Latin America News Dispatch

Congress’ first impeachment attempt in September received less than half of the 87 votes necessary to remove Martín Vizcarra from office.

It is the first time that both of Puerto Rico’s major parties received less than 40% of the vote.

Néstor Alonso faces nine charges, including federal money theft and receiving kickbacks.

The 39-year-old senator’s affairs have been under the spotlight since his father’s January 2019 inauguration.

Mexican prosecutors say that fugitive former Mexico City public housing official, Raymundo Collins has been located in the United States.

According to a newly published Gallup survey, Mexican citizens have only slightly improved in their perception of security and the police since last year.

The approval of this law allows the prosecution of acts such as hacking, identity theft or computer espionage, but also of people who “spread false information.”

Salary decreases for teachers and education outsourcing and privatization proposals are among the components of the law being protested.

Most of the killings took place in one incident on Saturday evening in the municipality of Jerez, where a confrontation led to a car chase which left 14 people dead.

The IMSS reported that of the 17,331 of the intubated patients in October, 15,070 have died.

Thousands of union members, teachers, students and Indigenous people filled a historic square in the capital city of Bogotá, protesting against the social and economic policies of President Iván Duque, as well as the killing of human rights activists and recent police violence.

October 18 marked one year of mass protests for systemic change in Chile, and one year of brutal repression.

A decade after the cholera outbreak of 2010, family members and victims took to the streets to march along the Artibonite River.

It is likely the cases will not be reviewed until next year.

Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Migration Institute and the Office of the Attorney General will participate in the “verification and analysis process.”

A review by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee found that U.S. agents rented three buses and tracked a caravan of Honduran migrants, who hoped to seek asylum in the United States, from the northern city of San Pedro Sula.

There have now been 76 Indigenous people killed in Cauca in 2020 alone.

Protesters rallied against government coronavirus measures, judicial reform and the removal of three judges that were investigating former President Cristina Kirchner.

With 734 added to the death toll on Tuesday, Latin America’s largest country is approaching the 150,000 death mark, the second highest worldwide after the United States.

Justin Peterson is a managing partner at DCI, a public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. 

Since Wednesday, about 2,200 people have been demonstrating in the streets and at least 50 road blockades have been set.