November 22, 2020 > Paulo Rosas
Fuego en Argentina: incendios en el delta del Paraná son amenaza para la vida
Read the story in English here. El domingo, 23 de agosto, alrededor de las 3 p.m., el fuego llegó a la casa de Fabián Ros, 53. Hasta ese día, él […] Read More >
November 22, 2020 > Paulo Rosas
Fires in Argentina: Wildfires in the Paraná Delta Threaten Lives
Lee la historia en español aquí. On Sunday, Aug. 23, around 3 p.m., a wildfire reached Fabián Ros’ house. Until that day, the 53-year-old and his wife, Viviana, had seen […] Read More >
November 20, 2020 > Staff
Mexico Says Officials Will Not Be Tried in the U.S.
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Mexico no longer wants officials accused of corruption to be put in trial in the United States, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday. […] Read More >
November 19, 2020 > Staff
U.S. Drops Charges Against Former Mexican Defense Minister
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES/MEXICO: The United States government dropped drug trafficking and money-laundering charges against Mexico’s former Defense Chief Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after Mexican officials threatened to toss […] Read More >
November 18, 2020 > Staff
Caribbean Companies Allegedly Used the Pandemic to Promote Products
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) along with the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) released a report that shows how major food and beverage producers have […] Read More >
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 >