Category: Latin America: Week in Review
November 21, 2014 > Staff
Sidestepping Congress, Obama Unveils Plan To Protect 5 Million From Deportation
Top Story — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a three-part executive order on immigration that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, sidestepping a year […] Read More >
November 20, 2014 > Staff
Missing Beauty Queen, Sister, Found Dead in Honduras
Top Story — The bodies of reigning Miss Honduras María José Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofía, 23, were found in a riverbank grave in an area west of the […] Read More >
November 19, 2014 > Staff
Peña Nieto Says Protesters Seek To Destabilize Mexico
Top Story — Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto on Tuesday accused “violent movements” of taking advantage of anger over the September disappearance of 43 students to sow unrest as discontent […] Read More >
November 18, 2014 > Staff
Report Highlights Activist Murders in Peru Ahead of Lima Climate Talks
Top Story — Just two weeks before the U.N. Climate Change Conference begins in Lima, Peru, nonprofit Global Witness has released a widely publicized report naming the country the fourth […] Read More >
November 17, 2014 > Staff
Brazil Arrests 27 in Petrobras Corruption Scandal
Top Story — Brazilian authorities on Friday arrested 27 people in connection with an investigation into a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme at the state-run oil company Petrobras. Among the 27 was […] Read More >
November 14, 2014 > Staff
Venezuela Court Refuses to Release Opposition Leader, Despite U.N. Appeal
Top Story — A Venezuelan court has refused to release leading opposition politician Leopoldo López, despite appeals by the United Nations, López’s defense lawyer said Thursday. López has been imprisoned […] Read More >
November 13, 2014 > Staff
FARC Apologizes for Killing Indigenous Leaders
Top Story — The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, has issued a statment saying that they “profoundly lament” killing two indigenous Nasa men near the southwestern municipality of Toribío earlier […] Read More >
November 12, 2014 > Staff
Maduro Puts Price Limits on Barbies, Fearing Holiday Speculation
Top Story — Barbies are flying off the shelf in Venezuela after its socialist government mandated the plastic dolls be sold at a special discount price for the holidays. The […] Read More >
November 11, 2014 > Staff
Argentina Becoming a Drug-Trafficking Hub, Experts Say
Top Story — Argentina is fast becoming a major transit route and base of operations in the global drug trade, according to authorities. The quantity of cocaine and other drugs […] Read More >
November 10, 2014 > Staff
Missing Iguala Students Incinerated, Attorney General Says, as Mexico Erupts in Protests
Top Story — The 43 students missing since late September were killed and their remains incinerated, Mexico’s attorney general announced in a press conference Friday. According to Murillo Karam, the […] Read More >