Parched. Brazil is facing its worst drought in more than nine decades, and some 70 percent of Mexico was experiencing drought at the beginning of July. Read about how deforestation, La Niña, and other factors are drying up large swaths of Latin America.

Precarious. “Haiti’s democracy was under siege long before the latest tragic events,” writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for the New York Post on the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. He argues that the United States and the international community should act fast to keep the situation from “spinning out of control.”

Primarily. Chile’s presidential race is gaining speed as the July 18 primaries approach. Check out the latest polls to see how the competition is shaping up among the handful of hopefuls.

Call for a recall. In March 2022, Mexicans will vote on the question of whether President Andrés Manuel López Obrador should finish out his six-year term, which is set to end in 2024, in a recall referendum proposed by the president himself. Check out our AMLO approval tracker to see where the public stands on it all.

THEY SAID WHAT?

• Uruguay is roiling the Mercosur trade bloc by saying it will negotiate trade agreements with other countries alone.
• Pemex will be the sole operator of the Zama oil field, continuing the reversal of Mexico’s energy reforms implemented by AMLO’s predecessor.
• Six more opposition figures were arrested in Nicaragua as Ortega’s crackdown continues.
• 77 Colombians remain missing after nationwide spring demonstrations.

• Argentina inks a deal with Moderna for its first set of U.S. jabs.
• Young people are largely contributing to Mexico’s third wave.
• Over half of the total lives lost to Covid were from the Americas. Inequity is to blame.