Daniel Noboa, a political outsider and the owner of a banana global empire, is faced with the Herculean task of reducing a terrifying, drug-driven crime problem within a shortened 18 months in office in Ecuador. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's Tibisay Zea.
Argentinians are headed to the polls on Oct. 22 as the country is grappling with a triple-digit inflation rate. The front-runner candidate for president, Javier Milei, is a radical libertarian with a plan to dissolve Argentina's Central Bank and adopt the US dollar as legal tender. The World's Tibisay Zea reports on the pros and cons of Milei's proposals.
A collective of female skateboarders in Bolivia has caught the attention of the news media all over the world. That’s partly because of the clothes they wear. But as The World's Tibisay Zea reports, it’s not just a matter of skateboarding fashion. These Indigenous women are trying to change stereotypes rooted in Bolivian society.
The United Nations National Security Council has approved the dispatch of a multinational armed force led by Kenya to the beleaguered nation of Haiti, to help combat violent gangs. It's the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to the Caribbean nation. The World's Tibisay Zea reports.
Authorities in Venezuela recently seized one of the country’s most-violent prisons. The government claims to have dismantled a transnational criminal gang that was ruled from inside this prison. But as the head of the gang and many of its members were able to escape, the gang is far from dismantled, as The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.