Posts By: Alfredo Eladio Moreno

Fredo is a journalist and photographer from his native Houston, Texas. He has reported since 2020 on Mexican politics and immigration policy in the United States, and especially on Nicaragua and the Ortega-Murillo regime. He is a graduate student of Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Latin America News Dispatch.

China, the Americas, and Lithium — A Tale of Investment in Emerging Markets

NEW YORK — Year-to-date, Chinese investments in Latin American lithium — as measured by the price tag of projects and acquisition value — have surpassed investment levels in 2021, according […] Read More >

Demonstrators Show AMLO Valentine’s Day Love

NEW YORK — A dozen Mexican New Yorkers showed their support for Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known by his initials AMLO, by staging a Valentine’s Day-themed rally at […] Read More >

Brazil’s Jan. 8 Shows the Influence of Anti-Communist Rhetoric

It is clear Bolsonaro’s public crusade sowing doubt in the integrity of Brazil’s democracy and elections inspired protestors to attack the Brazilian capital on Jan. 8. But under this patina […] Read More >

Biden Administration Expands Title 42 Authority

HOUSTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday it is expanding its authority under Title 42 — a public health law used to rapidly expel migrants who cross land borders — […] Read More >

Title 42 Remains, For Now: How We Got Here and What’s Next

The Supreme Court said Dec. 27 that Title 42 — a set of federal orders elaborated to quickly expel migrants at the border for public health reasons — will remain […] Read More >

Almost half of Nicaraguan NGOs dissolved

NEW YORK — In Nicaragua, 44% of registered NGOs — 3,209 NGOs out of the 7,227 registered in Nicaragua since 2018 — have had their legal registration canceled by the […] Read More >

Opinion: AMLO Bets Big on Lithium Nationalization

On April 20, 2022, the Mexican Senate approved a reform to the Mining Law that nationalized the country’s lithium reserves. The move came at the heels of AMLO’s announcement to create […] Read More >