Category: Latin America: Week in Review
March 12, 2020 > Staff
Coronavirus Continues to Spread in Latin America
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: The World Health Organization officially labeled the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic on Wednesday as countries across the region ramped up health measures […] Read More >
March 11, 2020 > Staff
AMLO Won’t Change Policy After Femicide Protests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), two days of mass protests against femicides will not change his government’s policy on gender-based violence. In […] Read More >
March 10, 2020 > Staff
Thousands of Voting Machines Burned in Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Venezuela’s National Election Authority (CNE) announced yesterday that its main warehouse burned down over the weekend. According to CNE President Tibisay Lucena, 582 civil registry […] Read More >
March 9, 2020 > Staff
Latin Americans March on International Women’s Day
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Protestors across the region commemorated International Women’s Day yesterday, using the annual event to amplify demands to respond to gender-based violence, provide access to abortion, […] Read More >
March 6, 2020 > Staff
Brazilians Call For Boycott of Companies that Support Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Policies
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Brazilians outraged by President Jair Bolsonaro and his policies called for boycotts of major companies that support the authoritarianism of his presidency. While Bolsonaro and […] Read More >
March 5, 2020 > Staff
Venezuelan President Says Women Should Have Six Children
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: During a televised event promoting women’s reproductive health and a new healthcare plan, President Nicolás Maduro urged women to have “at least 6 children” in […] Read More >
March 4, 2020 > Staff
Former Soldier Deported to Face War Crimes Charges in Guatemala
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: Gilberto Jordán, a former Guatemalan special forces soldier, was deported back to Guatemala on Tuesday after serving a ten-year prison sentence in the U.S. Jordán […] Read More >
March 3, 2020 > Staff
Lawsuit Accuses ICE of Illegal Detention Before Hearings
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: A new class-action lawsuit accuses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of keeping nearly immigrants locked up instead of releasing them to wait for […] Read More >
March 2, 2020 > Staff
Argentina and Colombia Weigh Legalizing Abortion
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA-COLOMBIA: Argentine President Alberto Fernández told the country’s congress that he will introduce a bill to legalize abortion within the next 10 days. Meanwhile, Colombia’s Constitutional […] Read More >
February 28, 2020 > Staff
Researchers Find No Evidence of Fraud in Bolivian Election
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BOLIVIA: New research by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab suggests that the Organization of American States (OAS) analysis of supposed electoral fraud in Bolivia […] Read More >