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 — A year after the coup that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Latin American countries are beginning to recognize the new government in larger numbers. The Chilean government announced Friday that it would normalize diplomatic relations with Honduras, which were suspended following the coup last June. Mexico’s Ministry of [...]
NEW YORK — In a few weeks, female Guatemalan asylum seekers might know whether their applications hold better odds. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a Guatemalan might be eligible for asylum because she’d be unsafe in her own country. This volleys her case back to the Board of Immigration Appeals, [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Street gangs in El Salvador attacked two passenger buses, killing at least 16 people in an attack that Salvadoran Security Minister Manuel Melgar called “an act of terrorism”. The gangs sprayed the side of one bus and doused the other in gasoline before igniting it in a crowded [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other dignitaries from throughout Latin America began a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Sunday in Peru. Besides stopping in Peru for the meeting, Clinton also plans to visit Ecuador, Colombia and Barbados. One of the main underlying tensions [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Guatemalan residents began returning home earlier this week after Tropical Storm Agatha ravaged much of Central America and left 183 people dead with thousands more homeless. Guatemala was the hardest hit by Agatha, with a reported 156 people dead and another 103 people missing in the country alone. [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — The season’s first tropical storm ripped through Central America and southern Mexico over the weekend, leaving an estimated 131 people dead and thousands more missing and homeless. Tropical Storm Agatha caused major flooding and landslides in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras and prompted Honduras to declare a state [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Costa Rica swore in the country’s first female president this weekend as Laura Chinchilla was inaugurated during an open-air ceremony in San José. Chinchilla, 51, replaces Nobel peace prize winner Óscar Arias as president of the Central American nation and becomes the third female president in Central America [...]
To begin viewing this photo essay as a slideshow, click the first image. This photo essay is adapted from “Gold Fever: Artisanal and Industrial Mining Extraction in the Industrial Triangle,” which originally appeared on Feb. 28, 2010, at MiMundo.org. The images, by James Rodríguez, were produced with the support of Oxfam America. Captions by Roque [...]
PANAMA CITY — Two historic neighborhoods in the Republic of Panama are in danger of losing their status of World Heritage Sites as recognized by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Paired together, the ruins of Panama Viejo as well as the historic district of Casco Antiguo will be the subject of a [...]
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