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Hispanic, Latinx and Caribbean Weekly News Analysis

News Summary
Date
News Week
12/03/25 to 12/10/25
Week 49

Economic News and Events

  • US sanctions and military actions intensified pressure on Venezuela's oil sector, with production at 900,000 barrels per day, compared to 3.2 million barrels per day in 2000. (Al-Azzawi, 2025)
  • The dollar exchange rate in Costa Rica has sunk to its lowest point since 2005, the Central Bank of Costa Rica shows the dollar sold for 垄488 on December 6th. (The Tico Times, 2025)
  • Al Jazeera on December 10 highlighted Latin America鈥檚 high inequality, noting that the top 10% holds 53% of global income. (Ali and Shafiq, 2025)
  • Chile's copper hit a historical record: $5.18 per pound, boosting 2026 fiscal prospects by up to $2 billion. (CLAE, 2025)

Political News and Events

  • Coverage detailed how Donald Trump has sharply escalated pressure on Nicol谩s Maduro through sanctions, in what he calls an anti-drug trafficking campaign. (Kozul-Wright, 2025)
  • BBC Mundo highlighted that, a week after voting, Honduras still lacked official presidential results, with the conservative Nasry Asfura and centrist Salvador Nasralla separated by a very narrow margin and the opposition denouncing irregularities. (Buschschl眉ter, 2025)
  • The former Bolivian president Luis Arce was detained on 10 December in connection with an investigation into alleged corruption dating back to his time as Evo Morales鈥檚 economy minister. (BBC News, 2025)
  • Growing regional concern over Donald Trump鈥檚 moves to further militarise the US鈥揗exico border and tighten security vetting, including plans to demand five years of social鈥憁edia history from visa applicants from tens of different countries. (FitzGerald, 2025)

Cultural News and Events

  • UNESCO inscribed C贸rdoba鈥檚 emblematic cuarteto on its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it Argentina鈥檚 fourth recognised cultural expression alongside tango, filete porte帽o and chamam茅. (BAT, 2025)
  • Indigenous communities of the Santiago River in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon, have transformed a once鈥慺eared 鈥渄angerous鈥� river into a space for controlled tourism while defending territory, language and ecological knowledge. (Alarc贸n, 2025)
  • Caribbean local communities confront the tension of being both tourist destinations and strategic political outposts, raising questions about Caribbean identity, memories of earlier foreign interventions, and the cultural consequences of having an expanded military footprint in the region. (Orgaz, 2025)

Social News and Events

  • Haiti remained the region鈥檚 most acute humanitarian and security emergency, with gang violence continuing to displace hundreds of thousands, disrupt markets and schools, and leave about half of the analyzed population in acute food insecurity. (ACLED, 2025)
  • Region鈥憌ide, migration remained a central social issue, shaped not only by local crises but also by abrupt shifts in U.S. policy under President Donald Trump, such as new restrictions affecting Cubans, Haitians and Venezuelans. (Robertson, 2025)

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11/25/25 to 12/02/25
Week 48

Economic News and Events

  • CNN Americas reports that monthly inflation in Caracas has surged back into the 20鈥�30% range, with the bol铆var losing around 70% of its value in just three months. (Pozzebon, 2025)
  • Argentina鈥檚 economic activity grew 5% year鈥憃n鈥憏ear in September and 0.5% month鈥憃n鈥憁onth, beating expectations and supporting forecasts of around 3.9% GDP growth in 2025, even as annual inflation is still projected to be close to 30%. (Tobias, 2025)
  • In Costa Rica, tourism revenues and employment are dropping, with an estimated 22,000 jobs lost and many firms facing thinner margins as they earn in dollars but pay costs in the national currency. (The Tico Times, 2025)
  • Honduras remains the poorest country in Latin America (excluding Haiti) by the share of people living on less than about US$3 per day. (BBC Mundo, 2025)

Political News and Events

  • Venezuela鈥檚 President Nicolas Maduro accused President Donald Trump of trying to seize Venezuela鈥檚 vast oil reserves under the cover of anti鈥憂arcotics operations. (Rowlands, 2025)
  • Trump鈥檚 declaration that Venezuelan airspace is 鈥渃ompletely closed,鈥� has reduced commercial flights and left thousands of passengers stranded, while Caracas denounces the move as a 鈥渃olonialist threat鈥� and rights groups label recent lethal maritime operations possible extrajudicial killings. (Alonso, 2025)
  • The Tico Times reports that President Daniel Ortega鈥檚 government has moved around 40 political prisoners from jail to house arrest amid US pressure. (The tico times, 2025)
  • Costa Rica revisits the 1948 abolition of its army, highlighting how this decision shaped its reputation as a 鈥渄emilitarized democracy鈥� and continues to define its regional identity. (The tico times, 2025)

Cultural News and Events

  • Argentina's 34th annual LGBTQ Pride march held in November expresses both celebration and resistance under President Javier Milei鈥檚 right鈥憌ing government. This reinforces Buenos Aires鈥檚 role as a symbolic hub of progressive Latin American culture and a reference point for LGBTQ activism across the region. (Buenos Aires Times, AFP, Perfil, & NA. 2025)
  • Latin American intellectuals and artists emphasize that the region has long served as a 鈥渓aboratory鈥� where politics and culture are tightly intertwined, with literature, music and visual arts often anticipating or critiquing political shifts that later affect diaspora communities. (de Cabo, 2025)

Social News and Events

  • Costa Rica鈥檚 worsening social crisis, characterized by rising structural violence, polarization and a spike in femicides, even as the country maintains a reputation for stability. At the same time, coverage of Costa Rica鈥檚 army鈥慺ree model highlights how past decisions to channel resources into health and education helped create a more equal society. (The Tico Times staff, 2025)
  • Hate crimes against LGBTQ people in Argentina increased by about 70% in the first half of 2025 compared with a year earlier, including a notorious triple femicide targeting lesbians in May 2024. (Buenos Aires Times, AFP, Perfil, & NA. 2025)

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