Peruvian politician and business administrator, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has been cleared by a Honduran judge in a Pandora I corruption case tied to 2010–2013 public spending. Hernández has returned from the United States after a 2025 presidential pardon and has insisted he is innocent. Prosecutors can appeal the judge's decision, the judiciary has said.
The United States is strengthening security ties with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru as right‑wing leadership grows in the region. Washington has designated cartels as foreign threats and seeks closer military and economic cooperation, while regional partners push back on violence tied to narcotics networks.
The United States is stepping up a regional push against major drug-trafficking groups, designating several Latin American gangs as foreign terrorist organisations and expanding military-security cooperation. The move comes during a high-profile visit by the US secretary of state to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and signals intensified pressure on groups with narcotics that reach across borders.
The Trump administration has notified Congress of a proposed $2.8bn arms package to Israel that includes 40,000 2,000‑pound bombs. Rep. Gregory Meeks has said he will not clear the transfer, citing "grave, unresolved concerns" about use in densely populated Gaza and Lebanon, but the administration can bypass Congress by declaring an emergency.
Opinion polls and election results have shown Senator Flávio Bolsonaro leading President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after the Oct. 4 first round, and polls released in mid‑October have kept the race within a narrow margin ahead of the Oct. 25 runoff. Bolsonaro has consolidated some endorsements while Lula has pushed a shorter workweek and social measures to energise voters.
A 45-year-old candidate named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has won the mayoralty of Queropalca in Peru’s Huánuco region, securing 229 of 663 votes on 4 October and beating his nearest rival by 25 votes. Flores will take office on 1 January and has previously belonged to the Popular Force party.
Pope Leo XIV has had the lower lung lobe removed and his recovery is progressing. Doctors say there is no clinical reason to stop the planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, though organizers are monitoring his health as he weighs travel amid ongoing treatment discussions.
Latin American leaders are visiting El Salvador’s mega-prison CECOT, a symbol of tough-on-crime policy. The visits highlight regional security cooperation and ongoing concerns over mass incarceration and rights abuses under emergency measures that have imprisoned tens of thousands.