Category: North America
August 22, 2018 > Staff
Brazil’s jailed former president Lula increases lead in presidential race
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Two surveys, the first major polls since presidential candidacies were officially registered last week, both showed jailed former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva […] 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 27, 2018 > Staff
Trump administration failed to reunite all separated migrant children before court deadline
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: The Trump administration was not able to reunite by yesterday’s deadline711 of the children five and older separated from their parents under a […] Read More >
July 26, 2018 > Staff
Watchdog group says killings of environmental activists rose worldwide with spikes in Mexico and Brazil
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO-BRAZIL-HONDURAS: An indigenous community police officer was murdered in Mexico on Sunday in the community of Álvaro Obregón, in Juchitán, Oaxaca. The National Indigenous Congress […] Read More >
July 11, 2018 > Emily Corona
Marichuy: Weaving the Resistance Beyond the Mexican Elections
A few days before Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s landslide victory as president-elect of Mexico and as he addressed the people of Guerrero and Michoacán, an early opponent, one backed […] Read More >
July 2, 2018 > Staff
Mexico’s leftist López Obrador wins presidency by overwhelming victory
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador won yesterday Mexico’s presidency after he moderated his most radical proposals in his third bid for his country’s leadership. […] Read More >
June 25, 2018 > Staff
122 Mexican politicians have been killed ahead of Sunday’s polls
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Mexicans will go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president, federal lawmakers, nine governors and more than 3,000 regional and local posts in […] Read More >
June 21, 2018 > Staff
President Trump stopped family separations but gave no solution for those already separated
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday stopping his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing […] Read More >
June 13, 2018 > Staff
Nicaraguan government and opposition blame each other for continuation of violence
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA NICARAGUA: At least five people died and 12 were injured in Nicaragua yesterday during the ongoing confrontations. Civil organizations reported the police conducted raids to […] Read More >
June 5, 2018 > Staff
Trump administration calls for the suspension of Venezuela from OAS
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-UNITED STATES: The Trump administration used the General Assembly of the Organization of American States yesterday to call for the suspension of Venezuela and the use […] Read More >