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Why Canada Is Trying to Secure the Border

The camp lies four hours from Panama’s capital, down a bumpy, often desolate highway, at the edge of a treacherous jungle called the Darién. For more than a week, it has held more than 100 asylum seekers from around the world. Surrounded by fences and armed guards, they sleep on cots or hard benches. Journalists … Read more

Canada isn’t known for making a fuss, with niceness essentially part of its national brand. Not anymore. Canadians are angry, and they’re showing it. Threats by President Trump to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports and to annex the country have set off cascades of fury. “Do you know how angry you have to … Read more

The scandal began with a tweet. “The world wants to invest in Argentina,” Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, posted at 7:01 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, offering a code to buy a new cryptocurrency. The digital coin was called $Libra, and it had been created 23 minutes earlier. Over the next few hours, thousands of people invested. … Read more

“I’m Still Here” — the Oscar best picture nominee about the murder of a Brazilian congressman by the country’s military dictatorship — concludes with a single sentence that delivers a gut punch of historical reality: The five soldiers charged in the killing were never punished because of laws granting them amnesty. Now the film could … Read more

“Emilia Pérez,” the movie about a transgender Mexican cartel leader whoreconciles with her past, enters the Academy Awards on Sunday with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year. It is also the most nods ever for any non-English language film. The film has already won several accolades, including best comedy or musical at … Read more

The streets of Rio de Janeiro have been littered with Fernanda Torres imitators. They drink beer, clutch plastic Oscars and deliver the impromptu acceptance speeches that they hope their idol, the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, will give on Sunday night at the Academy Awards. “It’s the peak of fame in Brazil: to become a costume … Read more

In a speech this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, clearly annoyed by import tariffs levied by President Trump and his threats of making Canada “the 51st state,” suggested that Canadians might act individually to respond to the affronts. “Now is also the time to choose Canada,” Mr. Trudeau said, adding, “It might mean … Read more

  The Mexican government on Thursday began sending to the United States nearly 30 top cartel operatives wanted by the American authorities, including one notorious drug lord that U.S. officials had been seeking to bring to justice for 40 years, according to a statement by the Mexican government. The handover of so many significant cartel … Read more

International relations seldom figure into local politics in Canada. And Thursday’s provincial election in Ontario, where many voters are worried about issues closer to home, like access to health care and the soaring cost of housing, should have been no exception. But President Trump has upended the electoral dynamic. His threats against Canada — including … Read more