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ISABEL DEBRE

Senior reporter, Southern Cone

DeBre writes about Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for The Associated Press, based in Buenos Aires. Before moving to South America in 2024, she covered the Middle East reporting from Jerusalem, Cairo and Dubai.
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers the annual State of the Nation address, which marks the start of the legislative year, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
In address to congress, Argentine President Milei promises IMF deal and lauds economic wins
 
Uruguay's incoming President Yamandu Orsi and Vice President Carolina Cosse wave as they ride in an open car on Inauguration Day, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich)
Uruguay’s new leftist president takes office, facing a financial balancing act
 
Pallets of branded aluminum cans at the production line in the Palestinian Chat Cola bottling plant, in the West Bank city of Salfit, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Coca-Cola’s appeal to Palestinians fizzles as the Mideast war boosts demand for a local look-alike
 
A demonstrator holds a banner depicting President Javier Milei and the $Libra cryptocurrency during a protest organized by retirees demanding better pensions, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Argentina’s crypto scandal dings Milei, involves strange mix of characters
 
Residents of the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, near Tulkarem, evacuate their homes as the Israeli military continues its operation in the area on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
Thousands of Palestinian families flee West Bank homes as Israel confronts militants
 
Palestinian prisoner Waddeh Bazrah, 43, is greeted after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
 
Mohammed Shula speaks at a relative's house, where he and his wife have taken refuge, in the West Bank village of Kafr al-Labad, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Israel’s fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman puts the focus on West Bank violence
 
Palestinian motorists waiting in line at the Ein Senia Israeli army checkpoint are seen through an iron gate north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
More Israeli checkpoints are slicing up the West Bank
 
Palestinian prisoners are greeted as they exit a Red Cross bus after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
 
Palestinian prisoners are greeted as they exit a Red Cross bus after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
 
Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
 
Two youths leave a boys school run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like
 
Israeli soldier Agam Berger waves to the crowd next to masked Islamic Jihad militants as she is handed over to the Red Cross at the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza City, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar)
Israelis and Palestinians rejoice after more hostages and prisoners are freed
 
Palestinians gather outside of a health clinic run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
 
Palestinian prisoners are greeted by a crowd after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
 
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
With the ceasefire in Gaza comes a gruesome challenge: Counting and collecting the dead
 
Israeli female soldier hostages wave and react at a Palestinian crowd before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar)
Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire holds
 
This photo provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, convened his security Cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal after confirming an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
How the deal to pause the Israel-Hamas war could unfold
 
Former President Evo Morales chews coca in the Lauca N, Chapare region of Bolivia, Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales seeks a political comeback from his stronghold in the tropics
 
Aymara indigenous people wait in line to vote during judicial elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia’s divisive popular vote for senior judges offers lessons for Mexico
 
FILE - Argentine President Javier Milei addresses supporters during a rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Argentina’s Milei marks one year in office. Here’s how his shock measures are reshaping the economy
 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
The EU and a South American trade bloc reach a giant trade deal after 25 years of talks
 
A woman models a creation by a local designer at a Chola fashion show, promoting the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women, in Viacha, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
In Bolivia’s scrappy highlands, proud Indigenous Cholas take the runway by storm
 
A woman walks next to a queue of truck drivers waiting to fill their diesel tanks in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse
 
FILE - Police escort former police colonel Maximiliano Davila, center, as he was presented to the media at a Bolivian Police Command office in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Bolivia’s top court says its former anti-drug chief can be extradited to the US on drug charges
 
Argentina's President Javier Milei attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Argentina’s Milei pivots to pragmatism in first talks with China’s Xi after shaking up the G20
 
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
Asia-Pacific summit closes in Peru with China’s Xi front and center as Trump whiplash looms
 
Argentina's President Javier Milei arrives to speak before President-elect Donald Trump during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In Milei’s latest drastic move, Argentina is sole UN holdout voting ‘no’ to ending gender violence
 
Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks during the APEC Leaders' Informal Dialogue at the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
APEC leaders hold Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office
 
Peru's President Dina Boluarte, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk down the red carpet during a welcome ceremony at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world’s least popular presidents
 
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