After the tweet spread, others began using the same map of South America as surreal punchlines to jokes. User @GRAVEMINDS posted a joke that gained over 30 retweets and 130 likes (shown below, left).

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A slow-motion U.S. national security disaster has unfolded in Latin America over the past twenty years. This is a painful statement for me to make, because I was personally involved in the ...

There have been at least 73,452,000 reported infections and 1,713,000 reported deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in Latin America and the Caribbean so far. Of every 100 infections last ...

China’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean has grown rapidly since the turn of the century, promising economic opportunity but also raising concerns over Beijing’s influence. China’s ...

These were the updates on Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Monday, February 3. Panama’s Mulino meets US Secretary of State Rubio after Trump canal threat The US secretary of state ...

But it is emblematic of the direction of U.S. relations with Latin America, coming two days after President Trump mused publicly about sending U.S. special forces to battle cartels in Mexico.

Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report. Extreme weather drove up ...

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Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

A cargo ship sails underneath the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City, Panama, January 22, 2025. Aris Martinez/Reuters This month, Mexico ...

As the country’s top diplomat, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has a special interest in Latin America, would be tasked with navigating Donald Trump’s efforts to expand U.S. influence.