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Russia and Cuba held discussions for the construction of an oil refinery in Cuba following Russian lawmakers’ visit to the island.

The communist dictator of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega called for the “disappearance of the United States” in remarks over the weekend marking the 45th anniversary of the rise of power of the Sandinista revolution in 1979.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro praised U.S. President Joe Biden for dropping out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, describing it as a “most sensible decision.”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei for leading the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing.

Russia continues to enlist Cuban citizens to fight in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine despite the communist regime’s claims of “cracking down” on Russian recruiters, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Former President Donald Trump accused an unnamed leader of reducing crime in his nation by “sending … murderers to the United States of America.” That comment in his Republican National Convention (RNC) speech on Thursday night apparently offended El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, who cryptically vowed to take the “high ground” in response to the remark.

Argentine President Javier Milei fired a sports undersecretary who urged Lionel Messi to apologize for a racist song controversy.

The French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday that it will file a legal complaint before the global FIFA soccer authority over “racist and discriminatory” chants by Argentina’s national soccer team that went viral on social media.

An alarming study published on Tuesday by the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) found that 89 percent of Cubans now live in extreme poverty conditions.

South Korean media revealed on Tuesday that senior North Korean diplomat Ri Il-kyu, 52, defected from the North Korean embassy in Cuba in November.

Libya reportedly arrested a director of the local Ghadames Airlines, which stands accused of flying U.S.-bound migrants to Nicaragua.

The drug policy changes that Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro enacted have led to a dramatic surge in cocaine production.

A court in Ecuador sentenced five men and women to prison over the weekend for their participation in the assassination of anti-socialist and anti-China presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in August 2023.

Argentina formally designated the Hamas jihadist group an international terrorist organization over the weekend, joining countries such as the United States, the European Union, Australia, and Paraguay.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, himself a victim of an assassination attempt while campaigning for the executive office, credited divine intervention for former President Donald Trump’s survival after being shot at during a rally on Saturday.

The final of the Copa América, the world’s oldest soccer tournament, on Sunday night was marred by criminal chaos as mobs of thousands of people stormed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, overwhelming security and barreling into the venue without tickets.

The leaders of the three authoritarian regimes in Latin America – Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua – issued rare messages of support to former President Donald Trump following the failed assassination attempt against him on Saturday evening.

Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian and vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, issued a statement in support of the 2024 presidential election frontrunner following an assassination attempt against him on Saturday evening, blaming the “international left” for the violence.

A recently unsealed indictment from a U.S. federal court claims that Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro is involved in the drug trade.

President of Argentina Javier Milei will travel to the United States on Friday for a weekend trip to participate in the 2024 edition of Allen & Company’s Sun Valley Conference in Idaho.

Cuba marked a somber third anniversary since the historic nationwide uprisings of July 11, 2021, on Wednesday, facing unprecedented economic disaster, increasingly violent communist repression, and the absence of hundreds of political prisoners still behind bars since that day.

The Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa reported that the country has seen a historic increase in remittances from the United States.

Members of Uruguay’s national soccer team engaged in a physical altercation with fans of their rival Colombia on Wednesday in a North Carolina stadium.

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro held a phone call on Wednesday with the president-elect of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, ensuring the leader that the Latin American country would continue to seek ways to strengthen ties with the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism.

The TSA explained to Congress its decision to allow members of Cuba’s communist regime to visit U.S. airport facilities in May.

Representatives of Colombian singer Karol G denied claims by Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro that she sent him a song.

The socialist government of Brazil announced on Monday that it had enacted a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority, the organization in charge of the West Bank, in a show of solidarity with the anti-Israel cause.

Panama has begun installing barbed wire to block crossings used by U.S.-bound migrants to pass through the Darién Gap, according to a report.

A court in El Salvador sentenced Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member Ángel Geovany Guzmán González to 1,420 years in prison.

The socialist regime in Venezuela featured Russian Navy sailors marching in its Independence Day celebration this weekend.

Argentine President Javier Milei met with former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday at the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Brazil.

The “weaponization” of U.S.-bound migrants by Nicaragua has reportedly resulted in profits of $4 million for the country’s airport authority.

Brazil’s police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, criminal association, and money laundering.

Argentine President Javier Milei published a screed against an unnamed “perfect idiot dinosaur” on social media on Tuesday in which he once again referred to Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a “communist” and “corrupt.”

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden urged socialist Venezuela on Tuesday to engage with Washington “in good faith,” confirming plans to resume negotiations towards normal diplomatic relations.

The communist regime governing Cuba announced over the weekend that it would impose a series of “war-time” economic measures in a desperate effort to “save socialism” from the consequences of over half a century of socialist policies.