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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greets supporters outside a polling station after voting during the presidential runoff election in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2026
Brazil’s Lula wins record fourth term in a shock comeback
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory was eked out in the 11th-hour after voters from his heartland rallied to the rescue.
An employee at the Reynoso family workshop sews by machine a traditional "papel picado" banner in San Salvador Huixcolotla, Mexico, on Oct. 1.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2026
The Mexican town that makes the iconic Day of the Dead garlands
The “papel picado” banners are a central element in the lavish altars erected for the deceased and are also used to festoon homes and streets.
Brazil’s Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reports presidential election results at a newsstand in Sao Paulo on Monday, following a surprise first-place finish by right-wing Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2026
Brazil’s political center of gravity has shifted
The Brazilian electorate is older, more devout, and more preoccupied with crime and personal security than it once was.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) last month and candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro in August.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Bolsonaro pushes Lula to brink of defeat ahead of Brazil runoff
With conservative allies dominating across Brazil in Sunday’s voting, Bolsonaro capped the day by taking about 47% of the vote.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (center) during a campaign rally in Sao Paulo on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2026
Lula scraps for every vote in a part of Brazil he’s dominated for decades
Even a marginal erosion of support in the Brazilian president’s biggest political stronghold could cost him reelection.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a rally in Panama City on May 23.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Machado fails to slip back into Venezuela while Rodríguez is away
The Venezuelan opposition leader made three attempts in 24 hours to return home but was unable to complete the journey.
A car drives down the BR-156 highway between Amapa state capital Macapa and the town of Oiapoque also in the state, near the border with French Guiana in Brazil on Sept. 2.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Sep 21, 2026
Oil exploration in Brazilian Amazon offers wealth but puts communities at risk
While oil could fund a shift to clean energy and help address poverty, the search to find it disturbs the environment and could cause lasting damage.
Kioshi Footwear owner Emmanuel Fernandez at his factory, which is operating at minimum capacity, in Esteban Echeverria, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on Aug. 27
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2026
Argentine industry reels from Milei’s free-market revolution
The Argentine Industrial Union has demanded action as some 90,000 industrial jobs have been lost and nearly 30,000 firms have closed in three years.
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes attends a hearing on the investigation into alleged links between himself and banker Daniel Vorcaro at the court in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2026
Brazil’s top court postpones ruling on probe of justice in politically charged case
Calls for a probe of Justice Alexandre de Moraes are an outgrowth of a case involving failed lender Banco Master that has rattled Brazil for months.
Brazilians attend a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2026
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro ties Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in polls ahead of vote
A court crisis has handed the senator a potent rallying cry: the fate of the justice who oversaw the imprisonment of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The Perito Moreno glacier, near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonia region of Argentina, last year
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2026
Tech companies look to Argentina’s windswept Patagonia to build massive data centers
Investors are enticed by Patagonia’s cool temperatures, renewable energy, shale gas and empty stretches of land.
A steel sculpture of communist revolutionary Che Guevara on the side of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior in Havana.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2026
Will Latin America embrace guerrilla geopolitics?
Latin America, in particular, should consider how to leverage its many strengths to remedy its relatively weak position on the global stage.
A group of detained fishers are transported on a National Police bus from the port of Manta, Ecuador, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2026
Fishers detained, boats destroyed but no charges under U.S. ops in Equador
Joint U.S.-Ecuador counternarcotics operations in the Pacific have seen the destruction of four Ecuadoran vessels since Aug. 28.
Chevron Venezuela President Mariano Vela (left) and Venezuela's oil minister, Paula Henao, shake hands after signing a cooperation agreement at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2026
Chevron CEO says patience pays off in Venezuela oil deal
For two decades, Chevron stayed while all its major peers quit after former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez nationalized foreign assets atop the world’s largest oil reserves.
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under escort as he heads toward a courthouse in New York on Jan. 5
WORLD
Sep 3, 2026
Venezuela’s Maduro asserts immunity and urges U.S. judge to dismiss charges
The Venezuelan leader has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges and is scheduled to go on trial on June 1, 2027, if his effort to dismiss the case is unsuccessful.
ByteDance’s data center under construction at the Pecem Industrial and Port Complex in Ceara, Brazil, in May
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2026
Reviled in the U.S., data centers win support in Brazil’s presidential election
Both Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are making data centers central to their pitches to bolster the economy.
Deforestation from illegal mining in the Tambopata National Reserve
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2026
Peru is losing a battle against illegal gold mining in its rainforests
Even when operations to disrupt illegal gold mines go according to plan, it’s only a matter of days before miners return, said a federal prosecutor involved in the operations.
A gas flare burns at the Cardon refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Center, as years of underinvestment, equipment failures and shortages have hampered fuel production in Venezuela, in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, on May 6.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2026
Trump’s Venezuela deal leaves $100 billion question unanswered
The White House hasn’t explained where the $100 billion in expected investment for a new oil venture in Venezuela is supposed to come from.
An oil refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration’s highly unusual deal to develop Venezuela’s vast oil resources would have the U.S. government collaborate with an influential and polarizing Venezuelan businessman.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2026
Trump’s Venezuela oil grab reprises industry’s neocolonial past
The U.S. exerted outsize power over Latin America and its natural resources through much of the 20th century, stirring popular unrest, coup d’etats and the erosion of democracy.
Tankers anchor near Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's Jose terminal, in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, on Aug. 9.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2026
Venezuela weighs OPEC exit as U.S. discusses oil fields stake
Caracas’ potential separation would be a victory for U.S. President Donald Trump, a long-time critic of the oil cartel.
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Tomoka Nishiyama to become first woman to enter kishi shogi ranks
Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama, who holds four women’s titles, speaks at a news conference about her decision to become a <i>kishi</i> in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Monday.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month&#039;s World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
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