Category: Regions
October 27, 2011 > Erwin Cifuentes
Mexico President Signs Safety Law For Nurseries
Over two years since a fire claimed the lives of nearly fifty children in Mexico, President Felipe Calderón signed into law a landmark proposal to regulate the country’s day care […] Read More >
October 27, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Arrests Top Zetas Leader In Veracruz Along With 5 Others
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Mexican navy arrested an alleged leader of the Zetas drug cartel in the Gulf coast port city of Veracruz. Carlos “The Bam […] Read More >
October 26, 2011 > Staff
Venezuela Prison Standoff Ends After Hostages Released
Today in Latin America Top Story — Inmates who had held hostage more than 50 guards and other prison workers in the Tocuyito lockup have released the final 12 hostages, […] Read More >
October 25, 2011 > Staff
Bolivia: Argeement Met Between Morales Government and Amazon Protestors
Today in Latin America Top Story — The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales and representatives of indigenous Amazon protesters reached an agreement Monday that ends two months of protests […] Read More >
October 24, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wins Landslide Election
Today in Latin America Top Story — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won a second term as Argentina’s president Sunday in a landslide election. She sailed to victory by the largest […] Read More >
October 21, 2011 > Roque Planas
Restrictive Immigration Laws Undermine Job Growth, Study Says
NEW YORK — Restrictive immigration policies undermine job creation and may adversely affect the business environment in other ways, according to a study released Thursday. The Americas Society, a New […] Read More >
October 20, 2011 > Staff
No Cooperation With Federal Immigration Enforcement, D.C. Mayor Says
Today in Latin America Top Story — Washington D.C.’s mayor Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that the police and other public agencies in the nation’s capital will not cooperate with […] Read More >
October 18, 2011 > Erwin Cifuentes
Mexico City Legislators Push To Ban Bullfighting
Mexico City may soon follow the lead of the Spanish province of Cataluña and ban all forms of bullfighting. A pair of opposition politicians representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, […] Read More >
October 18, 2011 > Staff
Venezuela: Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Chávez Rival’s Presidential Bid
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Venezuelan Supreme Court defied an international human-rights court and dealt a major blow to the political aspirations of one of President Hugo […] Read More >
October 17, 2011 > Amy Elmgren
Immigration Policy: ICE Detainers Challenged By Lawsuit
NEW YORK — Jose Jimenez Moreno has spent the last seven months in a jail in Winnebago County, Illinois, while he awaits trial for drug-related charges. If not for a […] Read More >