Category: Regions
April 19, 2018 > Staff
Cuba selects new president as Castro era comes to an end
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CUBA: Cuban President Raúl Castro is expected to step down today after 12 years in power, ending a nearly six-decade rule by the Castro family. […] Read More >
April 18, 2018 > Staff
Two more people kidnapped by FARC dissidents on the Ecuador-Colombia border
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR-COLOMBIA: Yesterday, Ecuadorean authorities identified as Oscar Efrén Villacís Gómez, 24, and Katty Vanesa Velasco Pinargote, 20, the two persons who appear in a proof of […] Read More >
April 17, 2018 > Staff
Britain apologizes for ill treatment of “Windrush generation” Caribbean immigrants
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA British authorities apologized yesterday for the “appalling” treatment of Caribbean immigrants of the “Windrush generation” who have been victims of the tightening of immigration laws in recent […] Read More >
April 16, 2018 > Staff
Subdued Summit of the Americas focused on anti-corruption measures
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA The Summit of the Americas, where the heads of states of the Organization of American States, or OAS, come together every three years, was held […] Read More >
April 16, 2018 > The Conversation US
Assassination in Brazil unmasks the deadly racism of a country that would rather ignore it
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. By Ana Míria dos Santos Carvalho Carinhanha, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro When Marielle Franco, a […] Read More >
April 13, 2018 > Staff
Trinidad and Tobago to decriminalize homosexuality
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A high court judge yesterday struck down a colonial-era law banning gay sex in Trinidad and Tobago, a historic ruling that clears the path to decriminalize […] Read More >
April 12, 2018 > Staff
Pope Francis recants on Chile abuse case, asks victims for forgiveness
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE—Pope Francis issued a remarkable statement yesterday admitting to having made “grave errors” in his controversial judgement of Chile’s sex abuse scandal and inviting the victims […] Read More >
April 12, 2018 > Ricky Ochoa-Kaup
López Obrador broadens his base in an effort to win the presidency on his third attempt
“Populist,” “anti-business” were the common media shorthand to describe Andrés Manuel López Obrador in his failed 2006 and 2012 bids to become president of Mexico. This round, he is now […] Read More >
April 11, 2018 > Staff
Trump will not attend the 2018 Summit of the Americas in Peru
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES—President Trump will not attend the 2018 Summit of the Americas in Lima later this week, instead sending Vice President Mike Pence to represent the […] Read More >
April 10, 2018 > Staff
Former FARC leader is arrested at request of U.S. authorities
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA—Former FARC guerrilla leader Seuxis Hernández, best known by his alias Jesús Santrich, was arrested yesterday in his Bogotá home at the request of the U.S. […] Read More >