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#washingtonpost.com. × Brazil court convicts ex-lawmaker in murder of politician Marielle Franco. The 2018 assassination of rights activist and Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco, a rising star in Brazilian politics, reverberated worldwide.

#washingtonpost.com. × First major protests since capture of Maduro test Venezuela’s new leader. Scenes from a Youth Day march in Caracas, where demonstrators demanded that acting president Delcy Rodríguez release political prisoners.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump says he’s reopening Venezuelan airspace and Americans may visit. Venezuelan officials welcomed the announcement, which followed the U.S. capture this month of their president, Nicolás Maduro.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump administration eases barriers for U.S. firms to sell Venezuelan oil. The Treasury Department announced a general license authorizing U.S. firms to trade Venezuelan oil after Caracas approved a law to improve terms for foreign investors.

#washingtonpost.com. × Friction emerges between Trump and Venezuelan opposition over Machado’s return. The administration may prefer reliability over democracy in Caracas, worrying advocates for opposition leader María Corina Machado.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump threatens to raise tariffs on South Korea to 25%. President Trump said he would raise import levies for American buyers of South Korean cars, lumber, pharmaceuticals and other items, despite a deal reached in July.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Trump ups the ante in Venezuela standoff. The White House’s campaign of military pressure on Venezuela seems to be intensifying, yet there’s little clarity on its end goal.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump’s Venezuela war threats roil Latin American leaders. President Trump’s tough approach to Latin America has showered rewards on some leaders. For others, it’s an unwelcome return to the long history of U.S. intervention.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order. High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.

#washingtonpost.com. × If Trump attacked Venezuela, these sites could become targets. U.S. forces could pursue a range of options as targets, from Venezuelan military bases to cocaine refinery labs or clandestine airstrips, according to former U.S. and Venezuelan military officials.

#washingtonpost.com. × Venezuela orders massive mobilization as U.S. aircraft carrier approaches. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said that Venezuela would put the entire country’s military arsenal at the ready, including its militia and almost 200,000 soldiers.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes. The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 days

#washingtonpost.com. × Before DOGE, Argentina’s Javier Milei took a chainsaw to his government. In an interview with The Washington Post, Milei celebrated Elon Musk’s embrace of his chainsaw, calling it “an emblem of the new golden era of humanity.”

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump’s aid freeze hampers anti-narcotics programs in Latin America. The aid freeze has upended anti-narcotics efforts in Latin America, with programs in Colombia, Mexico, and Ecuador affected.

#washingtonpost.com. × Rubio says South African ambassador to U.S. ‘no longer welcome’. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called South Africa’s U.S. ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, “a race-baiting politician who hates America” and declared him persona non grata.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump says he’s ending Venezuela oil deal. Trump’s announcement marked an abrupt reversal of his administration’s outreach to President Nicolás Maduro.

#washingtonpost.com. × Argentina to withdraw from World Health Organization, following Trump. President Javier Milei’s office announced that Argentina will exit the WHO and ban gender-affirming care for minors, mirroring two recent Trump executive orders.

#washingtonpost.com. × DHS to end temporary protection for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans. Kristi Noem’s decision to end temporary protective status for a large group of Venezuelans puts them at risk of being forced to return to the autocratic regime they fled.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump to send Venezuelans back to Maduro’s repressive state. An agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro will allow the deportation of hundreds of thousands back to the authoritarian socialist regime many have fled.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump envoy flies to Caracas to meet with Maduro. A State Department official said Venezuela must take back “Venezuelan criminals and gangs” and release American “hostages” immediately.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump deported 200 Colombians. None were criminals, Colombian officials say.. Among the deportees who arrived back home Tuesday in Colombia were two pregnant women and more than 20 children.

#washingtonpost.com. × Countries refusing deportees could hinder Trump’s immigration plans. Among the obstacles for Trump’s mass deportation campaign are the countries refusing to take back their undocumented migrants.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump orders sanctions on Colombia after it refuses deportation flights. Trump retaliates with steep tariffs and immediately revokes visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president says his country will not accept U.S. deportation flights.

#washingtonpost.com. × 80 killed in Colombia’s deadliest wave of violence since peace accords. The unusually deadly violence delivers a devastating blow to the “total peace” program of the country’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro.

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