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Julian Brooks

Julian Brooks

Global Affairs Editor

Washington D.C., United States

At El Pais News since 2016

Focuses on international relations, global trade, and geopolitical developments.

Articles by Julian Brooks

CECOT mega prison in El Salvador holding deported detainees under heavy security
World

El Salvador Faulted for Detaining US Deportees: HRW

A Human Rights Watch report alleges deported Salvadorans from the U.S. They are being arbitrarily detained and denied due process in El Salv...

Darkened Havana streets during nationwide blackout
World

Cuba Hit by Islandwide Blackout as Power Grid Fails

A nationwide blackout in Cuba highlights worsening energy shortages, crumbling infrastructure, and rising political tensions with the United...

American flag raised at the U.S. Embassy building in Caracas, marking renewed diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela.
World

US Flag Returns to Caracas Embassy After Seven Years

The American flag was raised at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas for the first time since 2019, symbolizing renewed diplomatic engagement between...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez during planned border diplomacy discussions
World

Venezuela and Colombia Cancel Border Summit

Venezuela and Colombia abruptly canceled a planned presidential meeting between Delcy Rodríguez and Gustavo Petro, citing “force majeure,” t...

Cargo ships passing through the Panama Canal as global shipping routes adjust to rising fuel prices
World

Middle East Conflict May Boost Panama Canal Shipping

Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said rising fuel costs and the Middle East conflict could make the canal a more attractive shipp...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel speaking about prisoner releases and diplomatic relations with the Vatican
World

Cuba to Release 51 Prisoners in Gesture to Vatican

Cuba announced it will release 51 prisoners in the coming days as a goodwill gesture connected to its relations with the Vatican, raising qu...

President Donald Trump greets President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla.
World

Ecuador Launches US-Backed Crackdown on Criminal Groups

Ecuador is preparing a large-scale military offensive against criminal organizations in three violent provinces with logistical support from...

Medical staff, left, and people in rehabilitation, right, sit at a psychiatric hospital in Havana, Cuba
World

Cheap Synthetic Drugs Flood Cuba Amid Youth Crisis

Cuba is facing a growing youth drug crisis as cheap synthetic drugs spread across the island, pushing young people to seek treatment through...

Journalists covering events in Latin America amid concerns about declining press freedom in the Americas.
World

Press Freedom in the Americas Declined Sharply in 2025

A new report by the Inter American Press Association warns that press freedom across the Americas sharply deteriorated in 2025, citing viole...

Drone surveillance over Port-au-Prince amid reports of deadly drone strikes linked to Haiti security operations.
World

Haiti Drone Strikes Killed Over 1,200 People: HRW

Human Rights Watch reports that drone attacks carried out by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed more than 1,200 peo...