Category: Andes
August 15, 2018 > Staff
Colombian intelligence agency ex-deputy chief is convicted of 1999 murder of popular comedian Jaime Garzón
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: The former deputy chief of the state intelligence agency was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for the murder in 1999 of popular comedian, […] Read More >
August 13, 2018 > Staff
Jailed Venezuelan lawmaker still hasn’t had contact with lawyers but appears in “confession” video
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Arrested lawmaker Juan Requesens has still not be allowed to talk to a lawyer or see his family since he was taken into custody without […] 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 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 >
July 25, 2018 > Staff
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe quits Senate amid criminal investigation
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Former president and two times senator Álvaro Uribe presented his resignation yesterday, only four days after being sworn in for his second tenure, after […] Read More >
July 20, 2018 > Staff
Crisis in Peru’s legal system deepens
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The head of Peru’s judicial branch, Judge Duberlí Rodríguez, resigned yesterday in the wake of the corruption scandal that began almost two weeks ago […] Read More >
July 17, 2018 > Staff
Colombian former rebel rejects Congress seat to protest unfulfilled peace process
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Iván Márquez, the former chief negotiator of the FARC, confirmed yesterday that he renounces one of the 10 Congress seats that the former rebels […] Read More >
July 12, 2018 > Staff
Ecuador upholds sentence against Chevron, New York state disbars representing lawyer for bribery
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: Thehighest court upheld a sentence that requires U.S. oil giant Chevron to pay $9.5 billion in damages for decades polluting the rainforest. Oil operations […] Read More >
July 11, 2018 > Staff
Colombia signs law to allow collective demobilization of criminal gangs
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: President Juan Manuel Santos signed a law on Monday paving the way for the surrender of criminal gangs that allows for a reduction of sentences […] Read More >