Rumbles in the Household
NEED TO KNOW Rumbles in the Household CANADA French-speaking Canadians concentrated in the province of Quebec have long sought more autonomy from […]
Murder, and Other Disasters
NEED TO KNOW Murder, and Other Disasters ECUADOR Under the conservative government of President Guillermo Lasso, Ecuador’s economy grew 3.2 percent last […]
The Exile and the Mob
NEED TO KNOW The Exile and the Mob BRAZIL The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, might finally be planning to return […]
Breathing Politics
NEED TO KNOW Breathing Politics BRAZIL On Jan. 1, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as the new president of […]
Cry For Me
NEED TO KNOW Cry For Me ARGENTINA The throngs that crowded Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities after the South American country’s […]
When Dullness Is a Virtue
Editor’s Note: Last month, we asked our readers to select a country for us to focus on and collected the results. Now, […]
A Doll’s Tale
Editor’s Note: Last month, we asked our readers to select a country for us to focus on and collected the results. Now, […]
Rule By Chaos
NEED TO KNOW Rule By Chaos PERU Foreign tourists were recently stranded at Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Incan citadel and UNESCO World […]
Quitting, Loudly
NEED TO KNOW Quitting, Loudly CHILE Irina Karamanos recently resigned from her position as First Lady of Chile. She is still Chilean […]
Inviting Locusts
NEED TO KNOW Inviting Locusts GUATEMALA Guatemalan authorities recently detained two Americans for attempting to steal scores of Mayan artifacts – “stone […]
Voting with the Feet
NEED TO KNOW Voting with the Feet NICARAGUA Jose Galeano, 35, has a degree in veterinary medicine. In his home country of […]
Peace in the Household
NEED TO KNOW Peace in the Household BRAZIL Brazilian truckers and other supporters of conservative President Jair Bolsonaro blocked roads in the […]
The Quiet Bienvenue
NEED TO KNOW The Quiet Bienvenue CANADA Politicians in Quebec usually use secession from the federal union of Canada as a wedge […]
No Joy in Mudville
NEED TO KNOW No Joy in Mudville BRAZIL Supporters of left-wing Brazilian politician and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or […]
Rinse, Repeat
NEED TO KNOW Rinse, Repeat PUERTO RICO Five years after Hurricane Maria knocked out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, it’s déjà vu. Hundreds […]
The Time To Choose
NEED TO KNOW The Time To Choose BRAZIL Tanks rolled and soldiers marched through the streets of the Brazilian capital of Brasilia […]
Pinned Down
NEED TO KNOW Pinned Down ECUADOR Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, managed to drag his country out of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, however, […]
Out of Touch
NEED TO KNOW Out of Touch CHILE Technocrats, scientists, environmentalists, and other experts and policymakers love Chile’s proposed new constitution. As Nature […]
Suffer the Monkeys
NEED TO KNOW Suffer the Monkeys WORLD What’s in a name, Shakespeare once wrote. Well for monkeys these days, everything. Since May, […]
A Grand Companion
NEED TO KNOW A Grand Companion HONDURAS A judge in Honduras recently sentenced Roberto David Castillo, a top business executive and graduate […]
Cycles of Despair
NEED TO KNOW Cycles of Despair HAITI The gang warfare that has claimed more than 230 lives in Haiti recently has also […]
Still They Come
NEED TO KNOW Still They Come CENTRAL AMERICA Fernando José Redondo Caballero, 19, and Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero, 22, could “barely contain […]
Petro-fied
NEED TO KNOW Petro-fied COLOMBIA The president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, was in jail when his leftist guerilla movement, M-19, stormed the […]
Back to the Future
NEED TO KNOW Back to the Future BOLIVIA Bolivian President Luis Arce and dozens of others recently attended a ritual at the […]