Category: Regions
March 5, 2012 > Staff
Miami Student Daniela Pelaez Discusses Deportation, DREAM Act
Today in Latin America Top Story— Daniela Pelaez, an 18 year-old undocumented immigrant living in Miami, said she was “overwhelmed” by support from thousands of people who protested her deportation order […] Read More >
March 2, 2012 > Staff
Amnesty Denied For Former Guatemalan Dictator Facing Genocide Charges
Today in Latin America Top Story — Guatemalan Judge Miguel Angel Gálvez ruled Thursday that former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt could not receive amnesty from prosecution for war crimes. Ríos Montt, […] Read More >
March 1, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: Eleven Kidnapped Oil Workers Still Missing
Today in Latin America Top Story — Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón announced Wednesday that at least eleven oil workers remained missing in northeastern Colombia after being kidnapped by an […] Read More >
February 27, 2012 > Staff
Colombia’s FARC Says It Will Release Hostages, End Ransom Kidnappings
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced on its website Sunday that it would no longer engage in ransom kidnappings to fund […] Read More >
February 24, 2012 > Staff
Peru Tries to Block Spain’s Claim On Shipwrecked Treasure
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Peruvian government on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Spain from receiving a shipment of valuable coins discovered in a Spanish […] Read More >
February 23, 2012 > Staff
Buenos Aires Train Crash Kills 50; Argentina Declares Period of Mourning
Today in Latin America Top Story — Fifty people died when a commuter train crashed into a barrier in a Buenos Aires train station on Wednesday morning, leading Argentine President Cristina […] Read More >
February 22, 2012 > Staff
Bolivia: Gang May Have Killed 69 Minibus Passengers
Today in Latin America Top Story — At least 69 people may have been murdered in the Bolivian city of El Alto after they boarded minibuses operated by a group […] Read More >
February 21, 2012 > Staff
Crowd Outside Honduran Morgue Clashes With Police
Today in Latin America Top Story — Friends and relatives of Honduran inmates killed in last week’s catastrophic prison fire clashed with police on Monday to gain access to a morgue and […] Read More >
February 17, 2012 > Staff
Shooting At California ICE Office Leaves Two Dead, One Injured
Today in Latin America Top Story — Two people were killed and another was seriously injured in a shooting Thursday inside a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency building in […] Read More >
February 16, 2012 > Staff
Honduras: Survivors, Officials Tell Story of Deadly Prison Fire
Today in Latin America Top Story — Inmates who survived a deadly fire at Comayagua prison in Honduras said that they stood helplessly at the doors to their barracks while […] Read More >