November 17, 2020 > Staff
Hurricane Iota Lands as Category 4 Storm in Nicaragua
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 Storm a mere few miles away where the deadly Hurricane Eta landed earlier this month. […] Read More >
November 16, 2020 > Staff
Peru’s Interim President Resigns After Massive Protests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: Interim President Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday due to massive protests. The Saturday protests were violently repressed by security forces, causing the deaths of a […] Read More >
November 16, 2020 > LuciaCholakian
Demands for Land and Housing Continue After Guernica Eviction
This story was co-published with NACLA. José Iza’s cell phone won’t stop ringing. It is the week after the eviction of the Guernica occupation. He has been following up with […] Read More >
November 15, 2020 > Isabella Reimi
Venezuela’s “Revolving Door” of Political Prisoners
The story of Antonia Turbay’s arrest goes back to April 2002. She lived in La Florida, in Caracas, Venezuela. Her neighbor was Iván Simonovis, the then secretary of the police […] Read More >
November 13, 2020 > Staff
Mexico President Moves to Ban Job Outsourcing
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Thursday that he will introduce legislation that would ban the outsourcing of jobs by private companies, except for […] Read More >
November 12, 2020 > Staff
Uncounted Ballots Found in Puerto Rico Week After Elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico’s elections commission discovered almost 200 briefcases containing uncounted ballots from a secured vault on Tuesday. Francisco Rosado, the State Commission on Elections’ […] Read More >
November 11, 2020 > Staff
Belize Will Hold General Election Despite Hurricane Eta
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BELIZE: Prime Minister Dean Barrow said the general election will continue on Nov. 11 despite floods caused by Hurricane Eta. Barrow said that the Constitution of […] Read More >
November 10, 2020 > Staff
Peruvian President Impeached By Congress
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The 130-member Congress of Peru voted to impeach President Martín Vizcarra for allegedly accepting over $600,000 in bribes when he was governor of Moquegua. Vizcarra […] Read More >
November 9, 2020 > Staff
Pedro Pierluisi Elected As Puerto Rico’s Next Governor
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party has been declared the winner of the island’s gubernatorial race. Official preliminary results were released […] Read More >
November 8, 2020 > Eileen Sosin
Growing Vegetable Patches in Havana: Necessity Turned Virtue
This story was published as part of Climate Tracker‘s Global Mentorship for Young Media Professionals. Almost every inch of land is blanketed by fruits and vegetables has been taken: soursop trees, guava, […] Read More >