Category: Latin America: Week in Review
October 9, 2020 > Staff
Brazil Surpasses Five Million Coronavirus Cases
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Brazil’s coronavirus cases surpassed five million, making it the third country with the highest number of infections after the United States and India. With 734 […] Read More >
October 8, 2020 > Staff
Trump Designates New Member to Puerto Rico Oversight Board
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: President Donald Trump plans to appoint a new member to Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, the White House said Wednesday. Justin Peterson is a […] Read More >
October 7, 2020 > Staff
Costa Rican President Addresses Week-Long Protests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COSTA RICA: President Carlos Alvarado made a televised appearance after protests erupted across Costa Rica in response to a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposal. Alvarado […] Read More >
October 6, 2020 > Staff
Tropical Storm Delta Heading Towards Mexico and the Caribbean
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Tropical Storm Delta is expected to become a major hurricane on Wednesday, with the potential to affect Mexico and Caribbean nations, according to the National […] Read More >
October 5, 2020 > Staff
Guatemala Sends Migrant Caravan Back to Honduras
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HONDURAS/GUATEMALA: Between three to four thousand Honduran migrants on Thursday arrived in Guatemala in a caravan after departing from San Pedro Sula on Wednesday. Most of […] Read More >
October 2, 2020 > Staff
Panama’s Ex-President Attempts to Annul Statements on Odebrecht
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PANAMA: Ex-President Juan Carlos Varela went to the Supreme Court of Justice in an attempt to annul his statement on the Odebrecht’s bribery case, claiming that […] Read More >
October 1, 2020 > Staff
Six Trans People Killed in Puerto Rico This Year
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: A transgender woman was fatally shot in the southwest town of San Germán, authorities reported Wednesday. The victim, Michelle Ramos Vargas, 33, was found […] Read More >
September 30, 2020 > Staff
Peru Sued for Forced Sterilizations Under Fujimori Administration
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The Peruvian government was sued before the United Nations for forced sterilizations between 1996 and 2001 under President Alberto Fujimori’s administration. The case was the […] Read More >
September 29, 2020 > Staff
Latin America Commemorates International Safe Abortion Day
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Several Latin American countries commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Monday. In Argentina, over 1,000 public figures, artists and journalists released the “Legal Abortion 2020” […] Read More >
September 28, 2020 > Staff
Over 70 Arrest Warrants Issued in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Case
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Thousands marched in cities across Mexico on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College […] Read More >