Posts By: Staff
November 25, 2020 > Staff
Former President of Panama Will Face New Trial
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PANAMA: Panama’s High Court of Appeal annulled an August 2019 sentence that acquitted former President Ricardo Martinelli of illegal wiretapping and corruption, and ruled he face […] Read More >
November 24, 2020 > Staff
113 Bodies Found in Unmarked Graves in Mexico
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Officials found unmarked graves filled with 113 bodies in the state of Jalisco. The State Attorney General’s office stated that this is the largest gravesite […] Read More >
November 23, 2020 > Staff
Guatemalan Protesters Set Congress on Fire Over Budget Cuts
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: Protestors set fire to part of Guatemala’s Congress during demonstrations on Saturday against budget cuts to educational and health spending. Around a thousand protestors rallied […] Read More >
November 20, 2020 > Staff
Mexico Says Officials Will Not Be Tried in the U.S.
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Mexico no longer wants officials accused of corruption to be put in trial in the United States, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday. […] Read More >
November 19, 2020 > Staff
U.S. Drops Charges Against Former Mexican Defense Minister
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES/MEXICO: The United States government dropped drug trafficking and money-laundering charges against Mexico’s former Defense Chief Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after Mexican officials threatened to toss […] Read More >
November 18, 2020 > Staff
Caribbean Companies Allegedly Used the Pandemic to Promote Products
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) along with the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) released a report that shows how major food and beverage producers have […] Read More >
November 17, 2020 > Staff
Hurricane Iota Lands as Category 4 Storm in Nicaragua
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 Storm a mere few miles away where the deadly Hurricane Eta landed earlier this month. […] Read More >
November 16, 2020 > Staff
Peru’s Interim President Resigns After Massive Protests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: Interim President Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday due to massive protests. The Saturday protests were violently repressed by security forces, causing the deaths of a […] Read More >
November 13, 2020 > Staff
Mexico President Moves to Ban Job Outsourcing
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Thursday that he will introduce legislation that would ban the outsourcing of jobs by private companies, except for […] Read More >
November 12, 2020 > Staff
Uncounted Ballots Found in Puerto Rico Week After Elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico’s elections commission discovered almost 200 briefcases containing uncounted ballots from a secured vault on Tuesday. Francisco Rosado, the State Commission on Elections’ […] Read More >