The U.S. is by far the most important supplier of weapons to Latin American organized crime groups, writes Robert Muggah. Here he looks at new dynamics linking the world’s largest arms market with its most violent region: americasquarterly.org/article/latin-…

NEW: Latin America’s organized crime groups source much of their arsenal from the U.S., writes Robert Muggah. americasquarterly.org/article/latin-…

NOW: 7.5-magnitude earthquake off southern tip of Chile, government orders evacuation of Magallanes region coast at risk of tsunami. Emergency meeting underway.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese has become the latest left-leaning leader to achieve a comeback victory thanks partly to President Trump wsj.com/world/first-ca…

Love the The Wall Street Journal headline writers on today's front page. Yes, it's about a racehorse, but still, such a nice thought.

What a moment in modern Middle East history.

Bombshell Cadem_cl poll puts Chile’s center-right presidential candidate neck and neck with far-right hopeful. Voters go to the ballot box in November to replace incumbent Gabriel Boric.

Venezuela has released a U.S. military veteran in an olive branch to the White House that´s poised to let Chevron keep pumping oil there. Will this lead to a lasting thaw in relations? w/ Vera Bergengruen wsj.com/world/americas… via The Wall Street Journal

NEW: Venezuela has released an imprisoned US Air Force veteran to US officials, in a move Caracas hopes will lead to the Trump administration allowing Western oil companies to continue operating. He had been detained since October (w/ Patricia Garip) wsj.com/world/americas…

One more American out of Venezuela today, nine more left behind. wsj.com/world/americas…

“None excluded”

Rare tornado roars through Pto Varas in southern Chile biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacio…

In his final annual speech, Chile’s outgoing president Gabriel Boric Font endorses a boycott of Israeli goods produced in occupied land and seeks to reorient the country’s defense systems away from Israel.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Monday released its first dazzling images of deep space snapped with the world's largest digital camera. Patricia Garip reports for #WSJScience wsj.com/science/space-… via The Wall Street Journal

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Monday released its first dazzling images of deep space wsj.com/science/space-… via The Wall Street Journal

Move over Mamdani, Chile’s Communist candidate sweeps an open presidential primary Sunday. Not so fast though, many voters probably cast their ballots to ensure that the right would win in November. #Chile

A tragic portrait of Colombia’s spiraling health crisis from passionate reporter Andrea Jaramillo. A privilege to co-edit this feature with Stephen Wicary.

Colombian companies are bracing for gas rationing this month as the nation’s sole import terminal closes for scheduled maintenance, casting a spotlight on the Andean country’s widening supply deficit. With Patricia Garip bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign in the Caribbean as an anti-drug mission. The evidence suggests it's about a lot more, report Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف, Gisela Salim-Peyer and Jonathan Lemire theatlantic.com/national-secur…

SCOOP: Donald Trump personally called Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado this morning to congratulate her for her Nobel Peace Prize, people familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…