"When President Donald Trump launched his reelection campaign, he vowed to deport 'the worst of the worst' while blaming migrants for bringing 'crime, drugs, misery and death' to the U.S.," Time, reported in its October 27 issue. "But recent federal data show that more than 70 percent of detainees held by ICE had no criminal convictions." "The Arizona secretary of state (October 14) certified the election of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a special election 22 days ago in her state. But speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to seat her while he keeps the House out of session during the government shutdown." — The New York Times, October 13, 2025 "President Trump (October 17) commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos, ordering the release of the disgraced Republican fabulist from New York less than three months into his seven-year prison sentence." — The New York Times, October 18, 2025 "Bad Bunny is set to be honored as Billboard's Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century during the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards on October 23…. Bad Bunny will be headlining the Super Bowl LX halftime show on February 8 in Santa Clara, California." — United Press International, October 9, 2025 "Chile topped the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index 2025 for the second consecutive year with 70.5 points, followed by Brazil with 67.3 and Uruguay with 62.3 in a ranking that evaluates AI development in 19 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean." — United Press International, October 14, 2025 "Despite heavy campaigning by U.S. President Donald Trump for the prestigious recognition, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for her democracy advocacy in the Latin American nation." Time, October 10 2025 … A bipartisan group in the Senate is pushing for a vote to "bar the United States from engaging in hostilities inside Venezuela without explicit authorization by Congress." — The New York Times, October 18, 2025 President Dina Boluarte of Peru was impeached and removed from office by Congress amid "mounting frustration over her failure to curb rampant crime." — The New York Times, October 11, 2025 … "Bolivia has elected a centrist senator, Rodrigo Paz, as its next president, bringing an end to nearly 20 years of continuous rule by the Movement for Socialism (Mas) party." — BBC News, October 20, 2025