Category: Latin America: Week in Review
April 16, 2018 > Staff
Subdued Summit of the Americas focused on anti-corruption measures
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA The Summit of the Americas, where the heads of states of the Organization of American States, or OAS, come together every three years, was held […] Read More >
April 13, 2018 > Staff
Trinidad and Tobago to decriminalize homosexuality
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A high court judge yesterday struck down a colonial-era law banning gay sex in Trinidad and Tobago, a historic ruling that clears the path to decriminalize […] Read More >
April 12, 2018 > Staff
Pope Francis recants on Chile abuse case, asks victims for forgiveness
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE—Pope Francis issued a remarkable statement yesterday admitting to having made “grave errors” in his controversial judgement of Chile’s sex abuse scandal and inviting the victims […] Read More >
April 11, 2018 > Staff
Trump will not attend the 2018 Summit of the Americas in Peru
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES—President Trump will not attend the 2018 Summit of the Americas in Lima later this week, instead sending Vice President Mike Pence to represent the […] Read More >
April 10, 2018 > Staff
Former FARC leader is arrested at request of U.S. authorities
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA—Former FARC guerrilla leader Seuxis Hernández, best known by his alias Jesús Santrich, was arrested yesterday in his Bogotá home at the request of the U.S. […] Read More >
April 9, 2018 > Staff
Lula da Silva turned himself in to Brazilian authorities
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL—Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva turned himself in to the police in São Paulo on Saturday evening and was flown by helicopter to the […] Read More >
April 6, 2018 > Staff
Puerto Rico to close nearly 300 schools after major enrollment drop
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO—The Puerto Rican government announced yesterday it will shut down a quarter of its schools this summer, following a steep economic recession and the exodus […] Read More >
April 5, 2018 > Staff
Brazilian court decides against Da Silva’s attempt to remain out of prison
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL—Early this morning Brazil’s top court ruled against former president Luiz Inácio da Silva’s request to remain out of jail while he appeals a 12-year jail sentence […] Read More >
April 4, 2018 > Staff
U.S. jury found Bolivian ex-president responsible for killings
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Yesterday afternoon, a U.S. jury found Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, the ex-president of Bolivia, and his then foreign minister Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, responsible for the […] Read More >
April 3, 2018 > Staff
Trump insistently slammed Mexico with tweets
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA U.S. President Donald Trump continued yesterday with a flurry of misleading tweets slamming Mexico for its alleged lax border enforcement, notwithstanding the country’s border plan from […] Read More >