Sinking Ground and Rising Tensions, El Cafecito del 11/06

Political assassinations, narco wars, climate breakdown — and a social justice reckoning long overdue. Latin America, sin filtro.

Welcome to El Cafecito — your weekly brew of Latin America, served strong and sin filtro.

Yes, we missed last week — but we’re back with a bumper edition that makes up for it. This issue brings you the sharpest reads from across the past two weeks, with a particular focus on the region’s most urgent social justice struggles: from political violence in Colombia to deportation raids in Florida, narco-feminicide in Ecuador, climate-driven displacement, and the digital takeover of organised crime.

We begin in Colombia, where two shockwaves — one political, one paramilitary — have rocked the country to its core. In Bogotá, a teenage hitman pulled the trigger on presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, reviving memories of the 1980s. In the Pacific region, coordinated attacks across Cali, Valle, and Cauca left civilians dead and infrastructure in ruins. These aren’t isolated events — they’re a signal that Colombia’s old ghosts are back, and the peace many hoped was permanent is looking inc…