April 6, 2020 > Staff
Mexico Projects Shortfall of Medical Staff
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced on Sunday that Mexico seeks to hire 19,000 doctors and nurses within the next two weeks to prepare […] Read More >
April 6, 2020 > Paulo Rosas
The Murder of a Peruvian Immigrant in Argentina Goes Unpunished
ROSARIO, Argentina—It all happened in a matter of seconds. There was a power outage and the street was dark. A man leapt out of a car and lunged at a […] Read More >
April 3, 2020 > Staff
US to Send Warships to the Caribbean to Curb Drug Trafficking
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN: President Donald Trump said the United States is sending warships to the Caribbean to halt drug trafficking. Trump said it is an effort to […] Read More >
April 3, 2020 > Wilfredo Miranda
Nicaraguans Await the Pandemic that Their Government Ignores
Photographs by Carlos Herrera MANAGUA— Across Latin America, Holy Week is a time for vacations, church celebrations and family gatherings. That tradition will be broken this year, as most countries […] Read More >
April 2, 2020 > Staff
Ecuadorian Authorities Slow to Remove the Deceased from Homes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR: The country faces a public health crisis as medical facilities run out of space for COVID-19 patients and families have to wait for days for morgues […] Read More >
April 1, 2020 > Staff
Trump Administration Proposes Transitional Government in Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES-VENEZUELA: The Trump administration announced that it is willing to lift sanctions against Venezuela if President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó step aside […] Read More >
April 1, 2020 > Mayara Paixao
Attacks on Brazilian Press Increase Under Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO— The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has already claimed 201 lives. But as the pandemic intensifies in Latin America’s most populous country, President Jair Bolsonaro discredits the journalists working […] Read More >
March 31, 2020 > Staff
Caribbean Countries Adopt Measures to Stop Coronavirus
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Caribbean countries are seeing an increase in cases and implementing stricter quarantine regulations. The highest death toll in the Caribbean is in the Dominican Republic, […] Read More >
March 30, 2020 > Staff
Bolsonaro Continues to Downplay Coronavirus
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to fire health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta if he criticizes the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Estado de […] Read More >
March 30, 2020 > Nicolas Bedoya
Paramilitary Offensives Persist in Antioquia, Colombia
ITUANGO, Colombia– “When I was in the FARC-EP, I would see displaced people,” Wilmer said, drinking coffee in a cafeteria near an improvised refugee shelter. “I would have to go […] Read More >