Chainsaw Politics
NEED TO KNOW Chainsaw Politics ARGENTINA Students, workers from all sectors, LGBTQ folks, pensioners and women have all marched in the streets […]
Paradise in Peril
NEED TO KNOW Paradise in Peril COSTA RICA The illustrious Hilton Waldorf Astoria brand is planning to open a 188-room hotel in […]
Where No News Is Good News
NEED TO KNOW Where No News Is Good News URUGUAY On Oct. 27, Uruguay voters will decide who they want to lead […]
Paradise, Enraged
NEED TO KNOW Paradise, Enraged CARIBBEAN The tourism industry – hotels, restaurants, and other amenities – has long replaced the extractive colonial […]
Escaping the Shadow
NEED TO KNOW Escaping the Shadow MEXICO When Andrés Manuel López Obrador left office on Sept. 30, he had recorded around 3,000 […]
Putting a Hand Out
NEED TO KNOW Putting a Hand Out CUBA In the early period of Cuba’s communist regime, the island was remarkably safe. Violent […]
Sunshine and Bullets
NEED TO KNOW Sunshine and Bullets JAMAICA Three million tourists have visited the luscious Caribbean island of Jamaica this year, including 1 […]
The Ghosts of Leaders Past
NEED TO KNOW The Ghosts of Leaders Past PERU The recent death of Alberto Fujimori, 86, who served as president of Peru […]
Rich, Dark Earth
NEED TO KNOW Rich, Dark Earth AMAZON RAINFOREST If the fabled fountain of youth exists, modern society might be destroying it. In […]
Weaponizing Migration
NEED TO KNOW Weaponizing Migration NICARAGUA In Senegal, Haiti, India, China, and Libya, the hot new ticket is Nicaragua. Famed for its […]
Tech and Tradition
NEED TO KNOW Tech and Tradition PARAGUAY Cryptocurrency miners whose servers generate their digital product have flocked to Paraguay to take advantage […]
Getting Rich, Right
NEED TO KNOW Getting Rich, Right GUYANA Past efforts at reforming the constitution of Guyana have yielded little change. Now, however, as […]
Port of Call
NEED TO KNOW Port of Call LATIN AMERICA American Gen. Laura Richardson, who oversees US military operations in Latin America, recently told […]
The Three-legged Stool
NEED TO KNOW The Three-legged Stool VENEZUELA Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is running for reelection for a third term on July 28. […]
When the Waters Come
NEED TO KNOW When the Waters Come LATIN AMERICA Climate change allegedly has claimed many victims. Temperatures as high as 117 degrees […]
The Pot Bubbles Over
NEED TO KNOW The Pot Bubbles Over WORLD The recent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, who is running again […]
Succession
NEED TO KNOW Succession BOLIVIA Bolivian President Luis Arce recently told the Associated Press that his mountainous South American country is not […]
A Declaration of War
NEED TO KNOW A Declaration of War ECUADOR Ecuadoran prosecutors recently asked the South American country’s highest court to convict Carlos Angulo, […]
Just Say No
NEED TO KNOW Just Say No CANADA Two years ago, officials in British Columbia decriminalized the possession of small amounts of drugs […]
Into the Fire
NEED TO KNOW Into the Fire MEXICO At least nine people died and around 50 more were injured when a stage collapsed […]
Hearing the People
NEED TO KNOW Hearing the People CHILE Chilean truckers staged protests in the mining region near the capital of Santiago recently. The […]
An Eye on the Fence
NEED TO KNOW An Eye on the Fence DOMINICAN REPUBLIC When President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic assumed office in 2020, […]
Coups and Crowing
NEED TO KNOW Coups and Crowing BRAZIL Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes conducted a five-year investigation into so-called “digital militias” […]