Category: Regions
February 29, 2016 > Staff
Andean Leaders Face Corruption Probes
Top Story — The presidents of Peru and Bolivia have both been associated with large-scale corruption investigations in recent days. A Brazilian federal police report from Feb. 5 asserts that […] Read More >
February 26, 2016 > Staff
Argentine Prosecutor Says Nisman Death Was Murder, Urges Probe
Top Story — An Argentine prosecutor has said he does not believe that his late colleague Alberto Nisman committed suicide, according to an opinion he submitted to an appellate court […] Read More >
February 25, 2016 > Staff
Ahead of Obama Visit, Cuba Eases Travel Restrictions for Dissidents
Top Story — Cuba on Wednesday granted seven of the country’s most well-known dissidents, out on parole while serving prison sentences ranging from 18 to 25 years, permission for a […] Read More >
February 24, 2016 > Staff
Top Mining Executives in Brazil Charged with Homicide Over November Dam Burst
Top Story — Brazilian police charged the president of the Samarco mining company, five company executives and one contractor with aggravated homicide on Tuesday for the deaths of at least 17 […] Read More >
February 23, 2016 > Staff
Corruption Probe Gets Closer to Brazil’s Rousseff Following Arrest of Elections Advisor
Top Story — Prosecutors who have been investigating Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras on corruption charges have issued an arrest warrant for the political strategist who engineered embattled President Dilma Rousseff’s […] Read More >
February 23, 2016 > Katie Schlechter
Child Migrants Face Challenges, But Are Kids Again on the Soccer Field
This article was originally published in Civic Ideas on February 17, 2016, and is the second in a two-part series. NEW YORK — On artificial turf at the foot of […] Read More >
February 22, 2016 > Staff
Bolivia Votes Against Fourth Term for Morales, Polls Suggest
Top Story — Exit polls and early vote counting from a referendum in Bolivia show that President Evo Morales is likely to lose his bid to seek re-election for a […] Read More >
February 22, 2016 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Brazil Health Official Defends Controversial Decision to Halt Use of Pesticide in Fight Against Zika
The health commissioner of Brazil’s southernmost state defended his ban of a pesticide used to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, telling the Latin America News Dispatch that residents […] Read More >
February 19, 2016 > Staff
Cubans Welcome News of Obama Visit in March
Top Story — U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Cuba on March 21 in order to proceed with the normalization of relations between the United States and the island […] Read More >
February 18, 2016 > Staff
Venezuela’s Maduro Increases Gas Prices While Opposition Parliament Passes Amnesty Law
Top Story — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced on Wednesday that he will devalue the country’s currency and raise gasoline prices in an effort to boost Venezuela’s tanking economy. While […] Read More >