at a zoo in João Pessoa, in Northwest Brazil. People who claim to know Machado said he had a history of mental illness.  The death was confirmed in an official statement issued by the

Bogotá, Colombia –  A go-fast speedboat with three big outboard motors pulled into the muddy Orinoco riverbank deep in Venezuela and a guerrilla commander stepped ashore to greet the waiting community. Behind, a dozen or so troops, all uniformed and wearing military webbing, kept their guns ready.   After some greetings he approached me. “You’re a

As 2025 wraps up, we are seeing many end-of-year lists pop up that help us contextualize the year’s favorites—and Google is no different. In Google’s Year in Search 2025, the search engine’s top trending searches in Spanish in the U.S. include Latine songs by Bad Bunny, Los Lobos, Karol G, Xavi, and Esau Ortiz. This

São Paulo, Brazil — Over 24 hours after polls closed on Sunday the people of Honduras still do not know who their next president will be.  Right-wing National Party candidate Nasry Asfura and center-right former TV host Salvador Nasralla are locked in a virtual tie after the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced the conclusion