Brazil: Public opinion poll sparks outrage
Public opinion poll sparks outrage; Rousseff loses ground but still favored in this year’s presidential election; Brazil accused at the OAS of violating human rights Public opinion poll sparks outrage A…
March 2014
Venezuela: Drastic currency reform as Machado loses immunity
Venezuela’s monetary policy opens up a new exchange rate to tackle the poor economic climate as court cases and sentences proceed against opposition figures. Venezuela: Drastic currency reform as Machado…
Ecuador: 3 killed in Quito shooting
3 killed in shooting in Northern Quito; second round of trade negotiations with EU completed; government launches plan to replace gas power. 3 killed in ‘sacapintas’ shooting On Wednesday 26…
Mexico: Country is named fifth most dangerous for business in Latin America
Mexico is named the fifth most dangerous country for business in Latin America; Remembering Benito Juárez; Pizza Patrón controversy Mexico: Country is named fifth most dangerous for business in Latin America…
Colombia: Drought in Casanare leaves thousands of animals dead
Drought in Casanare leaves thousands of animals dead; UN report reveals poor state of Human Rights in Colombia; Santos announces ‘urgent measures’ for Bogota. Drought in Casanare leaves thousands of…
El Salvador: Public opinion no longer favors the Right
Public opinion no longer favors the Right; TSE finally declares Sánchez Cerén president-elect; Presidential inauguration ceremony may cost up to $1.4 m Public opinion no longer favors the Right According to…
Chile: Bachelet proposes Ministry of Women and Gender Equality
Bachelet proposes Ministry of Women and Gender Equality; New law creates permanent March ‘bonus’; Protests mark ‘Day of the Young Combatant’
Paraguay: The Legacy of Francisco Solano López
He had his mother flogged when she was seventy years old, hundreds of his officers were killed at his command, he led his country into a war which, by some…
Venezuela: Latin America’s growing involvement
Panama invites the Venezuelan opposition to the OAS; Colombia and Paraguay call on UNASUR to ‘widen their agenda’; the USA lets Latin America take the lead. After several days of…
Brazil - Energy: Put it on someone else’s tab
One analysis of the Brazilian energy landscape On 13 March 2014 the Brazilian Federal Government announced a package of measures to address the current crisis in the electricity sector. This includes…
Arts: Femcine Film Festival Opens in Santiago
Fourth edition of women’s film festival; Mexico celebrates the centenary of the birth of Octavio Paz Femcine film festival opens in Santiago The 4th Femcine film festival opened on 25…
Brazil: The face of Rio’s favelas
Violence, drugs, and police occupation Life in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, the urban slums that stretch out to around Brazil’s second-largest city, is generally imagined to be rough. Home to almost…
Cuba: Prospects of release promising for ‘the Cuban five’
Prospects of release promising for members of ‘the Cuban five’ An incredibly bright week for Cuba and its economic prospects as well as its standing in the international community. Uruguayan…
Brazil: Federal Troops to Help Combat Wave of Violence in Rio Slums
Federal troops to help combat wave of violence in Rio slums; Former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso now supports congressional investigation of Petrobras; Popular Chief Justice again denies presidential ambitions Federal troops…
Chile: Demonstrators welcome Bachelet, urge reform with ‘march of marches’
Demonstrators welcome Bachelet, urge reform with ‘rally to end all rallies’; Seismic tremors leave Chileans nervous; Embattled, Conservative opposition criticizes early days of Bachelet’s second term
Argentina: Judge orders end to teacher strike
Judge orders an end to teachers strike; Major protest calls for slum urbanisation; Mendoza petroleum fire under control Judge orders an end to teachers strike The long and fiercely maintained strike by…
Venezuela: Maduro opens legal action against Machado
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seeks to instigate court proceedings against María Corina Machado over claims of treason during the on-going protests sweeping the nation. The Maduro administration has established a…
Mexico: 20 years on from the assassination of Colosio
Twenty years since Colosio’s assassination; The brain behind Mexico’s reforms; Spring breakers told to avoid Mexico Mexico: Twenty years on from the assassination of Colosio In late March of 1994,…
Ecuador: Arrest warrant issued for Cléver Jiménez
Cléver Jiménez and associates detained; Re-elections carried out in remaining 8 provinces; Ecuador in sixth place in the South American Games. Warrant issued for arrest of Cléver Jiménez National Court…
Colombia: Santos ignores IACHR recommendations and dismisses mayor of Bogota
Santos ignores IACHR recommendations and dismisses mayor of Bogota; Human Rights Watch report sheds light on ‘crisis in Buenaventura’; Jorge Franco wins the Alfaguara Prize 2014. Santos ignores IACHR recommendations…
El Salvador: UN says gangs are the main cause of forced displacement
UN says gangs are the main cause of forced displacement; TSE accepts a partial analysis of ARENA’s electoral challenge; ARENA claims thousands of prisoners participated in runoff election UN says gangs…
Haiti: Voodoo and the Western Imagination
Haiti: Voodoo and the Western Imagination Drive the pin into the doll. Wait for the witch, the victim and the scream - or maybe turn the football on instead. It’s…
Argentina: Being Twenty-Five in Buenos Aires
Argentine youth: work; living with your parents; human experiences; international students; subjective point of view What does it mean to be a twenty-five year old in 2014? By this age,…
Venezuela: A muted international response
Anti-government protests continue in Venezuela; Latin America does not decisively intervene; internal politics may ease the crisis but offer little hope for reconciliation The protests that started on 12…
Brazil: A historic party for the uneven - some words about Salvador`s Carnival
Carnival has a special place in Brazilian culture, but just how has it developed over the years? In the Colonial Brazil (1530 – 1822), there were two carnival spaces:…