Category: Latin America: Week in Review
August 10, 2018 > Staff
Brazil suffered record number of murders in 2017, says new independent data
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: New data shows that in 2017 the southern giant broke its own record for homicides with a 3.7 percent increase in the number of killings […] Read More >
August 9, 2018 > Staff
Argentina Senate rejects controversial bill to legalize abortion
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: The Senate narrowly rejected a bill to legalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy today before dawn. Senators began debating the bill […] Read More >
August 8, 2018 > Staff
New Colombian President Iván Duque takes office amid polarization
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Newly-elected President Iván Duque took office yesterday with a ceremony at Bogotá’s central Plaza de Bolívar. Duque, who defines himself as a centrist liberal, […] Read More >
August 7, 2018 > Staff
Brazil closes and then reopens its norther frontier to Venezuelan migrants
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: A judge issued an order on Sunday preventing Venezuelans from entering Brazil through the northern state of Roraima until conditions for a “humanitarian reception” […] Read More >
August 6, 2018 > Staff
Two drones explode during Venezuelan president’s speech at military parade
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Drones exploded near President Nicolás Maduro in an apparent assassination attempt while he was delivering a televised speech at a military event on Saturday. […] Read More >
August 3, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela relaxes foreign currency exchange controls
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The ruling party’s National Constituent Assembly voted yesterday to relax strict currency exchange controls as part of President Nicolás Maduro’s plan to combat the […] Read More >
August 2, 2018 > Staff
A federal judge ordered former Argentina President Cristina Fernández to testify on alleged corruption
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: A federal judge ordered former President Cristina Fernández to testify in an investigation into alleged corruption involving public works contracts. Judge Claudio Bonadio also […] Read More >
August 1, 2018 > Staff
Federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances predicts “tepid” economic growth
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: The federal appointed control board overseeing the U.S. territory’s finances released on Monday its second annual report to the U.S. president, Congress and […] Read More >
July 31, 2018 > Staff
Murder rate in Mexico surpasses for the first time peak levels of 2011
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: A new report by the national statistics institute says that there were 31,174 murders in 2017. This is higher by 2,000 than what was […] Read More >
July 30, 2018 > Staff
In Nicaragua, massive but peaceful opposing marches marches took to the streets on Saturday
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: Massive simultaneous marches of supporters and opponents of President Daniel Ortega took to the streets of Managua on Saturday peacefully. The opposition march in […] Read More >