October 1, 2020 > Staff
Six Trans People Killed in Puerto Rico This Year
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PUERTO RICO: A transgender woman was fatally shot in the southwest town of San Germán, authorities reported Wednesday. The victim, Michelle Ramos Vargas, 33, was found […] Read More >
September 30, 2020 > Staff
Peru Sued for Forced Sterilizations Under Fujimori Administration
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The Peruvian government was sued before the United Nations for forced sterilizations between 1996 and 2001 under President Alberto Fujimori’s administration. The case was the […] Read More >
September 29, 2020 > Staff
Latin America Commemorates International Safe Abortion Day
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Several Latin American countries commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Monday. In Argentina, over 1,000 public figures, artists and journalists released the “Legal Abortion 2020” […] Read More >
September 28, 2020 > Staff
Over 70 Arrest Warrants Issued in Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Case
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Thousands marched in cities across Mexico on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College […] Read More >
September 25, 2020 > Staff
Homicides Decline in Mexico as Femicides Rise
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Homicides in Mexico have slightly declined for the first time in the past five years, according to the Wall Street Journal. However, femicides increased last […] Read More >
September 24, 2020 > Staff
Trump Tightens Restrictions on Cuba
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES/CUBA: President Donald Trump announced Wednesday new sanctions on Cuba that prohibit U.S. citizens traveling to the island from buying Cuban rum and tobacco and […] Read More >
September 23, 2020 > Staff
Mexico Investigates Alleged Hysterectomies Performed at ICE Facilities
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO/UNITED STATES: Mexican officials in the United States have interviewed six Mexican women who may have been among the immigrant detainees that allegedly received unwanted hysterectomies […] Read More >
September 22, 2020 > Staff
United States Imposes New Sanctions on Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced new sanctions on President Nicolás Maduro on Monday. The sanctions are part of the Trump Administration’s “maximum pressure […] Read More >
September 21, 2020 > Staff
Massacre in Colombia Ahead of Anti-Government Protests Monday
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: At least five people were massacred Sunday afternoon in the Cauca department in southern Colombia. The victims, including at least one minor, were gunned down […] Read More >
September 18, 2020 > angelymontilla
Examining Dominican Anti-Blackness During a Summer of Protest
This July, Dominicans elected opposition presidential candidate Luis Abinader, bidding farewell to 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation’s center-left. Voters at home and abroad braved a worsening […] Read More >