US-Mexico Border Reopens to Cattle as Screwworm Fight Continues
The US-Mexico border has partially reopened to cattle imports after a yearlong closure caused by a screwworm outbreak, but efforts to eradicate the flesh-eating parasite inside Mexico are far from over.
U.N. Concedes World Will Miss Key 1.5°C Climate Goal
The United Nations has acknowledged that the world will overshoot the 1.5-degree Celsius warming limit set in the Paris Agreement, shifting focus to a new, uncertain strategy of limiting and eventually reversing that overshoot.
Colombia Court: Disruptive Protests May Owe Damages
Colombia's top administrative court ruled that a community organization must pay Ecopetrol for losses caused by violent blockades at an oil facility, setting a precedent that protests halting production can trigger civil liability.
The New Bandits of Río Frío: A Mexican Opinion Piece
Columnist Héctor de Mauleón revisits Mexico's classic tale of highway robbers to draw an unsettling comparison with figures in contemporary public life.
Report: Network Adapted MAGA Rhetoric for Latin America
A investigation reportedly found that a political network linked to consultant Sebastián Cerimedo worked to translate and repackage messaging from the pro-Trump MAGA movement so it would resonate as homegrown political discourse across Latin America.
How Meloni Built Italy’s Longest Government in 80 Years
Giorgia Meloni just marked 1,413 days as Italy's prime minister, breaking a post-World War II record for government longevity in a country famous for political instability.
ICE Arrests: Top 10 US Cities Detaining Colombians Under Trump
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, nearly 17,000 Colombian nationals have been arrested by U.S. immigration agents, with a quarter of those detentions concentrated in just ten cities.
Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Now Span 35 Nations
The Trump administration has quietly built a sprawling deportation network that has sent roughly 23,000 migrants to countries other than their own, with at least 35 governments now participating in the arrangement.
Colombia Insurer OKs Euthanasia for Acid Attack Survivor
María Consuelo Córdoba, disfigured in an acid attack in Bogotá more than 26 years ago, has received authorization from her health insurer to undergo euthanasia after years of suffering.
10 Years On, Kaepernick Says NFL Still Blacklists Him
A decade after kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence against Black Americans, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick says the league continues to shut him out of professional football.