Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s new Latin American oligarch
The Venezuelan businessman, under investigation in Switzerland and Spain, is the key to the oil agreement with Delcy Rodríguez’s regime
US launches new military alliance with Colombia
The head of Southern Command visited the country to formalize the renewed cooperation between Washington and the government of Abelardo de la Espriella
The Shield of the Americas, a major opportunity if built well
Daniel Ortega suspends this year’s elections and extends his mandate until 2028
Conservative US gays drop the T for trans people: ‘We are an LGB organization’
The Log Cabin Republicans organization excludes transsexual rights from their field of action
US government and survivors of Bavispe cartel massacre dispute $1.2 million property seized from El Mencho’s son-in-law
The survivors and relatives of victims of the shooting attack are seeking a luxury residence and other assets seized from CJNG capo Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa as compensation
Judge in Charlie Kirk murder case orders trial and clears way for possible death penalty
Prosecutors charge Tyler James Robinson with aggravated murder, punishable by death in Utah, arguing he fired into a crowd and endangered thousands of people
Somali pirates demonstrate growing strength with new ship hijackings
Aided by a confluence of crises at home, in the Red Sea and in Hormuz, Somali groups have captured six ships since April in the biggest uptick in activity in years
Jacqueline Harpman, the writer who made gender a literary problem, reemerges as a TikTok phenomenon
María Ovelar
‘Orlanda,’ the novel that inverts Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ and won the Belgian writer the Médicis in 1996, is being reissued in Spanish
The three witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado’s death are free as the case moves toward a grand jury
The district attorney in the Texas county where the Mexican migrant was killed says he hopes to reinterview the passengers who witnessed the shooting, including Salgado’s brother Víctor, now that they are out of detention and can speak freely without fear of being monitored
Oil, the most sensitive issue in Venezuelan politics
The agreement announced by Donald Trump has sparked widespread unease in a country with a deeply rooted sense of ownership over its natural resources
Paula Ortiz Couder, the engineer who provides safety for humans going to the Moon: ‘What isn’t hostile in space?’
As a child she was expected to follow the family tradition on the tennis courts, but now she is a NASA safety expert tasked with transporting astronauts to the lunar surface
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys: From a secret romance exposed by a burglary to TV’s ultimate power couple
In Hollywood, where every relationship seems destined to make headlines, they have managed to keep theirs largely out of the spotlight
The women who dress their boyfriends as John Kennedy Jr. on TikTok
A new level of obsession with the golden couple of late 1990s Manhattan now goes beyond emulating Carolyn Bessette’s style to trying to turn partners and husbands into copies of the ‘Prince of America’
A Cuban theater group’s defiance against censorship: ‘We will no longer submit’
Tired of oversight and institutional suffocation, the members of El Ciervo Encantado, a benchmark of Cuban performance, have broken away from the state apparatus and are continuing their work in independent venues
Kareem Rahma, the artist who failed several times before creating ‘SubwayTakes,’ the first social media talk show nominated for an Emmy
Meta’s legal woes are only just beginning, lawyers for affected families warn: ‘Our campaign to secure justice continues’
The tech giant still faces two major fronts in court: lawsuits brought by individual victims and claims from school districts
Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen disappear from the latest US famine reports: ‘Trump is politicizing the analysis’
Egg freezing gains traction among elite athletes: ‘There aren’t enough studies on how it affects them’
AI swarms turn on their creators: ‘It’s the first incident that has made my stomach churn’
Trump administration faces a major financial battle in the bond market
The Treasury is seeking unconventional ways to contain rising interest rates, with consequences for both Wall Street and ordinary Americans, as markets await Friday’s Jackson Hole gathering
Mexico falls behind in the new global oil map
Mexico watches US–Canada trade tension with uncertainty
After six months of war, Washington has failed to strangle Iran’s economy
Angélique Kidjo, the artist who changed how the world listens to Africa, now has a star in Hollywood
The first Black African artist to be recognized on the Walk of Fame has spent more than four decades proving that her continent’s music never needed to adapt in order to be universal
Lack of self-esteem and poor mental health: Why Vincent Van Gogh didn’t always put his name on his work
The Dutch artist only signed 15% of his 840 known paintings
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
Erin Brockovich is back: The activist Hollywood turned into a heroine is now taking on Meta and Google
Lidia A. Costa
Enrique Serna, author: ‘As a child, I had nightmares about being taken to the sacrificial stone’
The Mexican writer returns to historical fiction with a new novel that will be published this fall
Work & Lifestyle
Victoria Bodean, the mother with cerebral palsy showing the world how to overcome disability barriers
From endless scrolling to going back to an ex: Why we keep doing things we know aren’t good for us
From Capri to Biarritz, a photographic journey capturing the carefree life of the beach
Claude Nori
Tracing fictional crimes (and a very real one) through the streets of Paris
Celebrities, Movies & TV
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Elías Jaua, former Venezuelan vice president: ‘After Chávez’s death, there was no referee, and we tore into each other’
Darializa Ávila Chevalier, the Afro-Latina socialist with one foot in Congress: ‘We need an economic system that gives people dignity’
Ceuta, the month that broke a city
Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister and an artist exhibiting in Paris and New York
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Readers who sign up will receive a 15-day free trial of the online classes, which are adapted to a student’s specific needs
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