February 13, 2020 > Staff
Trump Receives Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno met with President Trump on Wednesday. It was the first meeting in Washington between an Ecuadorian and U.S. president in […] Read More >
February 12, 2020 > Staff
Former Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Sentenced to Prison
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York sentenced former Guatemalan presidential candidate Mario Estrada to 15 years in prison on charges of […] Read More >
February 11, 2020 > Staff
Opposition Leaders Denounce Salvadoran President
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA EL SALVADOR: Mario Ponce, President of the Legislative Assembly, condemned the actions of President Nayib Bukele and the Armed Forces over the weekend as an “attempted […] Read More >
February 10, 2020 > Staff
Police Kill Suspect in Marielle Franco’s Murder
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Police killed Adriano Magalhaes da Nobrega during a shootout in north-east Brazil. Magalhaes was a suspect in the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city […] Read More >
February 7, 2020 > Staff
El Salvador Not Ready to Receive Asylum Seekers
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA EL SALVADOR: Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco said the country is not ready to accept asylum seekers arriving from the United States. She said El Salvador […] Read More >
February 7, 2020 > Rafael Forsetto
Chief Raoni, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Presides Over Historic Meeting with Over 600 Indigenous Leaders in Brazil
This article originally appeared on Mongabay and is also available in Portuguese. LAND is republishing it under Creative Commons. The harsh midday sun shines down in the Kayapó village of […] Read More >
February 6, 2020 > Staff
Two Hundred Salvadoran Migrants Were Killed or Abused After Being Deported by the U.S.
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA EL SALVADOR: A new report by the Human Rights Watch revealed that at least 200 Salvadorans who were deported by the United States between 2013 and […] Read More >
February 5, 2020 > Staff
Juan Guaidó Attends State of the Union
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES-VENEZUELA: Juan Guaidó attended the State of the Union speech as a guest of President Donald Trump. The event gave the Venezuelan National Assembly leader […] Read More >
February 4, 2020 > Staff
Crimes Against Women on the Rise in Mexico
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: The increase in crime rates in 2019 disproportionately affected women, according to new statistics from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNP). […] Read More >
February 3, 2020 > Staff
Second Death Linked to Mexico Butterfly Reserve
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: A second man with links to Michoacan’s monarch butterfly reserve, guide Raúl Hernández Romero, was found dead on Saturday with wounds that suggest he was […] Read More >