Category: Latin America: Week in Review
July 24, 2012 > Staff
Peru: Court Reduces Grupo Colina Death Squad Sentences
Top Story — After Peru’s Supreme Court reduced the sentences of members of the Grupo Colina death squad, critics on Monday raised the possibility that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori […] Read More >
July 23, 2012 > Staff
Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Paya Killed In Car Crash
Top Story — Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, was killed in a car crash on Sunday in eastern Granma province along with another dissident. The […] Read More >
July 20, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: Nasa Indians To Try Alleged Guerrillas
Top Story — Fed up with violence in their community, members of the Nasa tribe in Colombia said that they were putting four suspected FARC guerrillas on trial for attacking […] Read More >
July 19, 2012 > Staff
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Says Money Laundering Influenced Election
Top Story — Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday accused Enrique Peña Nieto, the apparent victor in Mexico’s July 1 presidential elections, of laundering money to finance […] Read More >
July 18, 2012 > Staff
Chile: Ex-Colonels Charged For Torturing Michelle Bachelet’s Father
Top Story — Two retired Chilean colonels were charged Tuesday with torturing to death the father of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, General Alberto Bachelet. General Bachelet, loyal to then-President Salvador Allende, was […] Read More >
July 17, 2012 > Staff
Uruguay: No Marijuana Bill Without 60 Percent Public Support
Top Story — Uruguayan President José Mujica qualified a proposed bill that would allow the Uruguayan state to regulate and sell marijuana, saying that he would only do so if 60 […] Read More >
July 13, 2012 > Staff
Stranded Central American Migrants Await Aid in Mexico
Top Story — Several thousand Central American migrants stranded in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico for nearly a month are now receiving humanitarian aid from the governments of El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Approximately 3,500 […] Read More >
July 12, 2012 > Staff
Mexico: Paper Ends Drug Violence Coverage After Attack
Top Story — La Mañana newpaper in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, announced Tuesday that it would no longer cover violent crime after an attacker threw a grenade at the paper’s offices. […] Read More >
July 11, 2012 > Staff
Brazilian Prisoners Reduce Sentences By Cycling
Top Story — As prisons across Latin America struggle with violence and overcrowding, some Brazilian prisons are implementing new programs that attempt to prevent recidivism through exercise, education, and reading. […] Read More >
July 10, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Demands Investigation Into Cross-Border Shooting
Top Story — The Mexican Foreign Ministry said Sunday that a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican citizen on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, demanding an investigation into […] Read More >