Category: Latin America: Week in Review
December 19, 2019 > Staff
UN Peacekeepers Fathered Hundreds of Children in Haiti, Study Shows
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HAITI: A new study revealed that United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti fathered and abandoned hundreds of children during their time stationed on the island between 2004 […] Read More >
December 18, 2019 > Staff
Evo Morales Names Possible Successors as Trump Tweets Support for Bolivia’s Interim President
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BOLIVIA: Ousted president Evo Morales said yesterday that he would not run for a fourth term in upcoming elections and instead named two possible MAS party […] Read More >
December 17, 2019 > Staff
Abdo Benítez Says FBI Is Supporting Paraguayan Security Forces
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PARAGUAY: President Mario Abdo Benítez acknowledged a joint cooperation between his government and the Federal Bureau of Intelligence on Sunday, after returning from a weekend meeting […] Read More >
December 16, 2019 > Staff
Mexico Objects to Last-Minute Labor Provision in USMCA Trade Deal
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: After initially signing an agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico objected to legislation to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Saturday. Jesús […] Read More >
December 13, 2019 > Staff
U.S. Sanctions Daniel Ortega’s Son for Corruption and Money Laundering
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: The United States Treasury has levied official sanctions against the son of Daniel Ortega, the National Petroleum Distributor of Honduras (DNP Petronic), security company El […] Read More >
December 12, 2019 > Staff
Report: Anti-Government Protesters in Nicaragua Were Tortured in Jail
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: A new report by the NGO Human Rights Collective Nicaragua Never Again revealed that Nicaraguan opponents jailed for protesting President Daniel Ortega suffered torture and […] Read More >
December 11, 2019 > Staff
Alberto Fernández is Sworn in as Argentina’s New President
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: Alberto Fernández was inaugurated as Argentina’s new president yesterday. Fernández, a liberal, replaced conservative Mauricio Macri who was the first non-Peronist president to complete his […] Read More >
December 10, 2019 > Staff
UN Report Finds Latin American Discontent Tied to New Form of Inequality
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: The United Nations Development Programme released a report yesterday that concluded discontent across Latin America is due less to traditional poverty and more to low […] Read More >
December 9, 2019 > Staff
Brazil Asks Wealthy Nations to Help Stop Deforestation at COP25
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Brazilian environment minister Ricardo Salles said Brazil cannot stop deforestation without the help of wealthy countries at the United Nations climate conference (COP25) on Saturday. […] Read More >
December 6, 2019 > Staff
Tensions Between Brazil and Argentina Continue to Rise, Affecting Mercosur
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: The continuity of the trading bloc Mercosur is at risk, some of its members expressed at the biannual summit held in the southern Brazilian city […] Read More >