China Spares No Expense For Latin America and Caribbean Ties

Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has cultivated close ties with Brazil, which it sees as a prime candidate to co-lead the Global South in an emerging multipolar world. Beijing is now the top trading partner for the South...

South American Forests Still Lament the Lost Mastodon Gardeners

A vanished giant still shapes the fate of South America’s woods. New fossil clues show that when the mastodon disappeared ten millennia ago, it carried off the only courier service many tree species ever had—leaving today’s forests to wrestle with...

Venezuela: From fraudulent elections to clandestine elections

The parliamentary and regional elections held on May 25 in Venezuela were marked by a critical combination of structural irregularities, institutional opacity, and extremely high voter abstention—an expression of the deepening autocratic drift the...

Minister of State Coye Clarifies Pension Proposal as Gov’t Seeks Union Agreement

As it relates to pension, Minister Coye explained that there has been a misunderstanding, of sorts, when it comes to the contributory pension. The contributory pension is part of the second round of proposals by the government to the joint unions....

Government Office Complex is progressing under strict scrutiny and in full compliance with highest standards of public accountability

Dear Editor, I write in my capacity as Minister of Public Works to categorically reject the baseless, misleading, and politically motivated assertions made by MP Annette Ferguson in her letter published on June 18, 2025, in Sta-broek News...

Colombia’s Child Sicarios Echo Escobar Era in Digital Age Recruiting

A single teenager squeezing a trigger at a Bogotá rally has torn Colombia’s fragile calm away. The alleged hitman is fifteen. His target, Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, still fights for life. Behind both lies a market where childhood is merchandise....

How one South American country has held on to its Indigenous language

If you walk down the street in Paraguay, you will hear people speaking Spanish, the official language of most of the countries of Latin America. But, particularly if you are in the countryside, you will also hear something else: Guaraní. It’s one...

‘We’re part of the Jalisco Cartel’: Mexico concerned by influx of Colombian mercenaries

Somewhere in a remote corner of Mexico, a man recounts his life in the service of the “four letters,” a nickname he uses to refer to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the largest criminal organizations in Latin America. The former...

The Venezuelan Regime Campaigns to Cover Up Its Human Rights Abuses

By Civic Media Observatory This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. On May 25, 2025, Venezuela held regional and parliamentary elections in a government effort to demonstrate...

Venezuelan president urges world Jews to restrain Netanyahu, wanted by international court

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged Jews around the world to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, since last Friday, has been leading a wide-scale assault on Iran, describing him as a war criminal wanted by the...

Colombia’s Congress approves historic labor reform, Petro withdraws referendum

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro withdrew a referendum on Friday after Congress approved much of the labor reform that was initially shelved by a Senate commission. Both houses of the Congress approved the labor reform bill hours before going on...

When drug lords exploit poverty and youth: Four decades of child hitmen in Colombia

A 14-year-old Colombian teenager demonstrated his capacity for reckless killing last Saturday. He shot senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay multiple times during a rally in Bogotá. The politician’s body, his heart still beating,...

Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami Welcomes Foreign Guests At Bhararisain

CM highlights the uniqueness of Uttarakhand among foreign delegates. Prime Minister’s special vision for the AYUSH and Wellness sector Uttarakhand is being developed as a global hub of Yoga. On the eve of International Yoga Day, Chief Minister...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is accused of acting like a repressive leftist dictator who tolerates no dissent and steals elections

African, Caribbean Leaders To Headline Afreximbank’s 32nd Annual Meeting In Abuja

The 32nd Annual Meeting (AAM2025) of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is expected to bring together an influential coalition of global, African and CARICOM leaders in Abuja, Nigeria from 25–27 June 2025. The high-level forum will focus on...

Colombia government to withdraw call for labour referendum after lawmakers back reform

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro stands on the day of the inauguration of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who was reelected for a second term, in Quito, Ecuador, May 24, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo A referendum to seek voter approval...

Refuerzan la seguridad de seis precandidatos presidenciales y un dirigente de partido en Colombia

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El Gobierno de Colombia reforzó la seguridad de seis precandidatos presidenciales y un dirigente de partido, después del atentado que el 7 de junio sufrió el senador y precandidato Miguel Uribe Turbay, informó...

Philip Simon, Royal Caribbean

The Rotary Club of East Nassau had a special guest presenter today, Friday 20th June 2025, Philip Simon, President of the Royal Caribbean Group. Philip updated the members on the progress of the Royal Beach Club on Paradise Island, The Bahamas....

DA lifts ban on poultry shipments from Brazil

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) will lift the ban on poultry imports from Brazil following the South American country’s declaration that it is bird flu-free. “Yes, as long as they declare it with WOAH (World Organization...

Fearing arrest, Venezuelan migrant gives up on US dream

A Venezuelan woman who went through hell to emigrate to America is going back to her troubled homeland, saying that living in fear is no life at all. Deisy -- who declined to give her last name for safety concerns -- will uproot her three...