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Brazil’s Lula Meets Trump at White House. Three-Hour Talk, Canceled Press Briefing, Deadlines — a Win For Both?

Lula & Trump met for three hours, canceled the joint press conference, agreed on a 30-day tariff deadline, and left Washington with exactly what each needed — a diplomatic win neither could fully explain in public

By Dionys Duroc

/ 9 May 2026

Brazil’s Lula Meets Trump at White House. Three-Hour Talk, Canceled Press Briefing, Deadlines — a Win For Both?

Brazil’s Lula Goes to Washington. The Meeting Will Test Washington’s New Security Alliance in Latin America

Lula goes to Washington on Thursday with rare earths, gang designation threats, and EU-Mercosur on the table. Will the meeting make or break Lula’s presidential hopes in October?

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Brazil’s Lula Goes to Washington. The Meeting Will Test Washington’s New Security Alliance in Latin America

Trump-Xi Summit in China Next Week as Washington Regains Foothold in Latin America. But Beijing Isn’t Going Quietly

Trump dismantled three of the four threats the Donroe Doctrine identified in Latin America. The fourth may not have a seat at the table in Beijing next week

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Trump-Xi Summit in China Next Week as Washington Regains Foothold in Latin America. But Beijing Isn’t Going Quietly

Leaked Audio Recordings Reveal Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Allegedly Plotting Anti-Left Media War Across Latin America — With Argentine Money

Leaked audio recordings purport to show Trump-pardoned ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández coordinating with Honduras’s sitting government to fund a covert anti-left media operation across Latin America — allegedly with Milei’s money. The recordings have not been independently authenticated

By Dionys Duroc

/ 30 Apr 2026

Leaked Audio Recordings Reveal Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Allegedly Plotting Anti-Left Media War Across Latin America — With Argentine Money

USMCA is Up for Renewal July 1 — and Washington is Not Playing Nice

The USMCA — the agreement that governs how the United States, Mexico, and Canada do business — must be renewed by July 1. Washington isn’t playing nice. And Latin America is watching what happens next

By Dionys Duroc

/ 28 Apr 2026

USMCA is Up for Renewal July 1 — and Washington is Not Playing Nice

The Donroe Doctrine: How Trump is Remaking Latin America — and What it Means for the Hemisphere

The fall of Maduro. CIA operations in Mexico. Pentagon memo leaks. U.S. troops in Argentina. Tech billionaires in Buenos Aires. Cuba’s blockade. FTO threats aimed at Brazil. This is not a collection of individual foreign policy decisions. It is a doctrine — and Washington named it

By Dionys Duroc

/ 28 Apr 2026

The Donroe Doctrine: How Trump is Remaking Latin America — and What it Means for the Hemisphere

Pentagon Memo Reopens Falklands Dispute — and Argentina’s Milei is Ready to Pounce

For four decades, U.S. support for British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands was one of the fixed coordinates of the South Atlantic’s geopolitical order. A leaked Pentagon memo, a Trump ally in Buenos Aires & the fallout from the Iran war put it all in doubt

By Dionys Duroc

/ 25 Apr 2026

Pentagon Memo Reopens Falklands Dispute — and Argentina’s Milei is Ready to Pounce

Peru in Crisis: A Stalled F-16 Deal, Two Cabinet Resignations & a New Impeachment Threat — Six Weeks Before the Runoff

Peru is on its ninth president in a decade. A $3.5 billion U.S. arms deal just collapsed the cabinet. The election count is still disputed & a presidential runoff is six weeks away. This is what a decade of institutional collapse looks like in real time

By Dionys Duroc

/ 23 Apr 2026

Peru in Crisis: A Stalled F-16 Deal, Two Cabinet Resignations & a New Impeachment Threat — Six Weeks Before the Runoff

Colombia’s Petro Warns of Latin American “Rebellion” Against U.S. at Barcelona Democracy Summit

At a progressive summit in Barcelona, Colombia’s outgoing president invoked the Spanish colonial era to warn Trump that Washington’s approach to the region is creating the conditions for “rebellion.” The warning is real, but the messenger is complicated

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 Apr 2026

Colombia’s Petro Warns of Latin American “Rebellion” Against U.S. at Barcelona Democracy Summit

U.S. Orders Brazilian Federal Police Agent to Leave the Country Over Ramagem Affair

Washington accused the Brazilian officer embedded with ICE in Miami of manipulating the U.S. immigration system to pursue political ends. The Trump administration is now expelling him

By Sociedad Media

/ 20 Apr 2026

U.S. Orders Brazilian Federal Police Agent to Leave the Country Over Ramagem Affair

Latin America’s Economy in 2026: Which Countries Are Growing, Which Are Not — and What it Means for Latin Americans

The World Bank & the IMF both released their latest economic reports this week. Here is what they actually say — in plain language

By Dionys Duroc

/ 16 Apr 2026

Latin America’s Economy in 2026: Which Countries Are Growing, Which Are Not — and What it Means for Latin Americans

The Hormuz Shock & Latin America: What the Iran War Has Cost the Region — and What Tonight’s Deadline Changes

The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has produced the largest oil supply disruption since the 1970s. Latin America is not a bystander. Brazil is winning, Chile is exposed, Venezuela is constrained — and tonight’s Trump deadline could change everything

By Dionys Duroc

/ 7 Apr 2026

The Hormuz Shock & Latin America: What the Iran War Has Cost the Region — and What Tonight’s Deadline Changes