Category: Blog
September 15, 2015 > Staff
Guatemala Establishment Candidate Exits Presidential Race
Top Story — Guatemala’s presidential runoff on Oct. 25 will have one fewer contestant, after the leading establishment candidate dropped out on Monday. Jimmy Morales, a comedian with no political […] Read More >
September 14, 2015 > Staff
Painful Budget Cuts, Tax Hikes Are Rousseff’s “Last Chance,” Newspaper Says
Top Story — Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is “hanging by a thread,” daily newspaper Folha de São Paulo said in a front-page editorial Sunday, which argues that Rousseff’s government will […] Read More >
July 24, 2015 > Staff
Mexico Human Rights Group Finds Errors in Investigation of 43 Missing Students
Hello to all our Today in Latin America subscribers. The LAND staff will be taking vacation until the beginning of September, meaning our daily newsletter will be on hold until […] Read More >
July 23, 2015 > Staff
Arrests in Pinochet-Era Death of U.S. Citizen
Authorities in Chile have arrested five former military officers and two former non-commissioned officers in connection with the 1986 burning death of a U.S. citizen and one other person, an […] Read More >
July 22, 2015 > Staff
Peru To Hold Talks With Isolated Tribe For First Time
Top Story — Government anthropologists from Peru are attempting to talk with a largely isolated clan of the Mashco Piro Indians for the first time, in order to understand why […] Read More >
July 20, 2015 > Staff
US, Cuba to Open Embassies
The United States and Cuba will open embassies on one another’s soil on Monday, a historic culmination of the two countries’ promise in December to normalize relations after more than […] Read More >
July 17, 2015 > Staff
Brazil’s Ex-President Latest Target of Corruption Probe
Top Story — Brazilian prosecutors are reportedly investigating former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for allegedly using his influence abroad to lobby for Brazilian business interests, confirming Silva’s expressed […] Read More >
July 16, 2015 > Staff
Cuba Live-Tweets Castro’s Speech to Parliament
Top Story — Cuban President Raul Castro said Wednesday, in a speech shared live over newly created state social media accounts, that Cuba is prepared to enter a new stage […] Read More >
July 15, 2015 > Staff
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Barred From Office
Top Story — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is running for Congress in December elections, has been barred from public office for a full year in a move […] Read More >
July 14, 2015 > Staff
Senior Prison Officials Fired as Hunt for “El Chapo” Intensifies
Top Story — The head of Mexico’s prison system as well as two other prison officials, including the director of the Altiplano maximum-security prison from which powerful drug lord Joaquín […] Read More >