Category: Latin America: Week in Review
July 30, 2019 > Staff
Another Brutal Prison Riot Leaves At Least 57 Dead in Brazil
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: A clash between rival gangs left at least 57 dead in the Altamira prison in northern Brazil yesterday. Local authorities confirmed that 16 inmates were […] Read More >
July 29, 2019 > Staff
Guatemalans Protest The Signing Of ‘Safe Third-Country’ Pact With U.S.
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: After tariffs and travel ban threats, Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States on Friday, restricting asylum applications […] Read More >
July 26, 2019 > Staff
Over 28,000 Cases Confirmed In Honduras’ Worst Dengue Outbreak in 50 Years
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HONDURAS: Public health authorities have confirmed over 28,000 cases of dengue in what is now the worst outbreak in the last fifty years. The massive patient […] Read More >
July 25, 2019 > Staff
Rosselló Resigns; Vásquez Assumes As Governor On August 2
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: After weeks of facing public furor, Ricardo Rosselló announced last night that he would resign from his post, becoming the first governor to step […] Read More >
July 24, 2019 > Staff
IMF Forecasts Sluggish Economic Growth For The Region
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) significantly reduced its growth estimates for Latin America amid a global economic slowdown. Initially forecasted to grow 1.4% in […] Read More >
July 23, 2019 > Staff
Around Half A Million Puerto Ricans Participate In Historic Strike
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Determined to make Governor Ricardo Rosselló resign, hundreds of thousands of angry Puerto Ricans participated in the island-wide national strike. An estimated half-a-million Puerto […] Read More >
July 22, 2019 > Staff
Rosselló Will Leave Party And Not Seek Reelection But Refuses To Step Down
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced via Facebook Live yesterday that he will not seek reelection in 2020 and will step down as president of the […] Read More >
July 19, 2019 > Staff
Ortega Commemorates 40 Years Since Revolution Amid Political Stalemate
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: Large festivities expected in Managua as the government of President Daniel Ortega celebrates forty years since the victory of the Sandinista Revolution, where he participated […] Read More >
July 18, 2019 > Staff
Multitudes Demand Rosselló’s Resignation In Puerto Rico
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Fed-up with government corruption, thousands of Puerto Ricans marched to La Fortaleza in Old San Juan, calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló […] Read More >
July 17, 2019 > Staff
‘Chapo’ Guzmán Expected To Be Sentenced To Life In Prison Today
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán will appear in a Brooklyn court today, where a judge is expected to sentence the former leader […] Read More >