Peru: Amnesty International Outrage at Grupo Colina
Amnesty Outrage at Court Ruling; Cabinet Chief named; Peruvian vice-president at UN;
July 2012
Mexico: Students march on Televisa
Protesters lay siege to media giant; Mexico regrets failure to curb global flow of arms; seven miners killed in Coahuila
Chile: Prominent intellectuals call on Chile and Perú to choose peace
Intellectuals from Chile and Perú call for peaceful end to maritime dispute; Violence escalates in La Araucanía; Income inequality down since 2009 but still high.
Argentina: New 100 peso note to feature Evita
New 100 peso note to feature Evita; Córdoba interprets law to expel prostitutes; Argentina gets off to uneven Olympic start
Uruguay: homosexual cooperative gets residential building
Homosexual cooperative gets residential building in Ciudad Vieja; State Trade Unions becomes a stronger opposition to government; Frente Amplio less popular due to garbage crisis.
Cuba: Oswaldo Payá Dies in Accident
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá dies in a controversial accident; Cuba’s Popular Assembly passes economic reforms; Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy wins the country’s first medal at London.
Bolivia: consultation process in TIPNIS starts despite problems
President Morales calls indigenous leaders NGO employees, while YPFB shows failures in management after six years of nationalization. TIPNIS: the consultation process begins On Sunday, despite pending uncertainty of…
Paraguay: high hopes for olympic team at London 2012
Team Paraguay at London 2012; Argentinian actress Moria Casán is arrested in Asunción; Cartes faces more accusations of illegal commerce
Central America: Public sector workers storm Honduran streets for second day
Public sector workers storm Honduran streets for second day; Guatemalan president declares national dengue alert; Costa Rica feeds Olympic hopes
Brazil: Wave of violence threatens inhabitants of São Paulo
Homicide rate reaches ever higher levels; bad English prevents Brazilians from study at prestigious universities abroad; and university lecturers reject pay offer.
Science: The effects of climate change on Chile’s vineyards
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Peru: new Sendero Luminoso resurgence
Radical Cabinet Change; Looming terrorist threat; Mafia forgery bust; Cheap gas for poor families
Mexico: Institutions shaken by money laundering
HSBC México tolerated money laundering by organized crime; Mexican officials defend financial regulators; PAN and PRD press allegations that Peña Nieto used dirty money
Chile: Poverty rate down since 2009
Government survey shows drop in poverty; Congress rejects report on university profiteering; Kidnapping case shocks Chileans.
Argentina: Rubbish piles up in B.A. as workers strike
A bad week for Buenos Aires infrastructure; long distance bus drivers strike; teenage deaths and police torture in Salta.
Science: Patagonian penguins wash up on Brazil’s shores
A summary of Latin America’s top science stories brought to you in partnership with LatinAmericanScience.org Patagonian penguins wash up on Brazil’s shores More than 500 Magellanic penguins have washed up on…
Central America: Guatemalan indigenous group challenges mining law
Guatemalan indigenous group challenges mining law; Truce between street gangs in El Salvador encourages Guatemala and Honduras; Experts slam Nicaragua canal project.
Uruguay: Demands to recognize infertility as illness
Demands made to recognise legally infertility as an illness; Senate cancels bankrupted Pluna’s investigation; Football hero Ghiggia is discharged in time to watch the Olympics.
Paraguay: Lugo plans to ‘reconquer true democracy’
Ex-President Fernando Lugo announces plan to ‘reconquer true democracy’ in Paraguay; Mercosur tribunal rejects Paraguay’s appeal; European Delegation says the country is not ‘peaceful’.
Brazil: Regulator suspends phone sales
Brazilian regulator suspends mobile phone sales by three major operators; relations with Bolivia are getting tense; and Jaguar Land Rover contemplates building a Brazilian plant.
Cuba: Cholera continues to spread
Cholera cases continue to rise in eastern Cuba; government announces improvements to water system; bartenders break record for World’s Largest Daiquiri.
Peru: Search for Cabinet Chief Continues
Search for Cabinet Chief; Aprista bureacrats to be investigated; Massive investments in the Amazon; New health service launched
Brazil: government offers pay rise to end professors’ strike
Generous pay package offered to federal university lecturers; Brazilians shown to be fond of capitalism; and Petrobras and Rio University inaugurate pioneering fuel research centre.
Ecuador: Study abroad programme will support 2,000 students
Ecuador’s pioneering study abroad programme to support 2,000 students this year; Haiti and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements; Assange’s asylum decision still in limbo.
Bolivia: indigenous from the IX March return to their territories, acknowledging the possibility of conflicts
Mining firm Mallkhu Khota demands compensation after reversion of mining concession; country ranked as one of worst in food security. IX March ends its stride in La Paz, but…