Ecuador Reelects Trump-Friendly Daniel Noboa President
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa was reelected for a 4-year term in a runoff election Sunday, defeating establishment socialist candidate Luisa González.

President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa was reelected for a 4-year term in a runoff election Sunday, defeating establishment socialist candidate Luisa González.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had one mission on his trip to Panama — to secure a deal to get “first and free” passage for U.S. ships in the Panama Canal, a critical waterway for the United States’ economy and military that was at risk of falling under China’s control.
Incumbent President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa and establishment socialist candidate Luisa González on Thursday closed their respective campaigns ahead of Sunday’s highly polarized runoff election.
Nicaragua’s communist regime announced on Thursday that it wants to rejoin South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after having recently withdrawn from it due to its “high financial cost.”
The top prosecutor leading the investigation into the deadliest bombing in Argentina’s history requested an arrest warrant for Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this week, identifying him as a key mastermind of the attack.
Officials in the Dominican Republic said on Thursday the death toll from Tuesday’s tragic collapse of a popular nightclub has grown to over 200 people.
Former Cuban judge Juana Orquídea Acanda was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and faces deportation for hiding her links to the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), Cuba-focused outlets reported on Wednesday.
Nicaragua is forcing the nation’s Catholic priests to present themselves at local police stations weekly for questioning and submitting their homilies for review, the online Catholic outlet The Pillar reported on Wednesday.
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday raised El Salvador’s travel rating from Level Two to Level One, the safest rating for American travelers.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua acknowledged the “weight” that remittances sent from abroad have on the economic growth of the country, the newspaper Confidencial reported on Tuesday.
Beijing accused U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of “maliciously attacking” China and sabotaging its relationship with Panama during his official visit to the Central American nation.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and World Series champion Octavio Dotel was reportedly pulled from the rubble of a collapsed Dominican nightclub on Tuesday.
Comptroller General of Panama Anel Flores on Monday announced that he would file a criminal complaint against Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, on accusations of breach of contract over the two ports it manages at the Panama Canal.
Cuba is threatening the nation’s inhabitants with fines and other legal sanctions if they are caught using the “illegal” Starlink satellite service.
Puerto Rico has agreed to comply with a mandate from the DOE barring racial discrimination and DEI practices in K-12 schools.
Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro thanked God for the election of President Donald Trump in a rally speech on Sunday.
Nicaragua’s communist regime announced over the weekend that it withdrew from South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) due to its “high financial cost.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is heading to Panama City, Panama, on Monday, for a two-day visit to attend the 2025 Central American Security Conference and meet with American troops stationed there.
Leonel Moreno, the now-deported Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who taught other illegal migrants how to break into American homes on social media, will be prosecuted for “hate crimes” and child exploitation, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced on Thursday.
President Javier Milei announced that Argentina will readjust its regulations to meet the requirements of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Thousands of Haitian citizens marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to protest escalating gang violence.
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced on Wednesday that he received an invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the White House on April 14, 2025.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil demanded on Wednesday that the international community “put on their pants” and act to “free” the Venezuelan illegal migrants detained in El Salvador.
President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa said on Tuesday that he asked President Donald Trump in a private meeting for U.S. military operations to combat drug trafficking in the South American nation.
Two Kenyan police officers were seriously injured in battles with Haitian street gangs this week, while an officer who went missing last week has reportedly been killed – the second fatality in Kenya’s peacekeeping deployment to gang-ravaged Haiti.
President of Argentina Javier Milei will travel to the United States on Wednesday evening to receive the “Make America Great Again” award at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Argentine media reported on Tuesday.
Argentina’s poverty rate fell from 52.9 to 38.1 percent during the second half of 2024, per the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodríguez on Monday called for foreign oil and gas companies to maintain operations in Venezuela despite the impending termination of licenses granted by the United States during the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden.
The Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa reported on Monday that the communist regime turned the seized Episcopal Curia of Matagalpa into the location of a social security-affiliated company and stole all of the relics housed therein.
Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, who will soon stand trial on charges of trying to poison radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this weekend that a possible prison sentence would mark the “end of his life.”
Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan illegal migrant “TikTok influencer” who used the Chinese tech platform to teach migrants how to break into American homes and “squat” there, was deported to Caracas in the early midnight hours of Friday.
Brazilian Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet requested that the nation’s top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), drop charges on Thursday against conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro on accusations of falsifying a Wuhan coronavirus vaccine card to enter the United States.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem met with far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro and other local government officials in Bogotá on Thursday evening to discuss security, the fight against drug trafficking, migration, and the repatriation of illegal Colombian migrants in the United States.
A study conducted by Cuban economist and demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos revealed that Cuba is experiencing a “demographic emptying,” resulting in 24 percent of its population leaving the country in the past four years, the Spanish news agency EFE reported on Tuesday.
Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly plotting to poison current radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and stage a “coup” following his narrow defeat in the 2022 presidential election, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) unanimously ruled on Wednesday.
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday hammered his Liberal rival Mark Carney for taking a sweetheart $250 million loan from a state-owned Chinese bank.
President of Peru Dina Boluarte on Tuesday evening called for new general elections to be held on Sunday, April 12, 2026, to end the “period of instability” in the South American nation.
China on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump’s imposition of secondary tariffs on countries purchasing Venezuelan oil and called for the U.S. to cease its “interference” in the South American nation.
Kevin Cabrera, President Donald Trump’s nomination as the next U.S. ambassador to Panama, said Tuesday during his confirmation hearing in Congress that China’s influence in Panama extends beyond the canal’s ports.
Socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro on Monday evening issued comments condemning President Donald Trump’s imposition of secondary tariffs on countries purchasing Venezuelan oil.