Latin America

Far-left president of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that Venezuela’s fraudulent July 28 presidential election was “a mistake” due to socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “dark handling” of the dubious results.

The outgoing administration of U.S. President Joe Biden recognized Venezuelan ex-diplomat Edmundo González as “president-elect” of Venezuela for the first time on Tuesday.

The far-left presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico on Monday vowed to strengthen the Latin American “progressive bloc” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

Outgoing President Joe Biden is expected to conclude what will likely be his final major international trip as president this week, leaving Latin America following a series of embarrassing episodes including his bizarre departure into the Amazon Rainforest and G20 organizers omitting him from a group photo of world leaders on Monday.

First lady of Brazil Rosângela Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as “Janja,” swore at Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk over the weekend at a G20 event in which she called for the regulation of social media.

Multiple reports citing anonymous diplomats and others at the G20 summit, which began Monday, shared concern on the part of leftists participating that the incoming administration of American President-elect Donald Trump would effectively freeze any progress on their agendas or invalidate leftist promises in the expected joint statement.

Guatemalan Congressman Héctor Aldana wore a red Trump hat during a Congressional session this week.

Hundreds of Haitians packed their belongings and fled from previously secure districts of Port-au-Prince on Thursday as a running battle broke out between gangsters and police.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping began a week-long tour of South America on Thursday in Peru, where he joined President Dina Boularte to inaugurate a new deep-water port in Chancay that was financed with a $1.3 billion investment from China. 

Argentine President Javier Milei met with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday night at a gala event in which he delivered a blistering speech against Marxism, embracing the president-elect and offering Argentina’s support on foreign policy.

Argentina withdrew its negotiators from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, the third day of the conference.

A federal appeals court in Argentina ruled to uphold the guilty verdict against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on charges of corruption.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice on Tuesday banning all flights to Haiti for at least 30 days following three gun attacks on planes flying to the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina (INDEC) revealed on Tuesday that it had documented an inflation rate of 2.7 percent in the country for October.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Monday agreed to create a “League of Nations,” a bloc of like-minded smaller developing countries with common objectives in security, economy, and other areas.

Brazil ex-president Jair Bolsonaro celebrated President-elect Donald Trump’s victory by filming himself doing Trump’s campaign dance.

A Spirit Airlines flight was battered by gunfire while it attempted to land in Haiti on Monday, leading to an injured flight attendant and a diversion to the Dominican Republic.

Protests against the communist Castro regime in Cuba continued Monday amidst near-endless power blackouts worsened by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit Cuba’s southeastern coast on Sunday.

Bolivian outlets reported this weekend that the nation’s top court, the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP), ruled to uphold the constitution’s public office term limits, barring socialist former president and suspected pedophile Evo Morales from running a fifth time in next year’s election.

The Temple of Satan, an organization seeking to become Latin America’s first Satanic group with legal religious status, is allegedly growing popular in Chile amidst a decline in faith in traditional religions, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

Argentine President Javier Milei will travel to the United States and meet with President-elect Donald Trump.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Wednesday criticized Hispanic Americans who voted for President-elect Donald Trump, claiming that some migrants, once they obtain a legal residence in the United States, “kick the ladder” so that others cannot reach the same position.

Jair Bolsonaro, currently banned from leaving Brazil, said he will request permission to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, joined the host of world leaders congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday for his electoral victory, praying that God will “guide” Trump and describing his win as a “fork in [the road of] human civilization.”

Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced on Tuesday evening the creation of the “World League of Antifascist Parliamentarians,” an anti-U.S. network of leftist lawmakers under the guise of “fighting fascism.”

Latin American heads of state congratulated President-elect Donald Trump for his victory in Tuesday’s presidential election.

Hundreds of people in Miami took to the iconic Calle Ocho, the heart of Little Havana, to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday night, waving American and Cuban flags and dancing in the streets.

Argentine President Javier Milei congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday following his electoral victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, sharing art depicting Trump as a friend of Argentina and vowing to work towards improving the bilateral relationship.

U.S. presidential election billboards featuring former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are covering the Brazilian town of Governador Valadares, local media highlighted on Tuesday.

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro claimed that whoever wins the U.S. presidential election will have to engage in “good faith” dialogue with him.

Granma, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, stated on Sunday that the Castro regime will continue being a “thorn in the side” of the United States regardless of the outcome in Tuesday’s election.

Panama will reportedly start imposing a fine of up to $5,000 on illegal migrants caught crossing through the Darién Gap jungle trail, President José Raúl Mulino announced on Thursday.

Argentine Ambassador to China Marcelo Suarez Salvia claimed to China’s state-run newspaper Global Times on Thursday that the government of President Javier Milei is “willing” to continue engaging with China despite Milei’s staunch opposition to communism.

Urban pacification squads will be deployed to a drug gang-plagued French suburb Friday night after a brawl involving hundereds but no arrests.

Venezuela’s socialist regime recalled its ambassador to Brazil and threatened Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Murillo on Wednesday, further straining its relationship with two of its most sympathetic leftist neighbors.