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Obama and Brewer face off as President Critiques GOP stance on Immigration
Today in Latin America Top Story — U.S. President Barack Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer entered into a heated exchange as the president arrived in Phoenix on Thursday as part of a five-state tour. As Obama greeted Arizona officials on the tarmac shortly after landing, Brewer, whose controversial immigration law has been adopted in other states but blocked by a federal judge, could be seen pointing in Obama’s face before the president turned his back and left while Brewer was [...]
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FARC Leader Proposes to Swap Six Hostages for Prisoners
Today in Latin America Top Story — A rebel leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) pledged to release six captive Colombian military and police officers and asked for a constitutional change to swap the hostages for jailed guerillas. In a video released on Wednesday, FARC secretariat member Iván Márquez said that “prisoner of war swaps should become a constitutional norm”, and characterized his proposal as “an act of peace”. The FARC has held the six prisoners for over a decade, [...]
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Uruguay will pay $513,000 to Child of Disappeared
Today in Latin America Top Story — Uruguayan President José Mujica approved a $513,000 settlement to be paid to Macarena Gelman, who was kidnapped along with her disappeared parents during the 1973-1985 Uruguayan dictatorship. The settlement is one component of a decision handed down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights last year, which stipulated that Uruguay must pursue investigations into the forced disappearance of Gelman’s mother, who at 19 was taken from a notorious torture center in Argentina to Uruguay [...]
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Cuban Prisoners Freed after Amnesty International Labels Them Prisoners of Conscience
Today in Latin America Top Story — Cuba released three prisoners who were arrested at a protest and held for 52 days without charges, Amnesty International said Monday. According to the human rights organization, Ivonne Malleza Galano, Ignacio Martínez Montejo and Isabel Haydee Alvarez were arrested on November 30 and set free on January 20, just hours after Amnesty International listed them as prisoners of conscience. During a protest, Malleza and Martínez had reportedly been holding a banner that read [...]
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Former Guatemalan Dictator Ordered to make Court Appearance
Today in Latin America Top Story — Former Guatemalan military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was ordered Saturday to appear in court this Thursday for an investigation of genocide committed during his 1982-83 rule. Ríos Montt, elected to Congress in 2000, was exempt from prosecution while in office, but his term and legal immunity from prosecution expired this month. For years, human rights groups and survivors of state terror have attempted to bring Ríos Montt before a judge to answer for [...]
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U.S. Immigration Officials Recommend Closing 14 Percent of Cases
Today in Latin America Top Story — U.S. immigration officials are recommending that an estimated 14% of nearly 12,000 immigration cases be closed to focus on high-priority deportation cases. Under a new policy by the Obama administration, immigration officials will put an emphasis on deporting undocumented immigrants that have criminal backgrounds or have violated immigration law multiple times, and use prosecutorial discretion to allow immigrants meeting special criteria to stay. Two pilot programs in Denver and Baltimore released their preliminary results [...]
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Guatemala’s Perez Molina wants to Discuss Drug Decriminalization
Today in Latin America Top Story — Newly inaugurated Guatemalan President Pérez Molina called for a discussion of regional drug decriminalization during an appearance on Mexico’s Televisa network Wednesday, saying the strategy should be analyzed as soon as possible. “I believe that the decriminalization of drugs would have to be a strategy in which the whole region is in agreement,” Pérez Molina said in the interview. Pérez Molina also praised Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s efforts to combat drug trafficking in [...]
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Accident in Haiti Kills at Least 29 and Injures more than 60
Today in Latin America Top Story — A dump truck carrying gravel collided with a bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti late Monday night, killing at least 29 people and injuring 67 more, according to officials. The bus crashed into a sidewalk on Route Delmas where vendors and pedestrians were gathered and the ensuing chaos was broadcast live from the scene of the accident, just in front of national television headquarters. Doctors Without Borders, on hand to help treat the injured along with the [...]
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Chile: Jailed Mapuche Leaders Ready to Confront State
Today in Latin America Top Story — Indigenous Mapuche activists jailed in the southern Chilean region of Araucania said Monday that they were prepared for a confrontation with the government in order to reclaim their native lands. In an interview with the AFP from his jail cell, Ramon Llanquileo, one of four Mapuche leaders belonging to the Arauco Malleco Coordination (CAM), also denied the Chilean government’s accusation that the CAM had intentionally set forest fires in Carahue and Quillon, killing seven firefighters [...]
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Haiti Still Recovering Two Years After Earthquake
Today in Latin America Top Story — Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the Magnitude 7 earthquake that destroyed much of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and left around 316,000 people dead. Since then the country has suffered a widespread cholera outbreak and a contested election that saw singer Michel Martelly take the presidency. Thousands of Haitians are still living in makeshift tent shelters and the country has had a tough road to recovery. While three billion dollars was donated to [...]
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