Category: Latin America: Week in Review
May 7, 2012 > Staff
Argentine Ad For London Olympics Angers IOC
Top Story — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a letter to the Argentine Olympic committee after an Argentine ad promoting the 2012 London Olympics made a controversial reference the Falkland Islands. The […] Read More >
May 4, 2012 > Staff
IKEA Used Cuban Dissidents to Manufacture Furniture: Report
Top Story — Already in deep water over allegations that it used prisoners from the former East Germany to make its products, Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA now faces charges […] Read More >
May 3, 2012 > Staff
Guatemala Declares State Of Siege After Riot
Top Story — The Guatemalan government sent troops to the province of Huehuetenango after declaring a state of siege when 200 people took over an army outpost on the border with Mexico. The […] Read More >
May 2, 2012 > Staff
Colombia’s FARC Holding French Journalist Hostage
Top Story — The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed Tuesday that they are holding the missing French journalist Romeo Langlois as a “prisoner of war” after he was captured in a […] Read More >
May 1, 2012 > Staff
Mexican Congress Votes To Compensate Crime Victims
Top Story — Both houses of Mexican Congress approved a law to compensate victims of crimes that will be partially financed by assets seized from organized crime groups. The law […] Read More >
April 30, 2012 > Staff
Thousands Of Dead Pelicans Wash Ashore In Peru
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s oceanographic agency says that it will investigate a mass die-off of pelicans in a zone where 900 dead dolphins were recently discovered washed up on […] Read More >
April 27, 2012 > Staff
Brazil: Environmentalists, Farmers Await Changes To Forest Code
Today in Latin America Top Story— Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved controversial revisions to the country’s Forest Code, which stipulates the number of acres of forest that Brazilian farmers […] Read More >
April 26, 2012 > Staff
Arizona Officials Encouraged As Supreme Court Reviews Immigration Law
Arizona officials, including Gov. Jan Brewer, emerged from the courtroom encouraged by the justices’ statements, though Brewer had an uncomfortable encounter with the crowd of protesters outside. Read More >
April 25, 2012 > Staff
Chilean Government Orders Pinochet’s Will Opened
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Chilean government will unseal the last will and testament of deceased dictator Augusto Pinochet on Wednesday in an effort to determine the size of […] Read More >
April 24, 2012 > Staff
Brazilian, Argentine Dictatorships Received Soviet Weapons During Falklands War
Today in Latin America Top Story — Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that the Brazilian government helped ship arms from the Soviet Union to Argentina during the Falklands War between […] Read More >