Kast launches border barriers in northern Chile and hardens migration agenda Tuesday, March 17th 2026 – 23:24 UTC Photo: AP/Esteban Felix Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Monday launched the border control works he had promised during the campaign, starting in Chacalluta in the Arica and Parinacota region, in an early sign that […]
US counterterrorism chief resigns over Iran war Tuesday, March 17th 2026 – 22:31 UTC Kent’s departure cuts at one of the White House’s core arguments for the strikes Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday with immediate effect, saying he could not support Washington’s war against Iran in […]
Bogotá, Colombia – On March 8, for the first time in Colombia’s history, an artificial intelligence candidate appeared on ballot papers across the country. Gaitana IA (AI) ran for the Indigenous seat in the Senate and the House of Representatives in the northern state of Sucre. While Gaitana did not win a seat in either of […]
There is a curious development in the way youths handle money. It is not dramatic or abrupt, but when you look at the figures and talk to people in their early twenties, you begin to see a pattern emerging: Gen Z is not developing the same relationship with banks as previous generations did. They do […]
A World Baseball Classic chant transformed food into a symbol of pride, insult, diaspora memory, and racial tension, revealing how Latin American celebrations can shift from playful bravado to sharper conflict when amplified by cameras, memes, and historical sensitivities online. When Food Becomes a Symbol of Identity In Miami, following Team Venezuela’s unexpected victory over […]
At El Castillo de Huarmey, the discovery of an unlooted Wari royal tomb prompted a reevaluation of imperial dynamics in ancient Peru, revealing elite women as creators of wealth, ritual authority, memory, and imperial legitimacy rather than mere decorative figures. A Necropolis Against Forgetting By the time archaeologists commenced serious investigation at El Castillo de […]
A group of protestors attacked an office of the ruling Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in the central Cuban city of Morón on Saturday, with five of the protestors allegedly detained by the Cuban authorities. Demonstrations in the city began late on Friday and were initially peaceful, with calls for an end to power cuts and […]
The discovery of a bomb near the Colombia-Ecuador border has intensified an already severe trade and security rift, prompting questions about whether Ecuador’s security alliance with the United States is altering the concepts of force, sovereignty, and deterrence throughout the region. A Border Already Tense and Volatile Following the discovery of a bomb near the […]
By Dr. Isaac Newton News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Mar. 17, 2026: The square is quiet. Campaign banners sway lightly in the wind. Loudspeakers carry rehearsed promises, yet their echoes meet only empty chairs. At first glance, the silence might appear as disinterest. In reality, it is something far more powerful. The Caribbean people […]
Rafael Correa in Uruguay: controversy over visit by convicted Ecuadorean ex-president Tuesday, March 17th 2026 – 11:44 UTC In April 2020, Ecuador’s National Court of Justice found him guilty in the Sobornos 2012-2016 case and sentenced him to eight years in prison for aggravated bribery Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is in Uruguay, […]