All news on the topic: Latin America

Venezuela is set to reveal a $240bn debt pile, much higher than previously thought, as the country embarks on the biggest sovereign restructuring in history following the US removal of Nicolás Maduro.

The energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been a serious challenge for the transition to renewable energy sources.

Ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections, the country has faced an unprecedented wave of Kremlin-backed disinformation.

The enthusiastic voice on the phone gave us directions the way people in many parts of Latin America do: “Go past the flower market”.

After a period of relative silence, reports are again surfacing tying Dmytro Rukin to suspicious financial operations.

In the wake of a scandal that erupted two years ago, involving Dmytro Rukin, the head of the SettlePay and 4Bill payment systems, Rukin quietly retreated from public view.

A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.

On July 16, 2024, seven Russian operatives arrived in La Paz, Bolivia’s political capital.

He was merely a pawn. Beginning in 2019, Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike became a "little telegraph operator" in the service of Russian propaganda in his country.

The US Navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.

A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to a second prison term for money laundering and corruption linked to bribes he received from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

While headlines and political speeches have focused predominately on Tren de Aragua, another criminal group from Venezuela has expanded its operations in Latin America, leaving a quieter but no less violent mark than the more famous Venezuelan gang.

For the second time in a year, an abandoned narco-submarine has washed ashore in the Solomon Islands, baffling authorities and residents alike.

Forbidden Stories with its partners at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and five media outlets in Latin America and Europe will be publishing investigations on Paraguay. Three of the stories seek to continue the leads that murdered Paraguayan journalists were following.

According to sources who prefer to remain anonymous, the hackers are encountering difficulties purchasing cryptocurrency through Brazilian OTC desks.

The U.S. classifies eight Latin American crime groups as terrorist organizations, citing security threats, but Mexico disputes this.

Record-breaking cocaine seizures in Portugal in 2024 have cemented the country’s status as a crucial axis in drug trafficking routes into Europe.

A sign on the doorway said “For rent” and the house’s lights were out. But the assault team were convinced a group of armed gang members lurked inside and they were determined to smoke them out.

A violent gang that most likely originated in a Venezuelan prison in 2012 has, in just over a decade, grown into Latin America’s “most disruptive” criminal group and is spreading like cancer throughout the continent.