Joe Daniels

NEW: This week's climate graphic looks at the wildfires that have made an early start in South America. Beautiful design touches by @janatausch (the inset boxes sitting under the smoke)😍 Read @AttractaMooney and @joeparkdan's report ft.com/content/2d3e6f… #dataviz #gistribe

This @joeparkdan report from Guayaquil brings details on how Mexican & Colombian cartels appear to be playing a central role in Ecuador's violence. And it started, as these things often do, with death of a kingpin - and ensuing scramble for his turf ft.com/content/d9d4e5…

Guyana's vice-president Bharrat Jagdeo told the FT that Washington, through its decision to relax sanctions on Venezuela, may give Caracas "more resources to pursue its evil intent against Guyana". ft.com/content/061c41…

I travelled to Guyana's mineral-rich Essequibo region, where the threat of annexation by Venezuela is stirring up both fear and nationalist sentiment. Here is the story. ft.com/content/f53f36…

Across Colombia, kidnappings have increased more than 80% under leftwing president Gustavo Petro, extortion is up 27% and the murder rate has barely fallen. Why is the country’s ‘total peace’ plan unravelling? on.ft.com/47s70w0

Venezuelan opposition leader vows to contest election despite ban ft.com/content/d79927… via @ft

US eases sanctions on Venezuela following election deal ft.com/content/32145f… via @ft

Ecuador elects centre-right business heir Daniel Noboa as president ft.com/content/f4c3f9… via @ft

Battle for banana fortune rattles Ecuador presidential frontrunner ft.com/content/5271ce… via @ft

Ecuador’s presidential vote heads to run-off ft.com/content/f1c569…

Ecuadoreans head to polls in election marked by violence on.ft.com/47yjClX

Political violence in Ecuador damages socialists’ chances of regaining power on.ft.com/44fpltS

‘Democracy has cost us our lives’: Fear grips Ecuador after candidate killed. With @CARLAVALDIVIEZO on.ft.com/3qrqgtl

Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated on.ft.com/44ZZXcJ

Malcolm Deas, historian, 1941-2023 ft.com/content/2dbe8b… wonderful obituary by @JP_Rathbone on a rich and full life.

Colombia’s leftist government rattled by campaign finance probe via @FT on.ft.com/3YpLF2S

Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’ accused of flooding US with cocaine ft.com/content/127c21…

Colombian president’s son arrested on money laundering charges ft.com/content/c90082…

How can Colombia wean itself off fossil fuels, ~half its revenues? Gustavo Petro tells us 🇨🇴 has other “potential” (tourism, agri, clean energy) and defends his reforms. Nuestra entrevista con el Presidente👇🏻 ⁦ @alicemhancock⁩ ⁦@joeparkdan⁩ on.ft.com/3DkqRQm