As a freelance author and online editor at dw, Germany’s public international broadcaster, Evan Romero has focused on Europe’s commercial and political transatlantic ties, penned op-eds about the Venezuelan crisis, conducted exclusive interviews with Latin America and Caribbean heads of state, and reported extensively about the development of the eu’s new policies for that region.

The u.s. government accused Cuba of stationing troops in Venezuela and openly threatened military intervention as a means of helping interim president, Juan Guaidó, to power in Caracas. Havana demanded that Washington present evidence proving the presence of Cuban soldiers in South American soil and the infiltration of the Venezuelan military by Cuba’s intelligence agency.

The discretion with which Germany’s Federal Foreign Office handles the situation has been met with astonishment by Billy Six’s colleagues. “Six is a German colleague. His government doesn’t say anything. What's going on?”, twittered Venezuelan correspondent Ibéyise Pacheco. Some people suspect there is deliberate discrimination behind the German government’s response.

Tensions in Latin America are rising as the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the tide of refugees following in its wake show no sign of receding. By u.n. estimates, 2.3 million Venezuelan men and women have now fled their homes. As the Caribbean nation’s situation spirals out of control, neighboring countries are looking out for themselves, shutting their borders. That will not solve the problem, experts warn.

Venezuela is no stranger to crises since it gained its independence from Spain in 1810. But its current political situation is probably the worst it has ever faced, due to its repercussions on the country’s society and economy. The devaluation of this South American nation’s currency, the bolívar, coupled with hyperinflation and a shortage of cash, have all taken a massive toll on industries, businesses and citizens alike.

The vulnerability of Colombia’s border with Venezuela and the surging immigration influx has been a matter of national discussion in the Andean nation: its neighbor’s economic and political crisis is eroding the efforts to implement a peace agreement with the farc. Now, Colombian presidential hopeful Marta Lucía Ramírez urged Latin American countries to share the burden of the mass exodus.

The situation in Venezuela is growing more precarious by the day. Many are looking behind the scenes for answers, namely at the military. Experts say that not only is Venezuela’s society divided, its armed forces are, too. “The military is not a unified block, it never was,” claims a political scientist. How will the men in uniform react? The question is becoming more urgent the nearer political collapse looms.

Several former Argentine military rulers went on trial in February 2010 for crimes they committed in the once-renowned torture camp known as El Vesubio, in Buenos Aires. They had been charged with six counts of murder and 156 of violent kidnappings, including that of a German student, Elisabeth Käsemann. She was arrested in early March, 1977, and died on May 24 at the age of 30.

The similarities between the current economic crisis in Greece and the “Peso Crisis” that ravaged Argentina’s economy at the turn of the century cannot be overlooked. The South American country devalued its currency in order to avert a crippling financial crash. Experts are advising Greece to exit the Eurozone and take a similar path. Should Athens follow the steps of Buenos Aires?

“I don’t feel nostalgic when I think about my country, but I do feel the need to introduce some of its traditions to the Germans”, says Jorge Sánchez in this multimedia portrait. During his eight years in Hamburg, this Mexican has left his mark on the local nightlife. His pseudonym as an artist, dj Sternsánchez, merges his family name with the name of his favorite borough in the city: Sternschanze.