Trump calls Brazil ‘politically difficult’; Lula says he should learn about ‘civilized elections’ Wednesday, June 17th 2026 – 19:05 UTC “I think Trump knows little about Brazil; if he knows it, it is through his relationship with the Bolsonaro family,” Lula said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday asked his […]

US-Iran memorandum sets Hormuz reopening, $300 billion reconstruction and sanctions relief Wednesday, June 17th 2026 – 19:21 UTC The memorandum establishes an oversight mechanism for its implementation and provides for the definitive agreement to be ratified by a binding UN Security Council resolution The United States government on Wednesday released the official text […]

Bolivia’s blockade crisis leaves at least 16 dead as the government calls unions to talks Wednesday, June 17th 2026 – 19:11 UTC The COB presented a list of demands on Tuesday spread across eight areas, among them ensuring the “right to mobilization,” that there be no sanctions against the mobilized sectors The crisis […]

Costa Rica President Laura Fernández’s remarks on Nicaragua ignited a regional debate over democracy, migration, and diplomatic pragmatism, revealing how Daniel Ortega’s repression continues to shape Central America’s future, from border politics to exile communities and Latin America’s fragile human rights consensus. A Neighbor’s Words, an Exile’s Wound In Costa Rica, a sentence about Nicaragua […]

With Keiko Fujimori virtually ahead and Roberto Sánchez calling supporters into the streets of Lima, Peru’s presidential runoff has become a national x-ray of distrust, class fracture, rural abandonment, and the dangerous arithmetic of governing with half the country still watching closely. The Margin Has a Street Address In Lima, the numbers have begun to […]

Daniel Noboa’s latest state of exception places Ecuador’s security crisis back at the center of Latin America’s democratic dilemma, where citizens demand safety, soldiers enter neighborhoods, and the line between emergency government and permanent rule keeps getting harder to see. A Country Learns to Live Under Emergency Ecuador woke up Tuesday to another decree, another […]

Eduardo Bolsonaro’s conviction for lobbying Washington over his father’s coup case turns a family legal drama into a sovereignty test, exposing how Brazil’s far right now fights at home, abroad, and inside the fragile machinery of democracy in Latin America. A Family Trial Becomes a Sovereignty Case Brasília did not need smashed glass or chanting […]

By Ron Cheong News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Weds. June 17, 2026: Guyana has always been a multiethnic society. Long before multiculturalism became fashionable elsewhere, Guyanese lived in a country proudly known as the Land of Six Peoples. Diversity is woven into the nation’s history, culture, and even its national anthem. Yet, for generations, discussions about […]

Aerial view of the the Guyana Shore Base Inc, an ExxonMobil’s associate in oil discoveries, in Georgetown, Guyana. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images) By Staff Reporter | NewsAmericasNow.com News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. June 17, 2026: ExxonMobil’s consortium operating Guyana’s Stabroek Block is on track to fully recover its entire $55 billion investment […]