Category: Regions
March 27, 2018 > Staff
Congress’s bill disregarded Trump’s wall and DACA recipients
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA The 2018 spending bill approved last Friday by the U.S. Congress didn’t include protections for DACA recipients nor sufficient funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall, […] Read More >
March 26, 2018 > Staff
Brazil’s unpopular, scandal-plagued president weighs bid for new term
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Despite approval ratings that have settled in the single digits, Brazilian President Michel Temer may seek a second, full term in October’s national elections. Speaking with […] Read More >
March 23, 2018 > Staff
Peruvian lawmakers debate whether to impeach president or accept resignation
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Lawmakers in Peru began to debate yesterday whether to accept President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s resignation or to go ahead with his impeachment. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors requested […] Read More >
March 22, 2018 > Staff
Embattled Peruvian president steps down over vote-buying scandal
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned yesterday amid corruption accusations. On Tuesday, footage had been leaked by right-wing opposition party Popular Force allegedly showing Kuczynzki’s allies […] Read More >
March 21, 2018 > Isabel Caballero-Samper
The Colombian peace process threw the wrongfully convicted into a legal void
NEW YORK—The story of a man named Gilberto Torres Muñetón appeared in several Colombian newspapers recently. His is the first case of a convicted FARC member transferred from the ordinary […] Read More >
March 21, 2018 > Staff
The murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the Arizona-Mexico border begins today
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Opening statements for the murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of shooting across the Arizona-Mexico border and killing a Mexican teenager in 2012 […] Read More >
March 19, 2018 > Staff
Thousands of people marched in Rio de Janeiro to protest the murder of Marielle Franco
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA On Sunday thousands of people marched in Rio de Janeiro to protest the murder of Marielle Franco, the former Brazilian councilwoman and human rights activist who […] Read More >
March 16, 2018 > Staff
Brazilian opposition councilwoman assassinated with possible involvement of police officers
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco was assassinated Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro by two men who fired nine shots at her vehicle, killing both her and […] Read More >
March 15, 2018 > Staff
Seven dead and 25 injured in police raid of Bolivian prison Palmasola
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Before dawn yesterday 2,300 police officers supported by helicopters raided the largest prison in Bolivia, resulting in 7 dead inmates and 25 injured, including seven officers. […] Read More >
March 14, 2018 > Staff
Trump takes first look at border wall prototypes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA President Donald Trump visited California yesterday to review eight prototypes for his proposed multi-billion-dollar border wall, marking the first time he saw physical evidence of the […] Read More >