After months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap. The Colombian president was received …

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of Bolsonaro's failed coup attempt, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2026. The face of the Brazilian president is omnipresent as a samba school rehearses its Carnival parade in front of thousands of spectators chanting …

Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House, February 3, 2026. Colombian President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump appeared to bury the hatchet on Tuesday after a year of sparring that culminated in threats by Trump to topple the left-wing leader as …

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters while walking to the House floor for a vote at the U. Capitol on day three of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D. US President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1. 2 trillion government funding bill on Tuesday, ending a partial …

Demonstrators march in support of reforming the country's main oil law and the release of ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 29, 2026. Thousands of backers of Venezuela’s former leader Nicolas Maduro, who was ousted in a deadly US military operation, marched in …