Posts By: Carolina Ramirez
December 4, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Mexico Protests: Rumors Of Deaths During Anti-Peña Nieto Demonstrations Stir Social Media
NEW YORK — Social media buzzed this weekend with unconfirmed rumors that several protesters had died in confrontations with police during the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Thousands […] Read More >
October 10, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Caravan For Peace ‘Plants Seeds’ In New York City
NEW YORK – On the night of Sept. 6, a procession of a few hundred people crossed Harlem from east to west before gathering in front of Santa Celicia Parish in the […] Read More >
October 9, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Guatemala Implements Police Reform Aimed At Reviewing 20,000 Officers
Guatemala will implement a program to root out corruption in the police and military, according to Mexican daily El Informador. The wide-reaching anti-corruption program marks an effort by the administration […] Read More >
October 6, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
2 Honduras Officials Receive Death Threats
Two officials in Honduras viewed as sympathizers with the county’s political left have received death threats, the local press reports. The news of the death threats against National Agrarian Institute […] Read More >
October 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Alberto Fujimori Paintings To Be Confiscated To Pay Debt To Peru
Former President and dictator of Peru Alberto Fujimori may have to give up the paintings he produced while in prison, according to a report by Peruvian daily El Comercio. Peru’s […] Read More >
May 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Immigration Activists Join May Day Protests
NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of immigration activists and undocumented workers joined labor unions and Occupy Wall Street protesters Tuesday to commemorate the international workers’ holiday, May Day. Similar protests were […] Read More >