October 15, 2018 > Staff
Honduras migrant caravan marches north, heads for U.S.
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA HONDURAS: As the United States calls for tighter border control, a spontaneous migrant caravan began its northward trek from San Pedro Sula, one of the most […] Read More >
October 12, 2018 > Staff
Far-Right Bolsonaro Leads Big in Brazil: Poll
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: Far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro enjoys a commanding 13 percent lead with less than three weeks to go until the Oct. 28 runoff, according to […] Read More >
October 11, 2018 > Staff
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Detained For Money Laundering
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: Former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and 19 members of the conservative Fuerza Popular Party were detained yesterday for alleged money laundering. She is being investigated […] Read More >
October 10, 2018 > Staff
Former Vice President of Guatemala Sentenced to Prison
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA GUATEMALA: Roxana Baldetti, the former vice president of Guatemala, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison yesterday for her role in a fraud scheme involving […] Read More >
October 10, 2018 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
How Can the UN Better Include Indigenous Peoples in Its Development Goals?: There’s An App For That
NEW YORK — “These are the people who can either choose to support us, or choose to destroy our lives and our lands with their international development projects?” This was […] Read More >
October 9, 2018 > Staff
Transgender and Indigenous Candidates Break Glass Ceiling in Brazilian elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL : Despite the near victory of the far right in Sunday’s election with presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro entering the runoff election as the frontrunner, indigenous […] Read More >
October 8, 2018 > Staff
Bolsonaro snatches the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL: A contentious presidential race in Brazil reached its conclusion yesterday as the votes began tallying in. Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate from the Social Liberal […] Read More >
October 5, 2018 > Staff
Federal Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Trump’s Termination of Temporary Protected Status
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: Immigrants and immigrant rights groups celebrated a new California federal court decision blocking the Trump administration’s plans to stop renewing the legal status of […] Read More >
October 5, 2018 > Isabel Caballero-Samper
50th Anniversary Tlatelolco Massacre Protest
MEXICO CITY—The city center was paralyzed on Tuesday by the floods of mainly young people marching from the Plaza of the Three Cultures to the Zócalo, the two main squares […] Read More >
October 4, 2018 > Staff
Peru Revokes Fujimori’s Pardon
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA PERU: The Supreme Court annulled the controversial 2017 pardon of former President Alberto Fujimori, handing down a new “location and capture” order that would have the […] Read More >