Jan Martínez Ahrens

In an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia analyzes the difficult situation within his government, the confrontation with Trump, and assures that being head of state is ‘absolute unhappiness’

The veteran Costa Rican politician, currently leading the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, is considered one of the potential candidates to head the organization. In an interview with EL PAÍS, she analyzes the future of the region amid tariff tensions and Trump’s threats

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Chilean head of state reviews his time in office and addresses his political future. ‘The depth of the changes we imagined went against the grain of what the majority of people wanted. We changed our priorities and our speed, but not our principles,’ he says, at the halfway point of his administration

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and ex-president sat down with EL PAÍS to discuss, among other things, Venezuela and Nicaragua, ending drug prohibition and Colombia’s ongoing peace process

In his first interview with an international media outlet, the president-elect talks about the dangers his government faces and reveals the keys to his ambitious plans for tax and land reform, the military, the fight against drugs and the Church’s role

Chile’s Sebastián Piñera, Dominican Republic’s Luis Abinader and Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso feature in the new data leak. Among the region’s former presidents are Colombia’s Gaviria and Pastrana. In Brazil, the investigation has turned up the names of both the economy minister and the governor of the central bank

The frontrunner in the polls for the 2022 presidential elections talks to EL PAÍS about how he plans to help the Colombian people, and why he will leave politics if he loses the vote

EL PAÍS speaks to the president of Colombia in the midst of a violent crisis. ‘It’s our turn today, but this will be replicated in many parts of the world,’ he says of the unrest

The ‘extreme-centrist’ politician has dealt with several crises during his term, while a peace deal agreed with FARC rebels is slowly implemented. In an interview with EL PAÍS, he talks pandemics, politics and pressuring Nicolás Maduro to go

Acting deputy PM Carmen Calvo said the party would not negotiate Cabinet positions with Unidas Podemos after the anti-austerity group abstained from last week’s crucial vote

Steven Pinker is one of the great figures of cognitive psychology and a specialist in the connections between mind and language. A tireless debater, popular science author and Harvard professor, his latest book: 'Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress' takes issue with those whose apocalyptic vision for the world has cast them in the role of its savior – namely, the populists and the enemies of progress who appear to be gaining ground in the current global climate.

Luis Almagro discusses the challenges facing the region ahead of the Summit of the Americas in Peru this weekend

A year after his electoral victory, the Republican president’s base remains loyal despite the scandals

Intelligence Committee questions Twitter, Facebook and Google on Moscow’s agitation in favor of secessionism

As opiate overdose rate soars in US, some in Butler County, Ohio, oppose spending public money on treatment

Earlier in the day, US president said it is “better to cancel” if the country won’t foot construction bill

Honduran activist is thought to have been murdered over her campaign against a dam project

Report cites wealth divide and protectionist atmosphere as dangers for nation blighted by violence

“We are dealing with a deep shock,” says central bank governor

The country fears the worst, but will the US president-elect carry out his campaign threats?

In this interview, Mexico’s veteran leftist figure laments national leaders’ lack of vision

Discovery could shed light on little-understood early period of Maya culture on Yucatán Peninsula

The early work bears all the hallmark intensity of the artist who lived with pain her whole life

Papal nuncio calls for dialogue over plans to enshrine same-sex marriage in Constitution

A man who killed four robbers on a night journey remains at large, and passengers refuse to talk