Category: Southern Cone
August 20, 2018 > Staff
Venezuelan migrants attacked in Brazil and stopped from reaching Ecuador
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-BRAZIL-ECUADOR-PERU: The residents of a Brazilian border town with Venezuela, in the northern state of Roraima, attacked squatter camps of Venezuelan migrants over the weekend. […] Read More >
August 17, 2018 > Staff
Environmental Indigenous activist is killed in Brazil amid conflict with logging mafias
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: An indigenous leader was allegedly murdered by logging mafias over the weekend in the northern state of Maranhão, authorities confirmed yesterday that they are […] Read More >
August 16, 2018 > Staff
Mario Abdo Benítez is sworn in as Paraguay’s new president
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PARAGUAY: Mario Abdo Benítez was sworn in yesterday as Paraguay’s new president. The right-wing former lawmaker promised to continue business-friendly policies and to combat poverty and […] Read More >
August 14, 2018 > Staff
Former Argentina President Cristina Fernández testifies in court, denies wrongdoing and accuses judge of political motives
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: Former president Cristina Fernández appeared before a court in Buenos Aires yesterday but declined to speak and instead presented a written statement denying any wrongdoing […] Read More >
August 10, 2018 > Staff
Brazil suffered record number of murders in 2017, says new independent data
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: New data shows that in 2017 the southern giant broke its own record for homicides with a 3.7 percent increase in the number of killings […] Read More >
August 9, 2018 > Staff
Argentina Senate rejects controversial bill to legalize abortion
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: The Senate narrowly rejected a bill to legalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy today before dawn. Senators began debating the bill […] Read More >
August 7, 2018 > Staff
Brazil closes and then reopens its norther frontier to Venezuelan migrants
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: A judge issued an order on Sunday preventing Venezuelans from entering Brazil through the northern state of Roraima until conditions for a “humanitarian reception” […] Read More >
August 2, 2018 > Staff
A federal judge ordered former Argentina President Cristina Fernández to testify on alleged corruption
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: A federal judge ordered former President Cristina Fernández to testify in an investigation into alleged corruption involving public works contracts. Judge Claudio Bonadio also […] Read More >
July 24, 2018 > Staff
Argentina president announces controversial military participation in internal security
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ARGENTINA: President Mauricio Macri said on Monday he is pushing for a reform that will allow the armed forces to participate in fighting crime, drug […] Read More >
July 13, 2018 > Staff
Brazil’s Lula is acquitted of one of seven remaining corruption charges
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted yesterday in one of the seven corruption cases he is facing. He is in prison […] Read More >