Category: Regions
August 14, 2012 > Staff
Venezuela Prison Deaths On The Rise, Says Report
Top Story — The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, a prisoners’ rights watchdog group, said that 304 inmates have been murdered in Venezuelan prison violence during the first half of 2012, a fifteen percent […] Read More >
August 13, 2012 > Staff
Mexico Violence Kills Mayor-Elect, Four Others
Top Story — Three people were murdered in Mexico City and two men, including the mayor-elect of the town of Matehuala, were killed in the central Mexican state of San […] Read More >
August 10, 2012 > Staff
Stolen As Infant, Argentine Man Reunites With Biological Family
Top Story — The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Wednesday that a man stolen as a baby during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship has finally been reunited with his biological family. Pablo […] Read More >
August 9, 2012 > Staff
Chilean Student Protests Continue As Buses Burn
Top Story — Vandals at a student protest in Santiago set three buses on fire Wednesday as protesters continued to demand access to free public education more than a year […] Read More >
August 8, 2012 > Staff
Brazil Sends 9,000 Troops To Patrol Borders
Top Story — The Brazilian government deployed 9,000 troops to patrol its borders with neighboring countries Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, according to the Brazilian Defense Ministry on Tuesday. The […] Read More >
August 7, 2012 > Staff
Tropical Storm Ernesto Heads For Central America, Mexico
Top Story — A tropical storm warning has been issued for Honduras and Nicaragua and a hurricane warning has been issued for parts of Mexico and Belize as Tropical Storm Ernesto makes […] Read More >
August 6, 2012 > Staff
Erick Barrondo Becomes Guatemala’s First Olympic Medalist
Top Story — Erick Barrondo on Saturday became Guatemala’s first-ever Olympic medalist by winning a silver medal in the 20-km race walk in London. Barrondo finished 11 seconds behind the first-place finisher from […] Read More >
August 3, 2012 > Staff
Colombian Court Says Troops Must Leave Indigenous Land
Top Story — The Colombian government said it will challenge a Constitutional Court ruling ordering the country’s military to dismantle a training base on an indigenous reservation in Guaviare province. The court ruled […] Read More >
August 2, 2012 > Staff
Bolivian Official: New Calendar Cycle Signals End of Coca-Cola
Top Story — The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales denied rumors that the country will expel the soft drink multinational Coca-Cola from its territory on December 21, 2012, the end […] Read More >
August 1, 2012 > Staff
Cuba Investigates Spaniard In Crash That Killed Dissidents
Top Story — Cuban authorities may charge Spaniard Angel Carromero with vehicular manslaughter because he was driving the car that crashed into a tree and killed dissident leader Oswaldo Payá and fellow […] Read More >