October 3, 2018 > Staff
Audit finds failures in border separations
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA THE BORDER : A government audit stated that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was “plagued” with “lack of preparation, resource shortfalls and communication failures.” The […] Read More >
October 2, 2018 > Staff
Canada joins US and Mexico in trade deal to replace NAFTA
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL: The United States, Mexico and Canada have decided to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with a new trade deal. The latest round of […] Read More >
October 1, 2018 > Staff
Journalistic Investigation Reveals How Illegal Timber Ransacks Amazon Forest
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA AMAZONIA: An international team of journalists has shed light on the mechanisms that traffickers use to ship illegal timber out of the Amazon jungle — where more […] Read More >
October 1, 2018 > Nidia Bautista
“Porros”: The Criminal Shock Groups Disrupting Student Protests in Mexico
In Mexico, violent groups likened to goon squads and criminal shock groups have rattled student protestors for decades. In the latest rash of violence, a large group of porros—Spanish slang […] Read More >
September 28, 2018 > Alanna Elder
A year after María, 150 years after the Grito, Manhattanites march
Late at night a century and a half ago, hundreds of rebels against Spanish rule entered the town of Lares in the western part of Puerto Rico and captured the […] Read More >
September 28, 2018 > Staff
Mexicans Indignant over Light Sentence in Infamous Corruption Case
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA MEXICO: President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador channeled the general outrage in the Gulf state of Veracruz yesterday, dismissing former Governor Javier Duarte’s nine-year sentence on organized […] Read More >
September 27, 2018 > Staff
Venezuela Under Fire at UN General Assembly
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, five South American presidents and the Canadian prime minister met to sign a joint letter […] Read More >
September 26, 2018 > Staff
Trump Criticizes Venezuela at UN General Assembly
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday, advancing his “America First” policy and lauding his work with […] Read More >
September 26, 2018 > Jo Corona
Nicaragua poised to clash with US at UN General Assembly
The United States put the roiling domestic unrest in Nicaragua on the UN Security Council’s agenda this month, only days after the country expelled a UN human rights mission sent […] Read More >
September 25, 2018 > Staff
Medical Naval Ships Dock in Venezuela and Colombia
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA : A Chinese medical ship dubbed “Peace Ark” has been docked in Venezuela’s La Guaira port since Saturday. The Chinese army says the ship is […] Read More >