Category: Blog

GOOGLE TO INVEST $140 MIL IN CHILE DATA CENTER

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: Google will invest an additional $140 million in its first Latin American data center, outside Santiago, more than tripling the facility’s size, company and government […] Read More >

Lula da Silva withdrawals from Brazil’s presidential election

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL : Imprisoned former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has officially withdrawn from the presidential election. He was replaced by the former mayor of São […] Read More >

US & China’s diplomacies clash over Central American region

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA U.S. – CENTRAL AMERICA : The United States withdrew its top diplomats from Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Panama, criticising those governments’ decision to end diplomacy […] Read More >

Washington officials & Venezuelan military scheme to overthrow Maduro

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA U.S. – Unidentified White House officials have been covertly meeting with Venezuelan military rebels over the past year, sitting in on discussions about staging a coup […] Read More >

Brazilian frontrunner presidential candidate stabbed at political rally

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL– Jair Bolsonaro, a frontrunner in Brazil’s current presidential elections, was stabbed at a campaign event on Thursday, requiring surgery after losing a severe amount of […] Read More >

AI Slams Guatemalan Bill Opposing Same-Sex Couples

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA – Amnesty International slammed a proposed Guatemalan bill that would ban recognition for same-sex couples as well as ending access to a diverse sexual education. […] Read More >

U.S. pushes UN to discuss Nicaragua

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: Member states of the UN Security Council tried to block the United States’ proposal to review the ongoing political crisis in Nicaragua. The delegations of […] Read More >

Guatemalan President Moves Against UN Anti-Corruption Body as Soldiers Surround Headquarters

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: President Jimmy Morales announced Friday he will not renew the mandate of a widely celebrated UN anti-corruption commission when it expires in 2019 and will “immediately” return its […] Read More >

Argentina peso continues plunge, falling by 20% in two days

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: The peso continued to fall yesterday by more than 13 percent, after a 7 percent drop the day before. The central bank tried to stabilize the […] Read More >

UN report accuses Nicaraguan government of repression and grave abuses

TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report yesterday accusing Nicaraguan authorities and allied paramilitary groups of killing, torturing, […] Read More >