In Chiriquí, farmers who grow Geisha, the “world’s most expensive coffee,” are starting the 2025–2026 harvest with confidence in flavor and fear of rain. After $30,204 per kilogram in 2025, they now defend a fragile crown. Where A Record Price Begins with A Quiet Cherry Up in the highest mountain zones of Boquete, Tierras Altas, […]
After U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro in early January 2026, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned the violence yet dodged naming Donald Trump. With Brazil heading toward the October 2026 elections, every syllable now doubles as policy and campaign strategy, too. A Condemnation With Carefully Missing Nouns In Brasília, the statement landed like a note […]
Managua releases political prisoners as Trump’s democratization drive has far left rulers on their toes Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:10 UTC The Ortega-Murillo couple fears they could be next in line after Maduro’s capture Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo announced on Saturday that Managua would be releasing a […]
Maduro down, Trump aims at Cuba Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:15 UTC They’d better reach a deal before it is too late, Trump warned Havana US President Donald Trump has issued a total oil embargo and a diplomatic ultimatum to Cuba, signaling a Venezuela-style transition coming up. It was even rumored that […]
Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas to be placed under Italian protection Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:22 UTC Starting Thursday, Brazil will no longer represent Argentina’s interests in Venezuela due to the “technical need” to reorganize its country’s mission. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled his country’s diplomats from the building that […]
Delcy Rodríguez vows to rescue Nicolás Maduro through diplomacy Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:44 UTC Rodríguez does not want to go through a second wave, Trump noted Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to secure Nicolás Maduro’s return while simultaneously opening a fragile diplomatic exploratory process with the United States. Today, […]
More than 800 political prisoners remain jailed as Venezuela signals partial openness Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:55 UTC Vigil by the families of political prisoners at Rodeo I. The Venezuelan interim government of caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez has allowed some relatives to visit political prisoners still held by Caracas at the Rodeo […]
Situation in Iran critical; Washington may also step in Monday, January 12th 2026 – 10:57 UTC Those indexes measuring the number of pizzas and other delivery foods traded near the Pentagon in the wee hours of Monday soared […]
By NAN ET EDITOR News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Jan. 12, 2026: The Miami Heat are turning their home court into a full-blown Caribbean party — and they’re calling in dancehall royalty to do it. On January 13, 2026, the Heat will celebrate Caribbean Heritage Night at the Kaseya Center, headlined by a show-stopping […]
By Ron Cheong News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Mon. Jan. 12, 2025: For more than 2,500 years, human societies have moved – unevenly but persistently – toward greater democracy. Yet today, that trajectory appears to be reversing. Increasingly, modern political and technological systems echo a long-discredited thesis of the fourth-century BCE Greek philosopher Aristotle, who was […]