Category: Latin America: Week in Review
June 20, 2011 > Staff
Brazilian Authorities Raid Rio Favela In Preparation For 2014 World Cup
Today in Latin America Top Story — A wave of heavily armed Brazilian soldiers and police swept through one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas Sunday morning in an effort to […] Read More >
June 17, 2011 > Staff
Zelaya Accuses Honduran Government Of Breaking Cartagena Accord
Today in Latin America Top Story — Ousted President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya accused current President Porfirio Lobo on Thursday of violating the terms of the agreement that allowed Zelaya […] Read More >
June 16, 2011 > Staff
Mexican Drug War Violence Leaves Governor’s Bodyguards Dead In Monterrey
Today in Latin America Top Story — Violence from Mexico’s drug war continued to plague Monterrey this week as two bodyguards of the governor of Nuevo León were found dead […] Read More >
June 15, 2011 > Staff
Obama Visits Puerto Rico; Hopes To Gain Latino Votes For 2012 Election
Today in Latin America Top Story — Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president since since John F. Kennedy to visit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, fulfilling a promise he […] Read More >
June 14, 2011 > Staff
Mexico’s Carstens Meets With Geithner; Says Lagarde Appointment Could Be “Conflict of Interest”
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s central bank head Agustín Carstens was in the United States Monday to meet with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in an effort to […] Read More >
June 13, 2011 > Staff
Brazil’s Rousseff Remains Popular Despite A Corruption Scandal And Continued Inflation
Today in Latin America Top Story — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s poll numbers rose slightly this weekend, despite suffering her first major scandal and rising inflation. A poll by Datafolha […] Read More >
June 10, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Humala Visits Brazil To Meet With Rousseff; Looks To Distance Himself From Chávez
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s president-elect Ollanta Humala made a visit to Brazil Thursday, where he met with President Dilma Rousseff, as part of his South American […] Read More >
June 9, 2011 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Return Former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon To Baja As Federal Prisoner
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican federal prosecutors formally charged Wednesday the former mayor of Tijuana with illegal possession of a large cache of firearms and ammunition and […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Staff
Obama Pressed To Submit Free Trade Agreements With Colombia and Panama For Vote
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leading Senate Republicans, a Fortune 500 company and a major newspaper are calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to send the proposed free […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Stock Market Plummets On News Of Ollanta Humala’s Victory
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s stock exchange plummeted a record 12.5 percent and closed early after leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala definitively won the country’s runoff presidential election Monday. […] Read More >