Colombia’s powerful Centro Democrático party selected Senator Paloma Valencia as its candidate for next year’s presidential ...

Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

Mexico’s political risk has crept up to levels seen in Peru, as Mexicans voice mounting frustration over cartel-fueled crime, corruption and a stagnant economy.

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A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential ...

Since August 2025, U.S. naval forces have carried out missile strikes on small boats off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia — attacks the Trump administration claims target narcotics traffickers but ...

The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometers away in the South Pacific. On October 16, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two ...

A month has passed since the September 8-9 uprising that shook Nepal’s political establishment from its core, forcing rapid and dramatic changes. The unprecedented Gen Z movement toppled the K.P.

Venezuelans in Colombia gathered late Saturday for a prayer and to demand the release of political prisoners in their homeland as they celebrated opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Prize ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On October 10, Peru’s deeply unpopular congress impeached the country’s even more ...

PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - France's economy is set to maintain steady growth in the third quarter despite political uncertainty and trade tensions, buoyed by resilient service sector activity, the ...