Latin Correspondent
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 06:34
Brazil’s political situation, increasingly similar to that of series “House of Cards” has reached epic new levels. Despite former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being sworn in as a cabinet minister last Thursday, he was swiftly stripped of his new title by various injunction orders filed against him by judges across the country.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 05:13
Tensions between Belize and Guatemala at an “all-time high” following a military clash on Saturday (March 12) at the Sarstoon River on the southern Belizean border. A press statement from the Government of Belize Press Office, which was published on Facebook on March 13, says that on Saturday there was a confrontation on the Sarstoon River between the Belize Defence Force (BDF) and the Guatemalan Armed Forces (GAF).
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 05:23
While it appeared that Wednesday’s piquetes hailed more of the usual, Macri’s government feared mass protests and launched a special protocol set to crackdown on this particular style of protest. The new protocol, passed by the Minister of Safety, Patricia Bullrich on Thursday, established that the security forces can and will act immediatly when a piquete occurs.
Monday, February 22, 2016 - 04:58
As reported by El Mundo last week, director of the country’s national police, Howard Cotto, said that the number of gun fights and the total number of people killed during the conflicts have both increased compared to the same period last year, when there were about two gun fight
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 05:08
Six months after the publication of an investigation that denied the massacre of eight people in El Salvador, website El Faro, who published the initial article, has begun to question investigations into the case.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 07:07
Authorities in Guyana say the U.S. government is helping the South American country crack down on a massive international gold smuggling operation.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 06:57
Last month, the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC complied official data from the region’s countries, revealing that 1,678 women were murdered because of their gender. Public data from some countries – including Mexico, Brazil, and Jamaica – was unavailable
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:20
In yet another spin involving the Ayotzinapa case, satellite photographs reviewed by international experts refute official claims that the bodies of the 43 disappeared students were burned in a Cocula garbage dump.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:25
Guatemalans who have been the victim of alleged human rights abuses at the hands of mining companies are taking lawsuits to Canada.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 07:22
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country’s list of hard drugs.