Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian deserter who failed to keep a low profile in Spain
El País Englishby Óscar López-Fonseca·26 Aug 2026
On September 22, 2022, a Russian man in his twenties named Maxim Kuzminov uploaded what would be the last photograph to his Instagram profile. Mounted on a horse, he smiles at the camera.
Bolivia opens investigation into former presidential advisor for alleged links to drug trafficking
El País Englishby Caio Ruvenal·26 Aug 2026
The Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday announced a third proceeding against former presidential adviser Fernando Cerimedo, who had worked on the staff of President Rodrigo Paz.
Colombia seeks to isolate jailed extortion kingpins on prison ships
El País Englishby Emma Jaramillo Bernat·26 Aug 2026
Faced with the inability to stop organized crime from operating in land-based prisons, the government of Abelardo de la Espriella is seeking to do so at sea.
Chavismo blocks proposal to dollarize Venezuelan economy
El País Englishby Alonso Moleiro·26 Aug 2026
Deputy Antonio Ecarri, leader of the centrist Alianza del Lápiz party, was removed a week ago from the presidency of the Venezuela–United States Parliamentary Friendship Group —a post he had held...
Dolly Parton, the star who refused to pick a political side but never remained silent
El País Englishby Abel Fernández·26 Aug 2026
Dolly Parton, the singer, songwriter and actress who rose from a poor family in the Tennessee mountains and became one of American music’s biggest stars, died Tuesday at 80 in Nashville.
Deported to Equatorial Guinea with a large abdominal hernia: ‘I’m not worth a dime’
El País Englishby Carla Gloria Colomé·26 Aug 2026
Faces have blurred with the days, as they slowly sank into the reality of waking up in America and suddenly finding themselves in Africa.
The migrants’ church: The only refuge for a Texas community stalked by ICE
El País Englishby Patricia Clarembaux·26 Aug 2026
The church of Pastor Dianne García in San Antonio, Texas, has lost 32 of its active volunteers since President Donald Trump returned to the White House: they were detained by immigration agents and...
Trump records an electoral win with his candidate’s victory in South Carolina primary
El País Englishby Macarena Vidal Liy·26 Aug 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump scored a significant win in South Carolina in the race toward November’s midterm elections and showed he still commands influence within his party.
Victoria Bodean, the mother with cerebral palsy showing the world how to overcome disability barriers
El País Englishby Luisa Arditi·25 Aug 2026
For many women, not having children is a form of emancipation. Ultimately, that emancipation lies in the ability to choose, a choice made possible by material circumstances, physical factors and...
USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand after more than 250 days at sea
El País Englishby Jordi Alonso Martínez Yañez·25 Aug 2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln is about to bring one of the longest deployments by a U.S. aircraft carrier in recent decades to an end.
One migrant raid in New Jersey, 46 lives destroyed: ‘My life is incomplete without my daughter’
El País Englishby Paola Nagovitch,Photographs: Corrie Aune·25 Aug 2026
María Eugenia García’s second daughter was born prematurely. Killy Tatiana Yangquen García arrived at seven months, tiny and fragile, entirely dependent on her mother’s protection.
Two months after Venezuela’s earthquakes, La Guaira gets back to work
El País Englishby Gabriela Mesones Rojo·25 Aug 2026
Two weeks after losing her home and her hair salon, Alejandra went back to work. Not from a rebuilt premises, but from a tent set up in Playa Verde, in Catia La Mar, the epicenter of the second...
Trump administration faces a major financial battle in the bond market
El País Englishby Nuño Rodrigo·25 Aug 2026
It has been 34 years since a group of savvy financial sharks pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of defeating the Bank of England through sheer market force.
Race to the Moon takes a new turn: China’s setback reignites competition with US to conquer South Pole
El País Englishby Rafael Clemente·25 Aug 2026
Much has changed since the Sputnik launched the space race between the Soviets and the Americans, but this generation is witnessing a new one, as thrilling as the era of Yuri Gagarin and Neil...
Abelardo de la Espriella orders immediate deportation of irregular immigrants from Colombia: ‘It’s a political decision’
El País Englishby Juan Miguel Hernández Bonilla·25 Aug 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella on Sunday ordered the start of police operations to pursue and deport irregular migrants, a complete reversal of the policy the country that has...
Lynching of a man accused of stealing a bicycle in Copacabana shocks Brazil
El País Englishby Naiara Galarraga Gortázar·25 Aug 2026
Details of a recent lynching of a man accused of theft have caused unusual shock in Brazil. The brutal incident broke through the usual apathy surrounding such cases and made national news because...
Tierra del Fuego denounces the presence of a British oil tanker in southern Argentina and blames Milei
El País Englishby Javier Lorca·25 Aug 2026
Facing the icy waters of the Beagle Channel, a 20-meter-long wall in the city of Ushuaia lists the names of 649 Argentine soldiers killed in 1982 in the war with the United Kingdom.
Trump persists in pushing fee of over $100,000 for H-1B visas
El País Englishby Patricia Vélez Santiago·25 Aug 2026
The Donald Trump administration is launching a second attempt to set an extremely high fee for H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign professionals.
Mexico watches US–Canada trade tension with uncertainty
El País Englishby Sonia Corona·25 Aug 2026
The partners of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) are in crisis. The U.S. and Canada have escalated their trade war in recent days, imposing mutual tariffs and casting uncertainty...
‘The boundless ocean set into a rage’: Why we are still drawn to shipwrecks
El País Englishby Enrique Rey·24 Aug 2026
Legend has it that the painter William Turner — born in London in 1775 and obsessed with depicting the fury of the sea — had himself tied to the mast of the Ariel (a small sail-and-steam vessel)...
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