Posts By: Staff
October 9, 2018 > Staff
Transgender and Indigenous Candidates Break Glass Ceiling in Brazilian elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL : Despite the near victory of the far right in Sunday’s election with presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro entering the runoff election as the frontrunner, indigenous […] Read More >
October 8, 2018 > Staff
Bolsonaro snatches the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: A contentious presidential race in Brazil reached its conclusion yesterday as the votes began tallying in. Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate from the Social Liberal […] Read More >
October 5, 2018 > Staff
Federal Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Trump’s Termination of Temporary Protected Status
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: Immigrants and immigrant rights groups celebrated a new California federal court decision blocking the Trump administration’s plans to stop renewing the legal status of […] Read More >
October 4, 2018 > Staff
Peru Revokes Fujimori’s Pardon
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The Supreme Court annulled the controversial 2017 pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori, handing down a new “location and capture” order that would have the […] Read More >
October 3, 2018 > Staff
Audit finds failures in border separations
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA THE BORDER : A government audit stated that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was “plagued” with “lack of preparation, resource shortfalls and communication failures.” The […] Read More >
October 2, 2018 > Staff
Canada joins US and Mexico in trade deal to replace NAFTA
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL: The United States, Mexico and Canada have decided to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with a new trade deal. The latest round of […] Read More >
October 1, 2018 > Staff
Journalistic Investigation Reveals How Illegal Timber Ransacks Amazon Forest
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA AMAZONIA: An international team of journalists has shed light on the mechanisms that traffickers use to ship illegal timber out of the Amazon jungle — where more […] Read More >
September 28, 2018 > Staff
Mexicans Indignant over Light Sentence in Infamous Corruption Case
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador channeled the general outrage in the Gulf state of Veracruz yesterday, dismissing former Governor Javier Duarte’s nine-year sentence on organized […] Read More >
September 27, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela Under Fire at UN General Assembly
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, five South American presidents and the Canadian prime minister met to sign a joint letter […] Read More >
September 26, 2018 > Staff
Trump Criticizes Venezuela at UN General Assembly
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday, advancing his “America First” policy and lauding his work with […] Read More >