August 19, 2011 > Roque Planas
Immigration Policy Tweaked: 300,000 Deportation Cases Under Review
Today in Latin America Top Story— The Obama administration said Thursday that undocumented students and other low-priority immigration offenders will not be targeted for deportation under enforcement programs. Instead, authorities will focus on […] Read More >
August 17, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Two Suspects Linked To Dead Tourists By DNA
Today in Latin America Top Story — Investigators in Argentina have DNA and ballistics evidence implicating some of the eight suspects under arrest in the July killing of two French […] Read More >
August 16, 2011 > Staff
Venezuela Holds FARC Extradition After Asylum Request
Today in Latin America Top Story — Venezuela’s handover of a senior member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is on hold after the man requested asylum. Guillermo […] Read More >
August 15, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner Wins First-Ever Open Primary
Today in Latin America Top Story— In Argentina’s first-ever open and simultaneous presidential primary Sunday, exit polls showed that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led her nine rivals, but it was too […] Read More >
August 12, 2011 > Staff
Immigration Law Appeal Filed By Arizona’s Jan Brewer
Today in Latin America Top Story — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer filed an appeal Wednesday to the U.S. Supreme Court over a lower court ruling on the state’s controversial immigration […] Read More >
August 11, 2011 > Staff
Haiti: Port-au-Prince Mayor to Clear Tent Camp
Today in Latin America Top Story — Port-au-Prince Mayor Jean Yves Jason announced Wednesday that he intends to move nearly 20,000 Haitians living in one of the country’s largest refugee […] Read More >
August 10, 2011 > Staff
Chile: Protest For Educational Reform In Santiago Turns Violent
Today in Latin America Top Story — With much of the world’s attention focused on the widespread rioting in the United Kingdom, demonstrators in Chile took to the streets of […] Read More >
August 9, 2011 > Staff
Latin American Stocks Plummet Amid Fears of U.S. & European Woes
Today in Latin America Top Story — Amid fears that U.S. and European debt crises would drag down global growth, Latin American stocks plummeted Monday in what was their worst […] Read More >
August 8, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Colombia: Santos Celebrates First Year In Office With New Strategy To Fight FARC
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated his first full year in office Sunday by vowing to set new strategies in the government’s decades-long war with left-wing guerrillas. Speaking in Bogotá, […] Read More >
August 8, 2011 > Staff
Mexico: Police Detain 5 “Pig’s Head” Gang Members For Kidnapping Ring
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican authorities detained five alleged members of a kidnapping and extortion ring in the Mexico City region that was known for leaving the […] Read More >