November 26, 2018 > Staff
Anti-government protests in Haiti scale up
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HAITI: On Saturday, six people were killed at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic during protests demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. […] Read More >
November 22, 2018 > Staff
Killing of a young Mapuche man pressures governor in Chile to resign
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: The governor of the Araucania region resigned late Tuesday night, amid growing pressure over the police killing of a young Mapuche man last week. Luis […] Read More >
November 21, 2018 > Staff
El Chapo trial: Witness says drug cartel paid bribes to Mexican officials
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: During the trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman in New York, cartel insider Jesús Zambada testified yesterday that his brother bribed […] Read More >
November 20, 2018 > Staff
About 4,000 People Evacuate Due to Volcano Activity
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: About 4,000 people evacuated the area around Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire yesterday after it began ejecting hot rock and ash. As one of Central America’s […] Read More >
November 19, 2018 > Staff
Migrant caravan finds local resistance in Tijuana
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: Just one mile away from the U.S. border, the migrant caravan was received with a protest. Tijuana residents lambasted them and called the caravan an […] Read More >
November 16, 2018 > Staff
Macri and IMF Cheer Argentine Austerity Budget
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HEADLINES FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ARGENTINA: President Mauricio Macri celebrated the Senate’s early morning passage of a widely protested austerity budget for 2019. The budget, which […] Read More >
November 15, 2018 > Leo Schwartz
Communities in diaspora are using language to resist assimilation
NEW YORK — Three days a week, the sounds of Haitian Creole fill the fourth floor of the King Juan Carlos I Center in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. The source […] Read More >
November 15, 2018 > Staff
Key-Witness In Colombia Odebrecht Scandal was Poisoned
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HEADLINES FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COLOMBIA: A dead key witness in a Colombian fraud scandal involving Odebrecht is now being investigated for poisoning. Jorge Enrique Pizano […] Read More >
November 14, 2018 > Staff
Rains in Chile Destroy About 85% of Desert Microorganisms
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA CHILE: In the last three years, the Atacama Desert has registered rains it hadn’t for over 500 years prior, causing a great devastation in up to […] Read More >
November 13, 2018 > Staff
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission is worried about Brazil
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released a report on Brazil yesterday expressing “deep concerns” over human rights. The group, which is part of the Organization […] Read More >