Today in Latin America Top Story — President Barack Obama said that Mexico’s problem with drug cartels is not comparable to Colombia at the height of its own drug war. “Mexico is vast and progressive democracy, with a growing economy, and as a result you cannot compare what is happening in Mexico with what happened [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – A U.S. journalist surprised observers Wednesday by reporting that former Cuban head of state Fidel Castro no longer has enough confidence in the Cuban economic model to export it. During an interview with Atlantic Magazine correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg, Castro said the Cuban economic model “doesn’t even work for [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – The Mexican military has launched an investigation into the shooting death of a 15-year old boy and his father by soldiers at checkpoint in northern Mexico. Soldiers allegedly attacked the car carrying the father and son, which they say failed to stop at the checkpoint in the state [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – Two people were shot dead at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, authorities said Monday. Soldiers attacked a car passing a military checkpoint, saying the car failed to stop, shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, The Miami Herald Reports. Relatives said the car had passed the [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed dozens of people in Guatemala, with President Álvaro Colom calling it a “national tragedy.” At least 37 people have been killed and rescue crews are digging through the mud in the hopes of finding nearly two dozen people missing. The people [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s bloody drug war continued as the Mexican army claims to have killed 27 suspected drug cartel members in a shootout in the state of Tamaulipas. The shootout took place after a military patrol approached a suspected training camp that had been spotted during an aerial search. Authorities [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Two days after the arrest of Mexican drug figure Edgar Valdéz Villarreal, also known as “La Barbie,” more news has come to light about his alleged links to drug traffickers in Colombia. Colombian police arrested 11 people allegedly linked to Valdez Villarreal in cities of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has been in the news a good amount recently. In an interview with the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the former Cuban head said that in the early years of the revolution homosexuals were persecuted and that he regretted that they were marginalized or sent [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico announced Monday the capture of one of the country’s most infamous drug lords. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known as “the Barbie,” was captured by federal police in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital of Mexico City, after a yearlong intelligence operation. “This capture constitutes a blow [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – On Saturday, Grupo Mexicana suspended the operations of three of its airlines “until further notice,” due to financial issues that arose when the group changed owners a week ago. Flights for the groups’s three main airlines – Mexicana Airlines, MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink – halted flights at midday on Saturday. “Today’s [...]
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