Machado’s Return to Venezuela Tests Limits of U.S. Sway NYT - Top Stories By: Simon Romero and Edward Wong 26 October 2026 at 23:09 Seeking new elections, María Corina Machado will need to tread carefully to avoid offending the Trump administration, while also asserting her own leadership. © Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/ReutersThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado greeting supporters in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Sunday.
The Bukeleization of Latin America Has Arrived NYT - Top Stories By: Jack Nicas 23 October 2026 at 14:05 Nayib Bukele’s notoriously harsh and wildly popular security crackdown in El Salvador is spawning imitators and remaking the region. © Fred Ramos for The New York TimesPresident Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has overseen an extraordinary security crackdown that has led to plummeting crime rates.
The Bukeleization of Latin America Has Arrived NYT - Top Stories By: Jack Nicas 23 October 2026 at 10:01 Nayib Bukele’s notoriously harsh and wildly popular security crackdown in El Salvador is spawning imitators and remaking the region. © Fred Ramos for The New York TimesPresident Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has overseen an extraordinary security crackdown that has led to plummeting crime rates.