Argentinians went to the polls amid an economic crisis, soaring inflation and growing poverty. As many nations have in the last decade, they elected a populist outsider. Economist, author and media commentator Javier Milei is now president-elect thanks to an…

By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrián Aranda and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow

With his victory Sunday night, the fiery freshman lawmaker has thrust the country into the unknown regarding just how extreme his policies will be, following a campaign that saw him revving a chainsaw to symbolically cut the state down to…

By Daniel Politi, David Biller, Associated Press

In our news wrap Sunday, six people were killed overnight in Ukraine from a Russian rocket strike on a mail depot just outside Kharkiv. Plus, House Republicans now have a full slate of candidates for speaker of the House, with…

Argentina could take another sharp political turn in Sunday's presidential elections, with center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández favored to oust conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri amid growing frustration over the country's economic crisis.

By Almudena Calatrava, Associated Press