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 […]

NEED TO KNOW The Odyssey VENEZUELA On Jan. 10, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn into office for his third term, promising […]

NEED TO KNOW The Pointy Boots CANADA Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was stepping down after nine years […]

NEED TO KNOW Quadrant Chess GREENLAND Last week, Denmark’s King Frederik X unveiled a new royal coat of arms that gave its […]

NEED TO KNOW Sink or Swim BOLIVIA A community of ethnic Aymara shamans in Bolivia called amautas, or “wise ones” in the […]

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NEED TO KNOW The Yin and the Yang BRAZIL Right-wing Brazilian populist Jair Bolsonaro, who served as president from 2019 to 2023, […]

NEED TO KNOW The Big Carrot SURINAME The World Bank considers the South American country and former Dutch colony of Suriname to […]

NEED TO KNOW Chainsaw Politics ARGENTINA Students, workers from all sectors, LGBTQ folks, pensioners and women have all marched in the streets […]

NEED TO KNOW Paradise in Peril COSTA RICA The illustrious Hilton Waldorf Astoria brand is planning to open a 188-room hotel in […]

NEED TO KNOW Where No News Is Good News URUGUAY On Oct. 27, Uruguay voters will decide who they want to lead […]

NEED TO KNOW Paradise, Enraged CARIBBEAN The tourism industry – hotels, restaurants, and other amenities – has long replaced the extractive colonial […]

NEED TO KNOW Escaping the Shadow MEXICO When Andrés Manuel López Obrador left office on Sept. 30, he had recorded around 3,000 […]

NEED TO KNOW Putting a Hand Out CUBA In the early period of Cuba’s communist regime, the island was remarkably safe. Violent […]

NEED TO KNOW Sunshine and Bullets JAMAICA Three million tourists have visited the luscious Caribbean island of Jamaica this year, including 1 […]

NEED TO KNOW The Ghosts of Leaders Past PERU The recent death of Alberto Fujimori, 86, who served as president of Peru […]

NEED TO KNOW Rich, Dark Earth AMAZON RAINFOREST If the fabled fountain of youth exists, modern society might be destroying it. In […]

NEED TO KNOW Weaponizing Migration NICARAGUA In Senegal, Haiti, India, China, and Libya, the hot new ticket is Nicaragua. Famed for its […]

NEED TO KNOW Tech and Tradition PARAGUAY Cryptocurrency miners whose servers generate their digital product have flocked to Paraguay to take advantage […]

NEED TO KNOW Ganamos VENEZUELA Tens of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets around the world over the weekend, demanding that […]

NEED TO KNOW Getting Rich, Right GUYANA Past efforts at reforming the constitution of Guyana have yielded little change. Now, however, as […]