Category: Regions
October 9, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Arrests Alleged Zetas Leader Suspected Of Migrant Massacre
Top Story — The Mexican Navy captured alleged Zetas cartel chief, Salvador Alfonso Martinez Escobedo, suspected of some of the country’s most well known crimes. Martinez Escobedo was arrested on […] Read More >
October 9, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Guatemala Implements Police Reform Aimed At Reviewing 20,000 Officers
Guatemala will implement a program to root out corruption in the police and military, according to Mexican daily El Informador. The wide-reaching anti-corruption program marks an effort by the administration […] Read More >
October 8, 2012 > Staff
Hugo Chavez Wins Venezuela Elections
Top Story — Hugo Chávez won the presidential election on Sunday, defeating his opponent Henrique Capriles by over 1 million votes, with 54% of the vote. This will be Chávez’s third […] Read More >
October 6, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
2 Honduras Officials Receive Death Threats
Two officials in Honduras viewed as sympathizers with the county’s political left have received death threats, the local press reports. The news of the death threats against National Agrarian Institute […] Read More >
October 3, 2012 > Staff
U.S. Embassy Car Was Targeted In Mexico Attack
Top Story — New evidence suggests that the Mexican police officers who shot at a U.S. Embassy vehicle on Aug. 24 near Cuernavaca, wounding two CIA officers, were working for organized crime, a […] Read More >
October 2, 2012 > Staff
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Diagnosed With Cancer
Top Story — President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, announced on Monday that he has prostate cancer. Santos told reporters that the tumor is small and was caught early, and […] Read More >
October 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Alberto Fujimori Paintings To Be Confiscated To Pay Debt To Peru
Former President and dictator of Peru Alberto Fujimori may have to give up the paintings he produced while in prison, according to a report by Peruvian daily El Comercio. Peru’s […] Read More >
October 1, 2012 > Staff
Venezuela Election: Henrique Capriles Rally Draws Thousands
Top Story — Henrique Capriles, the Venezuelan opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, led a rally that gathered as many as 260,000 supporters on Sunday. One week before the presidential election scheduled […] Read More >
September 30, 2012 > Associated Press
Chevron Pays $17M Fine For Oil Spill Off Brazilian Coast
Chevron Corporation paid a $17.3 million fine for unspecified irregularities leading to an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in November. Read More >
September 28, 2012 > Staff
Nicaraguan Linked to Facundo Cabral Murder Found Guilty
Top Story — Nicaraguan music promoter Henry Fariñas was found guilty of money laundering and drug trafficking by a judge on Thursday. Fariñas was the alleged target of the attack that killed Argentine […] Read More >