Colombian lawyer Sergio Díaz-Granados was re-elected on Tuesday as the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean's (CAF) Executive President for a second, consecutive five-year term after getting the nod from the entity's Board of Directors.
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University about the U.S.'s long interest in Venezuela's oil industry.
In his first international trip since winning Chile's runoff election, President-elect José Antonio Kast met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. Kast's trip marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Southern Cone nations.
The move is seen as a further escalation of the Trump administration's war on drugs in Latin America.
Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra following her high-stakes escape to Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.
Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) officially confirmed on Monday the detection of the first two cases of the Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant in the country, just one day after issuing a national epidemiological alert to monitor the potential entry of respiratory diseases
Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced Monday a twitch to its foreign exchange policy, which was welcomed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The new strategy seeks to further boost reserves and will become effective in January 2026.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday formally designating illicit fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). The move shifts the federal government's approach to the opioid crisis from a strictly public health and law enforcement issue to a
Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast emerged from his first transition meeting with incumbent President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Palace on Monday, promising that his incoming administration will be a “much broader government” focused on national unity to address priority
The US has carried out more than 20 strikes in international waters on alleged drug vessels since September.
