The Ephemeral Ballot
NEED TO KNOW The Ephemeral Ballot VENEZUELA Venezuelan voters are supposed to go to the polls sometime next year to elect a […]
Bona Fides and Possibilities
NEED TO KNOW Bona Fides and Possibilities CHILE Early last year, shortly after he was elected president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, 37, […]
Change and Its Discontents
NEED TO KNOW Change and Its Discontents PARAGUAY Presidents from the Colorado Party have ruled Paraguay for all but five years since […]
Paradise, Imperfect
NEED TO KNOW Paradise, Imperfect COSTA RICA Those who live in Costa Rica practice what they refer to as the “pure life.” […]
On the Precipice
NEED TO KNOW On the Precipice SURINAME Suriname’s gross domestic product (GDP) plunged by 16 percent during the coronavirus pandemic – the […]
Taking Out the Trash
NEED TO KNOW Taking Out the Trash NICARAGUA Nicaraguan officials recently aired a prison interview with Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who in […]
The Forever Search
NEED TO KNOW The Forever Search MEXICO In what the BBC called a “twisted moral code,” Mexican mobsters affiliated with the Scorpions […]
Voting With Feet
NEED TO KNOW Voting With Feet CUBA Almost 23 years ago, heavily armed federal agents wearing body armor seized five-year-old Elián González from […]
A Dragon in the Shadows
NEED TO KNOW A Dragon in the Shadows PARAGUAY When voters in Paraguay go to the polls on April 30, they will […]
Revolt of the Incas
NEED TO KNOW Revolt of the Incas PERU The Peruvian city of Juliaca recently felt like a warzone. “Burning pyres of rubbish […]
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 […]