Category: Latin America: Week in Review
May 14, 2020 > Staff
Mexico and Brazil Report Highest Single-Day Deaths Since Start of Pandemic
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO-BRAZIL: The two largest countries in the region reported their highest coronavirus death tolls in a single day on Tuesday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) […] Read More >
May 13, 2020 > Staff
Chile Prepares for Worst Weeks of Coronavirus
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: President Sebastián Piñera said that the coronavirus outbreak will reach its peak in the next few weeks, as the number of cases spikes across the […] Read More >
May 12, 2020 > Staff
Experts Say Nicaraguan Government is Concealing Coronavirus Spread
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: Monday was the sixth day that President Daniel Ortega’s administration did not provide new figures of COVID-19 cases. The administration has only reported 16 confirmed […] Read More >
May 11, 2020 > Staff
Venezuela Orders Arrests In Failed Invasion
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab on Friday ordered the arrests of three people implicated in a plot to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office. Ex-Green […] Read More >
May 8, 2020 > Staff
Brazil Could be Next Global Coronavirus Hotspot
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: The rates of new coronavirus cases in Brazil show no signs of slowly, raising concerns that the South American country could become the next global […] Read More >
May 7, 2020 > Staff
AMLO Denies Rise of Violence Against Women During Lockdown
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President Andrés Manuel Lopéz Obrador on Wednesday stated that violence against women has not increased since Mexico began a national lockdown due to the novel […] Read More >
May 6, 2020 > Staff
U.S. Denies Involvement in Attack on Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: U.S. President Donald Trump declared yesterday that the United States was not involved with the attack that led to two American citizens’ arrests in Venezuela. […] Read More >
May 5, 2020 > Staff
Duque Spends Peace Fund on PR Campaign
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: President Iván Duque signed a $844,000 public relations contract using money from the president’s Peace Fund, according to a report by Semana News. The Peace […] Read More >
May 4, 2020 > Staff
Workers Protest as Baja California Prepares to Reopen Factories
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Maquiladoras in Baja California will reopen today, after the state government decided to reclassify manufacturers as “essential,” requiring tens of thousands of employees to return […] Read More >
May 1, 2020 > Staff
Former Head of Honduran Police Charged with Drug Trafficking
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HONDURAS: United States Federal prosecutors announced drug trafficking charges against Juan Carlos “El Tigre” Bonilla Valladares, former head of the Honduran National Police. These are the […] Read More >