May 10, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Cuban Government Says Dissident Died of Pancreatitis, not Police Beating
In a response to claims that police brutality ended the life of Juan Wilfredo Soto García on Saturday, Cuban state media reported Monday that the death of the 46 year-old […] Read More >
May 10, 2011 > Staff
Arizona’s Jan Brewer To Appeal Immigration Law To U.S. Supreme Court
Today in Latin America Top Story — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced Monday plans to appeal a ruling against the state’s controversial immigration law to the U.S. Supreme Court. The […] Read More >
May 9, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Who’s Killing The Journalists Of Honduras?
The small town of San Marco, near Honduras’ western border with El Salvador and Guatemala, has no distinguishing factors that set it apart from the other tiny villages and hamlets […] Read More >
May 9, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Tens Of Thousands March To Protest Drug War Violence In Mexico
Tens of thousands of Mexicans participated in a nationwide march for peace on Sunday, protesting the violence that has killed nearly 40,000 of their countrymen and demanding an end to […] Read More >
May 9, 2011 > Staff
Ecuador’s Correa Wins Referendum; Critics Worry About Consolidation Of Power
Today in Latin America Top Story — President Rafael Correa of Ecuador claimed victory in a referendum on a number of government and social reforms Saturday, paving the way for […] Read More >
May 6, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Brazilian Supreme Court Legally Recognizes Same-Sex Couples
In a two-day session over same-sex unions, The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday overwhelming voted to extend the same rights and duties to same-sex couples as those that exist for […] Read More >
May 6, 2011 > Staff
Castro Critical Of U.S. Attack That Killed Osama bin Laden
Today in Latin America Top Story — Fidel Castro, the former Cuban head of state, called the U.S. killing of Al Queda leader Osama Bin Laden an “abhorrent deed,” describing […] Read More >
May 5, 2011 > Mari Hayman
American Professor Prohibited From Returning to Cuba
An American professor studying blogging and micro-businesses in Cuba says he was told by Cuban government officials that he cannot return to the island nation where his research is based. […] Read More >
May 5, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Immigration Bill Cracks Down On “Sanctuary” Cities; Barletta Forms New Anti-Immigration Caucus
A freshman U.S. congressman, who in 2006 made headlines when he signed a law that cracked down on undocumented immigrants as the mayor of a Pennsylvania town, is now focusing […] Read More >
May 5, 2011 > Eline Gordts
Undocumented Immigrant Youth Support DREAM Act By Coming Out Of The Shadows
NEW YORK — Melissa Garcia Velez didn’t look nervous when she took up the microphone in the center of New York’s Union Square, although what she was about to say […] Read More >