Category: Latin America: Week in Review
December 9, 2011 > Staff
Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba in 2012
Today in Latin America Top Story — A senior official from the Roman Catholic Church announced Thursday that Pope Benedict XVI is planning a visit to Cuba this coming spring. The exact […] Read More >
December 8, 2011 > Staff
Leader of Peru’s Shining Path Promises No More Attacks
Today in Latin America Top Story — Shining Path guerrilla leader Jose Flores Hala, known as “Comrade Artemio”, said he would seek a peace agreement with the Peruvian government in an interview […] Read More >
December 7, 2011 > Staff
Brazilian Senate Loosens Restrictions on Amazon Deforestation
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Brazilian Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved revisions to the country’s Forest Code, allowing farmers in the Amazon to cut down a larger […] Read More >
December 6, 2011 > Staff
Guatemalan National Police Archive goes Online
Today in Latin America Top Story — Digitized documents from Guatemala’s national police archive were made public Friday at the University of Texas at Austin, where researchers unveiled a new […] Read More >
December 5, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Humala Declares State of Emergency over Mine Protests
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency in the northern region of Cajamarca on Sunday, responding to ongoing protests against […] Read More >
December 2, 2011 > Staff
World Bank Allocates $255 million for Haiti Reconstruction
Today in Latin America Top Story — The World Bank announced Thursday that it has allocated $255 million to support Haiti’s reconstruction efforts after the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the country. The grant […] Read More >
December 1, 2011 > Staff
Colombian Corporal Sentenced for Passing off Dead Civilians as FARC
Today in Latin America Top Story — A Colombian judge sentenced Corporal Luis Alejandro Toledo to 54 years in prison for passing off murdered civilians as members of the Revolutionary Armed […] Read More >
November 30, 2011 > Staff
Chile: U.S. Captain Charged for Disappearance of U.S. Citizens in 1973 Coup
Today in Latin America Top Story — A judge has asked Chile’s Supreme Court to authorize the extradition of U.S. Navy Capt. Ray E. Davis to Chile for his role […] Read More >
November 29, 2011 > Staff
Canada Under Pressure to Try Alleged Guatemalan War Criminal
Today in Latin America Top Story — A survivor of a 1982 massacre of hundreds of Guatemalan men, women and children is asking the Canadian government to try alleged war […] Read More >
November 28, 2011 > Staff
Four FARC Hostages Dead, One Escapes in Colombian Military Operation
Today in Latin America Top Story— Four men taken hostage over a decade ago by Colombia’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) were killed during a botched military raid in southern Colombia […] Read More >