Category: Regions
August 21, 2018 > Staff
New Venezuelan currency tied to oil price and with five fewer zeroes began circulating yesterday
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The new currency with five lopped zeroes announced weeks ago by President Nicolás Maduro began circulating yesterday after a bank “blackout” the night before […] Read More >
August 20, 2018 > Staff
Venezuelan migrants attacked in Brazil and stopped from reaching Ecuador
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ECUADOR-PERU: The residents of a Brazilian border town with Venezuela, in the northern state of Roraima, attacked squatter camps of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend. […] Read More >
August 17, 2018 > Staff
Environmental Indigenous activist is killed in Brazil amid conflict with logging mafias
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: An indigenous leader was allegedly murdered by logging mafias over the weekend in the northern state of Maranhão, authorities confirmed yesterday that they are […] Read More >
August 16, 2018 > Staff
Mario Abdo Benítez is sworn in as Paraguay’s new president
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PARAGUAY: Mario Abdo Benítez was sworn in yesterday as Paraguay’s new president. The right-wing former lawmaker promised to continue business-friendly policies and to combat poverty and […] Read More >
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 14, 2018 > Staff
Former Argentina President Cristina Fernández testifies in court, denies wrongdoing and accuses judge of political motives
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: Former president Cristina Fernández appeared before a court in Buenos Aires yesterday but declined to speak and instead presented a written statement denying any wrongdoing […] 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 10, 2018 > Staff
Brazil suffered record number of murders in 2017, says new independent data
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: New data shows that in 2017 the southern giant broke its own record for homicides with a 3.7 percent increase in the number of killings […] Read More >
August 9, 2018 > Staff
Argentina Senate rejects controversial bill to legalize abortion
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: The Senate narrowly rejected a bill to legalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy today before dawn. Senators began debating the bill […] 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 >