NEED TO KNOW  The Homecoming: For Those Migrants Returning To Honduras, Little Has Changed   HONDURAS  Emerson Colindres, 19, and his family fled […]

NEED TO KNOW   In the Vise: Cuba Is Hanging On, Barely, As the US Turns the Screws  CUBA  Cuban Deputy Foreign […]

NEED TO KNOW  Chilean Right Buoyed by Rise in Crime, Scandals on Left  CHILE  Outgoing Chilean President Gabriel Boric is lobbying hard […]

NEED TO KNOW  Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Canadian Province Mulling Independence Vote  CANADA  After Mark Carney won Canada’s elections in […]

NEED TO KNOW  Down and Out in Brazil: Former Brazilian Leader Goes On Trial For Attempted Coup  BRAZIL  Former Brazilian Infrastructure Minister […]

NEED TO KNOW  The Robe Races: Mexico Goes To the Polls To Remake Its Judiciary  MEXICO  Silvia Delgado García was handing out […]

NEED TO KNOW  New Dawn: Suriname Tries To Put Its Past Aside  SURINAME  Dési Bouterse, the former leader of Suriname, died recently. […]

NEED TO KNOW  Clear Policy Guidance: Ecuador Courts Reject Challenge as Noboa Pushes Hardline Agenda  ECUADOR  Ecuadoran courts recently rejected left-wing presidential […]

NEED TO KNOW  Doctors With Borders: Caribbean Countries Angry After US Threatens Cuba’s Physician-For-Hire Scheme  THE CARIBBEAN  For decades, Cuba has been […]

NEED TO KNOW  Looking for Captain Canuck: Canadians Rush To Vote, Seeking Superhero Rescue  CANADA Canadian elections are often marked with a […]

NEED TO KNOW  Going Local: Venezuela’s Leader Targets Towns to Survive Dissent, Sanctions VENEZUELA   Over the past six months, President Nicolás Maduro […]

NEED TO KNOW  The Chainsaw Massacre: Hailed and Reviled for His Deep Cuts, Argentina’s Leader Faces the Axe  ARGENTINA  Every week, seniors […]

NEED TO KNOW The Chain Gang Blues: The Dominican Republic Grapples With Prison ‘Chaos’ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Political violence and indiscriminate imprisonment have […]

NEED TO KNOW Home Alone: Rule By Might Brings Peru to its Knees PERU On March 16, renowned Peruvian singer Paul Flores […]

NEED TO KNOW Mission Impossible: In Haiti, the Gangs Are Winning HAITI The “Unknown Maroon,” a statue of a freedom fighter in […]

NEED TO KNOW Slapshot: How Canada Is Getting Its Groove Back CANADA Canadians are known for being nice. But recently, they have […]

NEED TO KNOW When a ‘Total Peace’ Disintegrates COLOMBIA In early February, five days after she gave birth, a young Colombian woman […]

NEED TO KNOW The Guerrillas of Peace: How Nicaragua’s First Couple  Cemented ‘Total Control’ NICARAGUA Nicaraguan officials recently swore in 30,000 masked […]

NEED TO KNOW El Salvador’s New Business Model Fills Jails EL SALVADOR Last month, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made an unusual offer […]

NEED TO KNOW Friend in Need … a Friend Indeed GUATEMALA Two years ago, a little-known former Guatemalan diplomat in a crowded […]

NEED TO KNOW Stability Über Alles URUGUAY Last fall, when Uruguayans were asked in a referendum whether they would like to retire […]

NEED TO KNOW Carrots, Sticks, and Dignity SOUTH/ CENTRAL AMERICA When US President Donald Trump sent a plane of deported Colombians back […]

NEED TO KNOW A Clenched Fist ECUADOR When Daniel Noboa took over the presidency of Ecuador in November 2023, there was hope […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Locks and Docks PANAMA Jorge Quijano sat on a hotel balcony overlooking Panama Bay recently, watching massive ships […]