Category: North America
April 10, 2015 > Staff
Summit of the Americas Begins, U.S.-Cuba Relations Take Center Stage
Top Story — The Summit of The Americas begins today in Panama, and historic diplomatic talks between the United States and Cuba are at the center of attention as the […] Read More >
April 9, 2015 > Staff
US Deports Salvadoran ‘Dirty War’ General
Top Story — U.S. authorities on Wednesday deported a ex-army general from El Salvador for his alleged role in human rights abuses during that country’s civil war, which ran from […] Read More >
April 8, 2015 > Staff
Gunmen Ambush Mexico Police, Killing 15
An ambush by criminal gunmen against police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco killed 15 officers and injured five, authorities announced on Tuesday — the deadliest attack targeting the […] Read More >
April 6, 2015 > Dusty Christensen
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Alan Gross Appeal in Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
NEW YORK — The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal on Monday by former government subcontractor Alan Gross, who filed a $60 million lawsuit in 2012 alleging negligence on the […] Read More >
April 5, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Great Reads Round-Up: March 30-April 5
The Rookie and the Zetas: How the Feds Took Down a Drug Cartel’s Horse-Racing Empire Joe Tone. Dallas Observer. April 1 2015. (6,804 words) The Treviño brothers led diametrically opposed […] Read More >
April 3, 2015 > Staff
Dozens of Dogs Killed in Mexico at Hands of “Mataperros”
Top Story — At least 64 dogs in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo have been killed by the same poison in a crime that has shocked the city of […] Read More >
April 2, 2015 > Dusty Christensen
Guatemalans File $1 Billion Lawsuit Over U.S. Government Research that Exposed Subjects to STDs
NEW YORK — More than 750 Guatemalans filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. city of Baltimore against Johns Hopkins University, drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb and The Rockefeller Foundation over their […] Read More >
March 26, 2015 > Staff
Baja Farmworkers’ Strike Continues Amid Dialogue
Top Story — A strike by farm workers across Mexico’s Baja California peninsula continued on Wednesday despite the launch of talks involving workers, officials and farm operators, threatening the harvest […] Read More >
March 25, 2015 > Staff
Attacks on Press Rose Under Mexican President Peña Nieto: Report
Top Story — Attacks on Mexican journalists have risen since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in late 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the press freedom organization […] Read More >
March 18, 2015 > Staff
Latin American Leaders Rally Behind Venezuela
Top Story — Top Latin American officials threw their support behind Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday, denouncing the March 9 sanctions imposed by the United States on seven of […] Read More >