Category: Latin America: Week in Review
June 22, 2012 > Staff
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Faces Impeachment
Top Story — On Friday, the Paraguayan Senate will decide whether Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo should be impeached for his handling of a violent land conflict that left at least […] Read More >
June 21, 2012 > Staff
WikiLeaks Founder Awaits Ecuador’s Decision on Asylum
Top Story — With the Ecuadorean government due to respond Thursday to his asylum request, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must remain in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London as police line up outside to […] Read More >
June 20, 2012 > Staff
Peru Says Pregnant Women Could Face Jail Time For Protesting
Top Story — The Peruvian government on Tuesday threatened to arrest pregnant women participating in a protest march against the U.S.-based Newmont’s $4.8 billion Conga mining project, based on a claim […] Read More >
June 19, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: Ex-Security Chief Accused In Drug Trafficking, Wiretapping Schemes
Top Story — A recently-unsealed document U.S. indictment revealed that Colombia’s former security chief, Ex-General Mauricio Santoyo Velasco, has been charged with conspiracy to export cocaine to the United States while he […] Read More >
June 18, 2012 > Staff
Paraguay: 15 Deaths, 9 Murder Charges After Land Dispute Turns Violent
Top Story — Rubén Candia Amarilla was sworn in Saturday as Paraguay’s new interior minister after Carlos Filizzola and Police Chief Paulino Rojas resigned due to violent clashes that left at least […] Read More >
June 15, 2012 > Staff
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit By Guatemalans Infected In U.S. Experiments
Top Story— U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton granted a motion by the U.S. federal government to dismiss a lawsuit by Guatemalan victims infected with STDs while U.S. researchers tested the effects of […] Read More >
June 14, 2012 > Staff
Arizona: Jan Brewer Orders Redistribution of SB 1070 Training Video
Top Story — Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the bulk of SB 1070, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has asked to redistribute a training video originally sent to law enforcement across […] Read More >
June 13, 2012 > Staff
Falkland Islanders To Vote On Sovereignty
Top Story — The Falklands Legislative Assembly announced Tuesday that voters on the Falkland Islands will hold a referendum to decide whether the approximately 3,000 inhabitants of the remote islands […] Read More >
June 12, 2012 > Staff
More Drugs Passing Through Puerto Rico, Officials Say
Top Story — Puerto Rican officials reported that 70 percent of the 1,136 murders on the island last year could be attributed to drug violence, prompting Puerto Rican governor Luis […] Read More >
June 11, 2012 > Staff
Chilean Protesters Clash At Pro-Pinochet Documentary Screening
Top Story — Chilean police on Sunday used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a crowd of protesters gathered outside a screening of “Pinochet”, a documentary sympathetic to the […] Read More >