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• The Americas2026-10-15✓ Read

  Why do political prisoners still languish in Venezuela’s jails?

  America may see value in permitting it

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• The Americas2026-10-15✓ Read

  Brazil’s gambling wars are only just beginning

  A country that loves to wager is wrestling with the cost

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• The Americas2026-10-15✓ Read

  Entrepreneurs in Cuba are snapping up American fuels

  Donald Trump’s blockade of the island is starting to have curious effects

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• The Americas2026-10-08✓ Read

  Latin America has caught motorcycle fever

  They are cheap, nimble and provide employment, but at a deadly cost

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• The Americas2026-10-08✓ Read

  The investment frenzy gripping Paraguay

  But corruption and poor infrastructure may hold growth back

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• The Americas2026-10-08✓ Read

  Brazil falls into MAGA’s orbit

  The Bolsonaro clan and its allies have swept the country’s general election

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• The Americas2026-10-05✓ Read

  El Boletín newsletter: Get ready for Bolsonaro the sequel

  Ana Lankes, our Brazil bureau chief, on how a family plagued by scandal staged a comeback in Brazil

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• The Americas2026-10-05✓ Read

  The Bolsonaro comeback in Brazil

  Voters are all but sure to make Flávio Bolsonaro the next president

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• The Americas2026-10-01✓ Read

  The world’s busiest migration route has gone quiet

  Donald Trump’s immigration curbs have changed the movement of people throughout a hemisphere

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• The Americas2026-10-01✓ Read

  A new museum for Mexico’s armed forces prompts a backlash

  Some worry about the army’s ever expanding role in the state

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• The Americas2026-09-30✓ Read

  For the first time Latin Americans prefer China to America

  Donald Trump’s interventions are unpopular, but tough talk on security resonates

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• The Americas2026-09-24✓ Read

  The dictator’s laboratory: Nayib Bukele is pushing AI hard

  He hopes it will improve health care and education, and buoy up his popularity

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• The Americas2026-09-23✓ Read

  The love-in between Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez

  Their rapport bodes ill for Venezuelan democracy

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• The Americas2026-09-18✓ Read

  Mark Carney hopes to redirect Canada’s economy around Donald Trump

  His Europe trip was one part of a bigger plan

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• The Americas2026-09-17✓ Read

  Brazil’s gangsters: less murder, more money

  Crime is softer, but it affects more Brazilians than ever before

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• The Americas2026-09-17✓ Read

  Jamaica’s churches have become climate activists

  They are powerful, conservative, and green

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