Image: http://anthonyjohncoletti.photoshelter.com The toll of tourism in Barichara The town of Barichara perches atop an Andean valley in the Colombian department of Santander, taking in a view of the winding River…
Christopher Columbus, with his peaked hat and his squint, is ordering beef. He counts the money stiffly, in part to show he’s being overcharged, but hiding in his joints is…
China stock fall spells more worry for Latin America; Latin-Chinese trade shrinking; Latin American economies heavily dependent on China On Monday global stock markets recorded some of the worst losses…
Earlier last week on Friday 14, the United States flag was hoisted over the communist-run island. The symbolic event of re-opening the US Embassy in Havana occurs in a context…
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Argentina started the countdown to October’s first round of Presidential elections last Sunday with open primaries and party candidates competing on the same ballot. With the most popular allowed to…
Cuba removed from category of worst offenders in 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report; Upgrade called a ‘political decision’; Cuban newspaper calls the report a ‘unilateral’ list July was a momentous…
Chihuahua governor in helicopter crash; International intellectuals push Peña Nieto for protection of journalists Chihuahua governor in helicopter crash On 14th August a helicopter carrying César Duarte, governor of the State…
Folllowing years of much publicised mounting debt, rising inflation and strict austerity measures, Puerto Rico finally defaulted on a debt payment last week for the first time in its history….
Pew Research Centre study reports Latin American middle class grew by 50 percent between 2001 and 2011; 63 million people left poverty; Argentina’s middle class records strongest growth of 114…
Ex-military members stand trial in Rome for alleged role in Operation Condor crimes; Precedent of Latin American human rights trials in Europe; Numerous witnesses travel to Italy to testify Europe’s…