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US President Donald Trump unveiled a new national security blueprint on Friday, prioritising US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Photo: EPA
China-Latin America relations

Trump’s national security blueprint aims to combat China’s rise in Latin America

Framework pledges to stop competitors from threatening the stability and political alignment of neighbouring countries in the region.

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Honduras

Trump favourite edges ahead in Honduras vote as opponent calls foul

US military

US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order in Caribbean boat strike

Venezuela

With US warships near, Venezuela’s Maduro describes call with Trump

Phone call occurred amid a massive US military build-up in the region and deadly strikes on alleged drug vessels.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looks through binoculars during a rally in Caracas on Monday. Photo EPA
China-Latin America relations

China unlikely to aid Maduro if US acts, but may benefit from fallout: analysts

Beijing condemns US pressure on Caracas but offers limited support, prioritising its economic interests and long-term gains.

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Honduras

Honduras TV host widens lead over Trump-backed rival for president

Donald Trump, who has backed Nasry Asfura, has alleged election fraud without evidence.

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US-Cuba relations

Cuba starts restoring power to Havana, as millions suffer blackouts

A failed transmission line connecting Havana to Cuba’s largest power plant in Matanzas triggered the morning blackout.

A man walks on the street during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, last month. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump says any country trafficking drugs into US could be attacked

In response to the threat, Colombia’s Petro says his nation destroys drug labs ‘without missiles’ and warns Trump not to ‘awake the Jaguar’.

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Venezuela

Pope Leo urges Trump not to attempt military ousting of Venezuela’s Maduro

The first US pontiff spent long years as a cleric in Peru and is familiar with Latin America.

Donald Trump

Ex-Honduran president freed from US prison after Trump pardon for drug crimes

While in prison, Hernandez wrote to Trump calling him ‘Your Excellency’ and referring to their ‘shared values’.

Juan Orlando Hernandez being escorted by Honduran police officers in 2022. Photo: AFP
United States

White House defends ‘double-tap’ US attack on alleged drug boat as lawful

US military operation on September 2 killed 11 people, including those who survived the initial strike, raising accusations of a possible war crime.

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An image from a US military video shows a precision strike destroying a vessel in international waters on September 2, 2025. Photo: US Department of Defence via TNS
Brazil

Teen mauled to death after climbing into lion enclosure at Brazil zoo

Authorities say 19-year-old Gerson de Melo Machado, who had mental health struggles, scaled a six-metre wall to enter the enclosure.

Brazil

Brazil’s central bank chief says China’s low-cost imports have eased inflation

Gabriel Galipolo confirms imports from China have grown while their prices have fallen, easing inflation in Brazil in the short term.

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Taiwan

Will the St Vincent election cost Taiwan another Caribbean ally?

Taiwan downplays concerns that Kingstown could flip ties to Beijing while eyeing polls in Honduras, where Taipei-friendly candidates lead.

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Godwin Friday (left), the new prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, leads the New Democratic Party, which has long advocated changing recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Photo: Handout
Donald Trump

Trump confirms call with Venezuela’s Maduro as US military piles pressure

The revelation of the phone call comes as the Trump administration weighs its next steps in the Caribbean.

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Skydivers get revved to perform in the Industrial Aviation Expo in Maracay, Venezuela on Saturday. Photo: AP
Honduras

Trump interference in Honduran election stokes division, voters say

Trump endorsed the conservative candidate and then announced the pardon of an ex-president sentenced to 45 years in a US prison for cocaine smuggling.

Venezuela

Venezuela airspace should be considered ‘closed in its entirety’, Trump says

The South American nation slammed the US president’s ‘colonialist threat’, and said his comments were incompatible with international law.

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Donald Trump

Trump says he’ll pardon ex-Honduras president serving US prison sentence

Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in 2024 on drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years behind bars.

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft for extradition to the US at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in April 2022. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Trump spoke with Venezuela’s Maduro, discussed meeting in US, report says

The US has deployed the world’s largest aircraft to the Caribbean, sparking fears that it is seeking regime change in Caracas.

Peru

Peru ex-president Castillo sentenced to over 11 years in prison

Pedro Castillo joins a growing list of former leaders jailed in the South American country.

Venezuela

Is the US preparing to invade Venezuela, or sabre-rattling to make a deal?

Largest Caribbean military build-up since the Cuban Missile Crisis leaves observers guessing if the US show of force is a prelude to action or a threat.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar’s ‘Sword of Peru’ during a military ceremony in Caracas on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

Top court closes the case against Brazil’s far-right former president, who was convicted of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

Jair Bolsonaro is seen through the door of the Federal Police headquarters, where he is imprisoned, in Brasilia on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Obituaries

Jimmy Cliff, reggae icon and ‘cultural giant’, dies at 81

The Jamaican singer, along with Bob Marley, popularised reggae, ska and rocksteady. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Donald Trump

US labels Venezuelan group terrorists amid massive military build-up

Venezuela rejects US terrorist designation as a ‘ridiculous lie’ aimed at paving the way for an ‘illegitimate’ US military intervention.

United States

Opinion | Venezuela? Trump’s real aim could be laying claim to the western hemisphere

In the aftermath of American exceptionalism, Trump and Xi could form respective ‘greater areas’, each ordered by their own nation’s political and legal norms.

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A T-shirt worn by a Maduro supporter at a rally against US military activity in the Caribbean, in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on October 30. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS
Climate change

Cop30 seals uneasy climate deal that sidesteps fossil fuels

The EU had pressed for language on the move away from fossil fuels but faced stiff resistance from Arab Group nations including Saudi Arabia.

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Activists call for the end of the use of fossil fuels at the Cop30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday. Photo: AP
Brazil

Brazil’s Bolsonaro’s arrested amid escape plot fears

Supreme Court Justice orders arrest, confirming Bolsonaro showed intent to ‘break his ankle monitor’ in clear attempt to escape and flee Brazil.

United States

Trump inflames California over oil drilling plan for Pacific coast

California Governor Newsom vows to fight ‘idiotic’ move, which reverses decades of federal protection of the world-famous coastline.

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