Category: Regions
May 15, 2012 > Staff
Judge Rejects Declassification Of CIA Volume On Bay of Pigs
Top Story — A U.S. federal judge rejected an effort by the National Security Archive to declassify the CIA’s fifth and final volume on the history of the U.S. Bay of Pigs […] Read More >
May 14, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: FARC Plans To Release French Journalist
Top Story — Red Cross officials said Sunday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas have agreed to release French journalist Romeo Langlois, who was captured by the […] Read More >
May 11, 2012 > Staff
Chilean Congress Approves “Zamudio Law” Against Discrimination
Top Story — Chile’s Congress passed a long-delayed anti-discrimination law on Wednesday night in a vote of 25-3, seven years after the law was initially introduced and more than two months […] Read More >
May 10, 2012 > Staff
Honduras: Second Journalist Kidnapped in One Week
Top Story — Honduran radio journalist Angel Alfredo Villatoro was kidnapped Wednesday just a few days after authorities discovered the body of another journalist, Erick Martínez, on the side of a […] Read More >
May 9, 2012 > Staff
Puerto Rico Governor: Students Should Speak Fluent English by 2022
Top Story — Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño has proposed an ambitious plan to make Puerto Ricans bilingual in English and Spanish by the year 2022, an effort that he hopes will […] Read More >
May 8, 2012 > Staff
Colombia May Regulate Prostitution Following Scandal
Top Story — Colombian politicians have proposed a new bill that would regulate prostitution in Colombia, reacting to the scandal that erupted in Cartagena last month when members of the U.S. Secret Service […] Read More >
May 7, 2012 > Staff
Argentine Ad For London Olympics Angers IOC
Top Story — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a letter to the Argentine Olympic committee after an Argentine ad promoting the 2012 London Olympics made a controversial reference the Falkland Islands. The […] Read More >
May 4, 2012 > Staff
IKEA Used Cuban Dissidents to Manufacture Furniture: Report
Top Story — Already in deep water over allegations that it used prisoners from the former East Germany to make its products, Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA now faces charges […] Read More >
May 3, 2012 > Staff
Guatemala Declares State Of Siege After Riot
Top Story — The Guatemalan government sent troops to the province of Huehuetenango after declaring a state of siege when 200 people took over an army outpost on the border with Mexico. The […] Read More >
May 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
Immigration Activists Join May Day Protests
NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of immigration activists and undocumented workers joined labor unions and Occupy Wall Street protesters Tuesday to commemorate the international workers’ holiday, May Day. Similar protests were […] Read More >