Category: Latin America: Week in Review
January 30, 2020 > Staff
Ecuadorian Case Could Set Precedent for Addressing Sexual Violence at Schools
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: On Tuesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) began hearings for a 2002 case involving an Ecuadorian student who was sexually abused by school […] Read More >
January 29, 2020 > Staff
Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Sea
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA JAMAICA: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Jamaica. Aftershocks of the Tuesday earthquake reached as far as Mexico and Florida and […] Read More >
January 28, 2020 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Deport Thousands of Hondurans in January
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HONDURAS: The Mexican National Migration Institute deported 240 Hondurans in two planes departing from Toluca yesterday. This comes after a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants failed […] Read More >
January 27, 2020 > Staff
Four Months After President Shut Down Congress, Peruvians Vote For New Lawmakers
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: Voters elected a new Congress yesterday, after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the legislative body in September. Peruvians are legally required to participate in elections, and […] Read More >
January 24, 2020 > Staff
Protesters Call for Puerto Rico Governor to Step Down
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Several hundred Puerto Ricans protested outside the Capitol building in San Juan on Thursday and marched to the governor’s residence, known as La Fortaleza. […] Read More >
January 23, 2020 > Staff
The Economist’s Democracy Index Places Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua at the Bottom
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: For the fourth consecutive year, Latin America has dropped in the Democracy Index. The Economist’s Intelligence Unit creates the report annually by analyzing each country’s […] Read More >
January 22, 2020 > Staff
Brazilian Prosecutors Accuse U.S. Journalist Glenn Greenwald of Phone Hacking
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Brazilian prosecutors denounced U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald yesterday, accusing him of participating in phone hacks of authorities tied to the corruption investigation of former President […] Read More >
January 21, 2020 > Staff
U.S. State Dep’t Ties Latin American Protests to Russian Bots
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: The New York Times reported yesterday that the Department of State has linked Russian Twitter accounts to protests across Latin America in fall 2019. […] Read More >
January 20, 2020 > Staff
Unused Puerto Rican Aid Sparks National Outcry
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: On Saturday, a group led by local blogger Lorenzo Delgado broke into a warehouse in the island’s southern town of Ponce and discovered unused […] Read More >
January 17, 2020 > Staff
ACLU, Other Groups Sue Trump Administration for Refusing Asylum Seekers
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS: The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration on behalf of six asylum seekers […] Read More >