Category: United States
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 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 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 >
March 15, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Great Reads Round-Up: March 9-15
U.S.-Born Students in Mexico Risk Becoming ‘Lost Generation’ Nina Lakhani. The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 2015. (1,052 words) In recent years, record-high deportation rates and a financial crisis saw […] Read More >
February 18, 2015 > Staff
Obama Reluctantly Complies With Judge’s Injunction on Immigration Order
Top Story — President Barack Obama was forced to suspend on Tuesday the first phase of his executive order on immigration, which would have gone into effect Wednesday, after a […] Read More >
January 29, 2015 > Staff
Cuban President: Return of Guantanamo Bay Needed to Normalize Relations
Top Story — The United States must return the Guantanamo Bay naval base to Cuba, lift the half-century embargo completely and remunerate Cuba for the embargo’s economic damages before both […] Read More >
January 23, 2015 > Staff
Cuba, U.S. Agree on Diplomacy, Clash Over Human Rights During Historic Talks
Top Story — High-level talks between U.S. and Cuban delegates in Havana ended with both sides agreeing to move forward with plans to restore diplomatic ties and to reconvene ahead […] Read More >
January 7, 2015 > Staff
Mexico’s Peña Nieto Meets With Obama Amid Missing Student Crisis
Top Story — Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visited the White House on Tuesday, where he and U.S. President Barack Obama praised one another’s recent efforts on immigration reform while […] Read More >