MEXICO: SECURITY: Femicides and their Increasing Normalization
On September 8, 19-year old Mara Castilla was reported missing after getting in a car using the ride-sharing app Cabify. A week later, her corpse was found. Authorities determined the…
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SECURITY: Latin America’s Problem: What to Expect and What Should be Done
By Dr. Håvar Solheim; University lecturer Modern History; Department of Latin American Studies; Leiden University - For years Latin America has been profiled as one of the most violent regions in…
LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS: Plata o Plomo - The Origins of Uribe’s Anti-Peace Process Agenda
Outspoken Colombian Ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s call for civil resistance against the Santos government-FARC peace process in Havana during its final stages must be interpreted through various contextual circumstances, principally via economic, political but perhaps…
ECONOMY: Globalization and Developing Regions Power War in the Information Age
Current trends of globalization - particularly in developing regions such as Lat Am - are provoking renown economists as Joseph Stiglitz to question whether our so-called “knowledge/information based economy” is…
URUGUAY: Surpasses Chile As Least Corrupt Latin American Country
According to Transparency International’s 2015 ranking regarding the classification of a total of 168 countries by perceived corruption, Uruguay outranks Chile as the least corrupt Latin American country, with Venezuela allegedly…
Brazil: Country ranked 7th most violent in the world
Brazil’s high murders rates highlighted in survey; Preparations ahead of Pope’s visit; NGO forced to leave favela by drug traffickers. Brazil is ranked 7th most violent country in the world Over 1.1…
Brazil: Dilma pledges support for Maduro
Rousseff meets with Venezuelan President in Brasilia; Industry lags behind other emerging economies; UNEAFRO hold a march to mark abolition of slavery Dilma pledges support for Maduro If there were any doubts…
Brazil 25/09/11
Spectacular anti-corruption protests in Rio, Rousseff opens debate at the UN General Assembly, and the central bank moves to halt currency slide.
Venezuela 25/07/11
US bullied Haiti into refusing trade with Venezuela, whilst human rights NGO’s hit a wall and national team is massacred by Peru in Copa América.
Ecuador 11/07/11
Inter-American Court case marks a precedent in the defense of indigenous land rights and tougher regulations on NGOs.