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 — Seven Latin American nations have joined Mexico in support of a lawsuit against the U.S. state of Arizona’s recent immigration law. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru have all filed lawsuits, all of which are similar to a legal brief filed in Mexico that supports [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Cuban doctor and political dissident Guillermo Fariñas ended his hunger strike after refusing food for over 130 days. Fariñas, who began his hunger strike after the death of fellow dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo in February, ended the strike after the Cuban government announced that it was freeing 52 [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Department of Justice Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Arizona arguing that the state’s new immigration law undermines federal government’s work to pursue terrorists, gang members and other criminal immigrants. The lawsuit, which has been talked about since June, says that Arizona’s law usurps powers to control immigration [...]
The federal government moved Tuesday to sue the state of Arizona over its recent law. President Barack Obama’s administration filed a lawsuit arguing that the state doesn’t have the right to enforce immigration law. The state law will require police to investigate the immigration status of those they suspect of being criminal immigrants. The administration [...]
President Barack Obama will address the nation’s immigration system in a speech Thursday morning. The announcement follows a week in which the president huddled with immigration activists and met Hispanic political leaders. His speech isn’t expected to unveil new policy or bring strong implications beyond building coalitions and reiterating his commitment to reform. The speech, [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Mexican government asked a U.S. federal court this week to declare Arizona’s new immigration law unconstitutional, stating that Mexico’s interests and its citizens’ rights are at risk and that the law could damage bilateral relations. The law requires police officers to check the immigration status of people they [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she was angry at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for comments she made during an interview with an Ecuadorean television about the state’s controversial immigration law. During the interview, which aired in Ecuador on June 8 and began circulating throughout the U.S. [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — A cellphone video, released Thursday, appears to show a U.S. Border Patrol agent stopping several people attempting to cross the international border between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. The video shows the agent draw his gun and shoot at the Mexican side of the border where [...]
More than a thousand troops will soon travel to the Southwest, assigned to bolster border protection. President Barack Obama’s pledge to move 1,200 National Guard troops comes after criticism of the federal government’s commitment to border control. The promise of more troops was accompanied by a request for $500 million to secure the border, Reuters [...]
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