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 […]

Spain’s ex-PM Zapatero testifies as a suspect in the Plus Ultra bailout case Wednesday, June 17th 2026 – 08:31 UTC The magistrate attributes to him the alleged offenses of criminal organization, influence peddling, money laundering and documentary falsification Spain’s former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appeared on Wednesday before Judge José Luis […]

Fujimori nears victory in Peru’s presidential count as the left calls for protests Wednesday, June 17th 2026 – 09:14 UTC The overseas vote, already tallied, heavily favored Fujimori while within Peru the balance tilted toward Sánchez Ten days after the June 7 presidential runoff, Peru still has no proclaimed winner, but the right-wing […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years for coercion Tuesday, June 16th 2026 – 21:48 UTC Justice Alexandre de Moraes said that Eduardo Bolsonaro himself admitted having moved to the US in 2025 to lobby the US administration for sanctions against the judges prosecuting his father Former deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son […]

The killing of Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero in Venezuela marks more than a battlefield headline. It exposes a Latin American security crisis that has outgrown borders, courts, prisons, politics, and the old habit of pretending crime stays local. A Gang Boss Falls, a Region Shudders The blast that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, […]

Lula criticizes the resurgence of protectionism and unilateralism at the G7 summit Tuesday, June 16th 2026 – 16:48 UTC The president held that the distance between the prosperity of the most developed economies and the reality of the billions of people living in the global south had grown in recent years Brazilian President […]

Bolivia marked 91 years since the Chaco War’s end by honoring the dead of both nations. Still, the ceremony also reopened Latin America’s old questions about oil, borders, sovereignty, and whether peace can outlast the industries that once made war profitable. A Salute Over Old Wounds The cadets marched in La Paz with the polished […]

As Mexico City prepares for the World Cup, women selling candy and beauty goods in the Metro say police raids, camera tracking, and steep fines are turning informal work into a public spectacle of poverty, gender, and power underground today. A Crackdown Beneath the Celebration Before Patricia Martínez steps into a Mexico City Metro car, […]