What Spain’s wildfires have stolen from people
Evacuees returning home after fleeing the most devastating blazes in the history of the country find they have lost houses, cars, businesses, gardens and crops
Zapatero, a decade on the edge in Venezuela
Now under investigation back home on influence-peddling and money laundering charges, the ex-prime minister of Spain defends his risky mediation with Chavismo and the opposition by noting the number of political prisoners he helped free
Gustavo Petro: ‘There will be a rebellion if the United States does not rethink its policy toward Latin America’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia casts doubt on the upcoming presidential elections in his country. When asked if he will respect the results, he replies: ‘Yes, but not fraud’
In Spain, a request to move Picasso’s famous ‘Guernica’ to the Basque Country sparks national row
Regional authorities want to temporarily show the artwork at Guggenheim Bilbao despite museum experts advising against moving the canvas due to its delicate condition. The demand has taken on political overtones
Venezuela’s border forgets about Maduro: ‘And now, are things going to get better?’
Life on either side of the bridges that connect Venezuela to Colombia unfolds in anticipation of change
Delcy Rodríguez and María Corina Machado vie for Trump’s favor
The Republican will receive the leader of the Venezuelan opposition at the White House Thursday after speaking by phone with the interim president
Qatar, Lula, Zapatero: Who were the key mediators in the release of prisoners in Venezuela?
Chavismo recognizes the mediation work, in some cases lasting for years, carried out by the Arab state, by the Brazilian president and by a former prime minister of Spain
Gustavo Petro: ‘Trump told me he was thinking of doing bad things in Colombia, a military operation’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Colombian president acknowledges that he feared being captured like Maduro, but believes that the call with the tycoon ‘froze’ the threat
Trump and Petro bury the hatchet with an hour-long call
The US president has invited his Colombian counterpart to the White House and said it was a ‘great honor’ to speak to him after months of verbal attacks
Chavismo 2.0: Nicolasito Maduro, a key figure in Venezuela’s new era
Nicolás Maduro’s only son inherits part of his father’s power but has long been viewed as cut from a different cloth
Nicolás Maduro, the autocrat of an isolated Venezuela who had no intention of surrendering
The president of Venezuela, detained and removed from the country according to Trump, was not willing to reach any agreement with the United States
A ‘war on drugs’ for regime change: Trump hits Maduro with gunboat diplomacy
The plan to hasten the Venezuelan leader’s downfall with a naval deployment in the Caribbean and a campaign of extrajudicial attacks on alleged drug boats has raised questions about what could come next
Maduro: ‘If the gringos attack, we will respond’
Venezuela’s president assures that the country’s economic activity will not slow down despite the threats from the US
Fears of an imminent US attack set off alarm bells in Venezuela
The government understands that the US warships anchored in the Caribbean Sea are not focusing on alleged drug shipments as much as they are on President Maduro and his closest aides
Venezuela on high alert amid escalating Trump pressure
The White House is deploying missiles in the Caribbean while sending continuous, alarming messages to Chavismo
The US maintains its hostilities against Venezuela
Washington increases its pressure against Chavismo, which believes an invasion is imminent
Venezuela’s leaders avoid internal rupture as they prepare for a possible US invasion
President Nicolás Maduro and his closest circle are convinced that Washington will start a war, and have enjoined citizens to hone their shooting skills
Trump and Maduro, on the warpath
The Venezuelan government has announced a massive recruitment drive, while Washington has stepped up its warnings after a week of heightened tensions
The mystery of the boat pulverized by a missile in the middle of the Caribbean
Most of the 11 occupants of the vessel — which departed from Venezuela and was blown up by the United States — came from a small coastal town taken over by drug trafficking
US increases pressure on Maduro with strike that kills 11 off the Venezuelan coast
The president of Venezuela has so far avoided any direct mention of the destruction of an alleged drug boat. The Chavista government has been under unprecedented military pressure for weeks
Secret recordings unite Colombian politicians against attempt to overthrow President Petro
Leaders of all political stripes have criticized the alleged plot revealed by EL PAÍS by ex foreign minister Álvaro Leyva, who tried to get support from the US
From Castro to Thatcher: Vargas Llosa’s journey as a politician
The writer, who was a presidential candidate in Peru in the 1990s, turned from Marxism to liberalism with the zeal of a convert
Gustavo Petro suggested legalizing cocaine during US Secretary of Homeland Security’s visit
The Colombian Minister of Defense, present at the meeting between Kristi Noem and the president, claims that he compared the narcotic to alcohol
Truths, lies, and myths about Tren de Aragua
The gang, born in a Venezuelan prison, is considered a powerful criminal organization, but it is not capable of being a national security threat as Donald Trump claims
Gustavo Petro: ‘I was wrong to believe that I could make a revolution by governing’
In an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia analyzes the difficult situation within his government, the confrontation with Trump, and assures that being head of state is ‘absolute unhappiness’
In Ecuador, Noboa and González will compete for the presidency after a tight first round
The conservative president and the left-wing candidate were almost tied and a runoff is scheduled for April 13. The winner will have to contend with a security crisis fueled by local gangs and Mexican drug cartels
Jaime Valdiris’ journey as a Trump deportee: ‘It’s a very cruel thing’
The Colombian tells of the mistreatment to which US authorities subject migrants expelled after the Republican assumed the presidency
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