March 24, 2020 > LuciaCholakian
Decades After Argentina’s Dictatorship, the Abuelas Continue Reuniting Families
This story was co-published with NACLA. Due to the coronavirus, this year is the first time since 1983 that the Abuelas and Madres of Plaza de Mayo won’t march on […] Read More >
March 23, 2020 > Staff
Colombia Prison Protests Over Sanitary Conditions Leave 23 Dead
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: More than 23 prisoners died over the weekend at La Modelo, a prison in Bogotá, during protests over poor sanitary conditions in the context of […] Read More >
March 20, 2020 > Sue Branford
Bringing Christ and Coronavirus: Evangelicals to Contact Amazon Indigenous
This article was originally published by Mongabay. Ethnos360, an evangelical Christian missionary group, is embarking on a controversial new project, just as the coronavirus begins spreading widely in Brazil. The […] Read More >
March 17, 2020 > Molly McLaughlin
Mexican Feminists Win Legal Protections Against Revenge Porn
MEXICO CITY— Olimpia Coral Melo was 18 when a private video she had filmed with her long-term boyfriend began to circulate on WhatsApp. A tabloid in her hometown of Huauchinango, […] Read More >
March 13, 2020 > Staff
Deportations Continue as Central America Prepares for Coronavirus
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES-CENTRAL AMERICA: Advocates and officials are concerned that the steady arrival of deportees from the U.S. and Mexico to Central America could complicate the region’s […] Read More >
March 12, 2020 > Staff
Coronavirus Continues to Spread in Latin America
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: The World Health Organization officially labeled the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic on Wednesday as countries across the region ramped up health measures […] Read More >
March 11, 2020 > Staff
AMLO Won’t Change Policy After Femicide Protests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), two days of mass protests against femicides will not change his government’s policy on gender-based violence. In […] Read More >
March 10, 2020 > Staff
Thousands of Voting Machines Burned in Venezuela
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: Venezuela’s National Election Authority (CNE) announced yesterday that its main warehouse burned down over the weekend. According to CNE President Tibisay Lucena, 582 civil registry […] Read More >
March 9, 2020 > Staff
Latin Americans March on International Women’s Day
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGION: Protestors across the region commemorated International Women’s Day yesterday, using the annual event to amplify demands to respond to gender-based violence, provide access to abortion, […] Read More >
March 9, 2020 > Richard Arghiris
Questions Linger in Death of Mexican Monarch Defender
The village of El Soldado Anónimo is tucked between saddle-like hills, fallow corn fields and fragrant evergreen forests in eastern Michoacán, Mexico. On January 13, the yearly patron saint’s festival […] Read More >