Latin America Daily Briefing

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned yesterday that any U.S. military action against his country would lead to a “bloodbath” with incalculable consequences for regional peace and stability. He spoke after an Axios report claimed Cuba had acquired more than 300 military drones and had discussed plans to use them to attack the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, US military ve...

Brazil

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro ...

Cuba said it had run out of fuel, a moment that has been building up since the U.S. implemented an effective oil blockade in January of this year. The news means that the country’s ongoing energy crisis, which has meant widespread power outages for most of the day around the country is likely to worsen.

Protests ​broke out Wednesday evening across Havana, where blackout...

Francisco “El Payin” Beltran, a midlevel Sinaloa Cartel operative, was killed in a Mexico City car explosion in March — CNN reported yesterday that the attack was a targeted assassination, facilitated by CIA operations officers. An ex...

Bahamians head to the polls today in a snap election. There are 41 seats up for grabs in the parliamentary vote, which pits the governing Progressive Liberal Party and its leader, Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, against the main opposition Free National Movement and its leader, Michael Pintard. There is also the Coalition of Independents, COI, a third party led by Lincol...