In July 1971, Chile nationalised its copper mines, owned by US multinationals Kennecott and Anaconda, without compensating ...

This past weekend, Bad Bunny kicked off his first shows of 2026 with the Debi Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour stop in Santiago, ...

Across the Americas, control of copper and oil has shaped coups, interventions and the struggle for economic sovereignty.

For much of its history, the U S has engaged in various efforts to influence or change the regimes of other nations, either ...

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The US attack on Venezuela is part of a long history of military interventions and political influence by the US in Latin ...

On Jan. 3, 2026, President Donald Trump authorized an attack on Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize no doubt fueled his decision to launch an unprovoked invasion of ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize no doubt fueled his decision to launch an unprovoked invasion of ...

When Chávez was undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba, where he died surrounded by Babalaos or witch doctors of the Afro-Cuban ...

JACOBO ÁRBENZ GUZMAN, deposed as President of Guatemala in 1954 by a CIA-orchestrated coup d’etat; Salvador Allende, ...

Since the Cold War, the United States has conducted over half a dozen military interventions in Latin America.