Category: Blog
November 20, 2018 > Staff
About 4,000 People Evacuate Due to Volcano Activity
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: About 4,000 people evacuated the area around Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire yesterday after it began ejecting hot rock and ash. As one of Central America’s […] Read More >
November 19, 2018 > Staff
Migrant caravan finds local resistance in Tijuana
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Just one mile away from the U.S. border, the migrant caravan was received with a protest. Tijuana residents lambasted them and called the caravan an […] Read More >
November 16, 2018 > Staff
Macri and IMF Cheer Argentine Austerity Budget
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HEADLINES FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ARGENTINA: President Mauricio Macri celebrated the Senate’s early morning passage of a widely protested austerity budget for 2019. The budget, which […] Read More >
November 15, 2018 > Leo Schwartz
Communities in diaspora are using language to resist assimilation
NEW YORK — Three days a week, the sounds of Haitian Creole fill the fourth floor of the King Juan Carlos I Center in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. The source […] Read More >
November 15, 2018 > Staff
Key-Witness In Colombia Odebrecht Scandal was Poisoned
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HEADLINES FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COLOMBIA: A dead key witness in a Colombian fraud scandal involving Odebrecht is now being investigated for poisoning. Jorge Enrique Pizano […] Read More >
November 14, 2018 > Staff
Rains in Chile Destroy About 85% of Desert Microorganisms
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: In the last three years, the Atacama Desert has registered rains it hadn’t for over 500 years prior, causing a great devastation in up to […] Read More >
November 13, 2018 > Staff
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission is worried about Brazil
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released a report on Brazil yesterday expressing “deep concerns” over human rights. The group, which is part of the Organization […] Read More >
November 12, 2018 > Staff
Ex-army chief convicted for Pinochet-era crimes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: General Juan Emilio Cheyre was convicted on Friday to three years and one day of house arrest for complicity in the killing of 15 citizens […] Read More >
November 9, 2018 > Staff
New rules deny asylum rights to migrants
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA THE BORDER: The Trump Administration announced new immigration rules yesterday that will grant President Trump sweeping new authority to deny asylum to migrants who cross the […] Read More >
November 8, 2018 > Staff
40 Latinos Elected To Congress
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MIDTERMS: In the midterm elections at least 40 Latino candidates were elected to Congress, with three races still undecided. Thirty-two out of 44 Latino Democratic candidates […] Read More >