Category: Regions
November 26, 2014 > Staff
Cocaine Bust in Puerto Rico Points to Island’s New Role in Drug Trafficking
Readers, Today in Latin America will be on hiatus until Dec. 1. Happy holidays! Top Story — Puerto Rican authorities on Tuesday announced the seizure of 500 kilograms of cocaine […] Read More >
November 25, 2014 > Camila Osorio
As The World Looks To Mexico, News From Another Massacre Goes Unnoticed
The world has been focusing for almost two months on the disappearance and reported killing of 43 Mexican students by a drug gang — an act in which government forces […] Read More >
November 25, 2014 > Staff
FARC to Release First Captives, But Warns Over General’s Release
Top Story — FARC rebels will release two hostages on Tuesday morning, according to a statement issued from Havana by delegates representing the guerrilla group. The release of Gen. Rubén […] Read More >
November 24, 2014 > Staff
Fugitive Police Official Captured Over Mexican Students’ Disappearance
Top Story — The former deputy police chief of Cocula, Guerrero, has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students from nearby Iguala, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office […] Read More >
November 21, 2014 > Staff
Sidestepping Congress, Obama Unveils Plan To Protect 5 Million From Deportation
Top Story — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a three-part executive order on immigration that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, sidestepping a year […] Read More >
November 20, 2014 > Staff
Missing Beauty Queen, Sister, Found Dead in Honduras
Top Story — The bodies of reigning Miss Honduras María José Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofía, 23, were found in a riverbank grave in an area west of the […] Read More >
November 20, 2014 > Dusty Christensen
Colombian Government and FARC Agree on Process to Free Kidnapped General
An agreement has been reached between FARC rebels and the Colombia government on steps to release Gen. Rubén Darío Alzate, according to a statement released by the Cuban and Norwegian […] Read More >
November 19, 2014 > Staff
Peña Nieto Says Protesters Seek To Destabilize Mexico
Top Story — Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto on Tuesday accused “violent movements” of taking advantage of anger over the September disappearance of 43 students to sow unrest as discontent […] Read More >
November 18, 2014 > Staff
Report Highlights Activist Murders in Peru Ahead of Lima Climate Talks
Top Story — Just two weeks before the U.N. Climate Change Conference begins in Lima, Peru, nonprofit Global Witness has released a widely publicized report naming the country the fourth […] Read More >
November 17, 2014 > Staff
Brazil Arrests 27 in Petrobras Corruption Scandal
Top Story — Brazilian authorities on Friday arrested 27 people in connection with an investigation into a multibillion-dollar corruption scheme at the state-run oil company Petrobras. Among the 27 was […] Read More >