Category: Latin America: Week in Review
June 14, 2010 > Staff
Colombian Military Rescues Three Hostages Held By The FARC
Today in Latin America Top Story — Colombian security forces liberated three hostages who have been held by leftist guerrillas for nearly 12 years, government officials announced on Sunday, according […] Read More >
June 11, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Video Emerges In The Shooting Of Mexican Boy By Border Agents; Elicits Criticism From Calderón
Today in Latin America Top Story — A cellphone video, released Thursday, appears to show a U.S. Border Patrol agent stopping several people attempting to cross the international border between […] Read More >
June 10, 2010 > Staff
Colombian Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega Sentenced To 30 Years For Forced Disappearances
Today in Latin America Top Story — Colombian Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, after being convicted of the forced disappearance of 11 […] Read More >
June 9, 2010 > Staff
OAS To Send Delegation To Assess Political Situation In Honduras
Today in Latin America Top Story — The 40th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) voted on Tuesday to send a high-level delegation to Honduras in order […] Read More >
June 8, 2010 > Staff
Colombia’s FARC Releases Video Of Five Hostages Asking Government To Negotiate With Rebels
Today in Latin America Top Story — Four police officers and one soldier, kidnapped by Colombia’s FARC guerrillas, called on the government to make a deal with the left-wing rebel group […] Read More >
June 7, 2010 > Staff
OAS Meeting Begins in Peru Amid Tensions Over Status of Honduras
Today in Latin America Top Story — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other dignitaries from throughout Latin America began a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) […] Read More >
June 4, 2010 > Staff
Oliver Stone Promotes New Film “South of the Border” in South America
Today in Latin America Top Story — Oliver Stone spoke at the Buenos Aires School of Law Thursday, as part of a trip to promote his new film “South of […] Read More >
June 3, 2010 > Staff
Guatemalan Residents Return Home After Tropical Storm Agatha
Today in Latin America Top Story — Guatemalan residents began returning home earlier this week after Tropical Storm Agatha ravaged much of Central America and left 183 people dead with […] Read More >
June 2, 2010 > Staff
Mayor of Cancún Arrested; Charged With Drug-Trafficking, Money Laundering and Connections to Cartels
Today in Latin America Top Story — The mayor of the Mexican resort town of Cancún was arrested and charged Tuesday with drug-trafficking, money laundering and having connections to organized […] Read More >
June 1, 2010 > Staff
Tropical Storm Agatha Ravages Central America; An Estimated 131 Dead in the Region
Today in Latin America Top Story — The season’s first tropical storm ripped through Central America and southern Mexico over the weekend, leaving an estimated 131 people dead and thousands […] Read More >