Chile: Bachelet announces run for presidency
Bachelet announces run for presidency; nation marks anniversary of anti-gay hate crime with ‘March for Justice’; 54 arrested after ‘Day of the Young Combatant’ demonstrations
March 2013
Human Rights: Latin Americans demand justice for the disappeared
Latin America lobbies Inter-American Commission for reforms in forced disappearance cases; Inter-American Commission extends reformation process
Arts: Pre-Columbian art reaches US$13.3m at auction
Pre-Columbian art collection reaches US$13.3m at auction; Mexican poet Víctor Sandoval dies; Children’s ebook launched in Mapudungun; Lollapalooza returns to Sao Paulo; Chilean film wins prestigious French cinema award Pre-Columbian…
Chile’s eye on the sky opens a doorway to development
Ever since the excellent conditions for stargazing in Northern Chile attracted its first international observatory in the 1960s, the region´s reputation as an astronomical hotspot has been growing more solid…
El Salvador: Recovery from economic crisis continues
El Salvador still recovering from economic crisis; Tourism revenues in El Salvador reach pre-crisis levels; Maras and Zetas form new business relationship El Salvador still recovering from economic crisis On…
Bolivia: ‘Dia del Mar’ observed amid continuing conflict with Chile over access to the sea
Bolivia observes ‘Dia del Mar’ whilst planning to take its case for access to the sea before the Hague; Bolivia plans alternate trade routes through Peru and Brazil; Oruro…
Indigenous issues: Brazil’s Public Security Forces to protect Amazonian dam
Brazil’s Public Security Forces to protect the Amazonian Belo Monte dam from protesters; Bolivia threatens to leave the CIDH; Mapuche woman publishes her first book. Brazil’s Public Security Forces to…
Economy: The mixed effects of Brazil’s stimulus
Brazilian stimulus has mixed effects; Maduro proposes greater integration among Latin America’s trade organisations; Mexican economic activity grew by 3.2 percent in January; Ecuador introduces plan to increase FDI Brazilian…
Mexico Society and Culture 25/3/2013: Jorge Volpi named new director of the Festival Internacional Cervantino
Jorge Volpi named new director of the Festival Internacional Cervantino; telecommunications reform approved by the Chamber of Deputies; seven people murdered in Guerrero
Chile: Government seeks to criminalize verbal abuse of police officers
Government seeks to criminalize verbal abuse of police officers; Chile marks Earth Hour; Chilean Senate elects new president; Bolivia to sue Chile for access to the sea
Brazil: 49% of schools have obligatory religion classes
Brazilian public schools continue to teach religion classes; indigenous group is transferred to new locality amidst protest; and legitimacy of ‘traditional’ hazing put to question. The secular State and religious…
Brazil: President meets Pope Francis
Rousseff travels to Rome for first meeting with newly elected Pope; anger after public sector ‘super-salaries’ are revealed; survey reveals most Brazilians are optimistic about the economy Brazil: President meets…
Colombia: former Health Secretary imprisoned
Former Health Secretary imprisoned; seventh round of peace talks draw to close; decree regulating abortion rights revoked
Arts: Dolores Olmedo Museum will restore works by Diego Rivera
Mexico’s Dolores Olmedo Museum will restore works by Diego Rivera; Juan Gabriel Vázquez and Andrés Neuman are longlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; Colombian prison inmates will perform Lorca play;…
Indigenous issues: Search begins for Indigenous Brazilian Archers for 2016 Olympics
Search begins for indigenous Brazilian archers for the Rio Olympics; Tukano culture faces imminent risk of disappearing; Venezuela celebrates the National Day of the Indigenous Child Search begins for indigenous…
Economy: India and Colombia create model for Asia-Latin America trade
India and Colombia provide model for increased trade between Asia and Latin America; Latin America could grow by 6 percent if structural reforms are implemented; Maduro to introduce complementary currency…
Human Rights: Bolivia plans to leave Inter-American Commission
Bolivia announces plans to leave the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights; LGBTI activists speak out against Pope Francis; Colombia repeals abortion rights
China/Latin America: Chinese government treats new Argentine pope with caution
Chinese government treats new Argentine pope with caution; Inter-American Development Bank benefits from further loans from China; Brazil and China to host a joint textile trade show in São Paulo.
Haiti: Government promises zero tolerance on corruption
Prime Minister says government to crack down on corruption; Duvalier case continues; Bill Clinton donates to agricultural projects
Colombia: former governor imprisoned for embezzlement
Former governor imprisoned for embezzlement; bill to reduce teen pregnancy passed; change in law benefits comic book industry.
Mexican Politics and Economy: Explosion kills 17 during religious celebration
Explosion kills 17 people during a religious celebration in Tlaxcala; constitutional reform in broadcasting and telecommunications an ‘historic change’; women who suffered abuse at Atenco fail to reach an ‘amicable…
Mexico Society and Culture 18/3/2013: Conaculta recognizes the work of Vicente Rojo Almazán
Conaculta recognises the work of Vicente Rojo Almazán; Explosion in Tlaxcala kills 16 people; Romualdo García exhibition opens in Guanajuato.
Venezuela: Maduro and Capriles begin campaigning
Maduro and Capriles start campaigning towards presidential elections; Chavez is laid to rest at the old Military History Museum; and Globovision announces changes in its ownership.
Chile: Bachelet leaves UN to return to Chile
Former President Bachelet leaves the UN to return to Chile; Chile inaugurates world’s most expensive astronomycentre; two killed in Air Force plane crash
Uruguay: Violence hits football again with 40 arrests
Violence hits Uruguayan football again with 40 people under arrest; convicted military officers would be judged by military courts