Javier Lafuente

EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime

The former Colombian president analyzes the challenges facing the left in the region following Trump’s return: ‘Wokeism has reduced us to a kind of minority tribalism’

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the opposition politician defends his decision to run in the parliamentary and regional elections and reflects on the strategy to confront Chavismo

Spanish photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza has spent six years completing his work ‘The Gap,’ which sums up, with its turbulent beauty, the drama of this abrupt barrier between two countries and two continents

In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’

Oslo has developed a foreign policy based on facilitating negotiation, having participated in the resolution of more than 40 conflicts worldwide in recent decades

Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and now, Colombia. Five of the most powerful economies on the continent will be in the hands of progressives. A commitment to democracy, feminism and environmentalism marks the new agenda

Chile’s Sebastián Piñera, Dominican Republic’s Luis Abinader and Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso feature in the new data leak. Among the region’s former presidents are Colombia’s Gaviria and Pastrana. In Brazil, the investigation has turned up the names of both the economy minister and the governor of the central bank

A joint investigation by EL PAÍS and Armando.info unveils the inner workings of a scheme involving dozens of individuals and companies that illicitly sold crude and transferred the money through tax havens in a shady multi-million-dollar business

High violence rates, the struggle for judicial independence and a lack of progress with the Havana peace accords collide with a presidential election campaign in 2022

The ‘extreme-centrist’ politician has dealt with several crises during his term, while a peace deal agreed with FARC rebels is slowly implemented. In an interview with EL PAÍS, he talks pandemics, politics and pressuring Nicolás Maduro to go

The leader of the National Assembly, who is recognized as the interim president of Venezuela by 60 countries, reflects on the country's situation after a turbulent year

Speaking from Mexico, to where he fled after stepping down on Sunday amid growing violence over election fraud claims, the former Bolivian president tells EL PAÍS that he is the victim of a coup

The Mexican president has sent a letter to King Felipe VI arguing that saying sorry is the only way to achieve complete reconciliation between both countries

The government of López Obrador is backing a project that will see migrants assimilated in Mexico and the US incentivize private investment in the south of the country

The ultraconservative candidate secured a first-round victory in the presidential election despite a rhetoric filled with sexist, racist and homophobic messages

Mayor of Spanish capital and EL PAÍS editor-in-chief discuss darkness and light in the history of the metropolis

One-time US ally toppled in 1989 invasion had been released from jail, but held in hospital

This year set to be most violent yet of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration

Politician from the ruling PRI fled Veracruz in October after being charged with corruption

Foreign minister says country “will not accept” new proposals before key meeting with US officials

State attorney’s office says $1m bribe was used by Juan Manuel Santos’ campaign manager

New alliance to act as parliamentary watchdog in lead-up to guerrilla group entering Congress

But critics say congressional move bypasses the “popular mandate” that rejected the original agreement

Accord with guerrilla group to be submitted to Congress for approval after failure of October plebiscite