Latin America

Brazil Recognizes 6 Indigenous Areas in Boost for Amazon

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday granted official recognition of nearly 800 square miles of Indigenous lands, most of it in the Amazon, in a move that seeks to safeguard critical rainforest from the unchecked exploitation that marked his predecessor’s administration.

  • May 1, 2023
  • 10:32 AM

Fed Up Haitians Stone, Set Fire to Suspected Bandits

Residents of Canapé-Vert, in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, set fire to 14 people they said were armed bandits on their way to bring reinforcements for an active attack on the nearby neighborhoods of Turgeau and Debussy.

  • Apr 25, 2023
  • 5:42 PM

Venezuela’s Guaidó Expelled From Colombia

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó said he was expelled from Colombia hours after he crossed the border from Venezuela to try to meet with some participants at an international conference Tuesday to discuss his country’s political crisis.

  • Apr 25, 2023
  • 10:33 AM

Lula Siding With Putin Further Alienates Brazil (OPINION)

With the country no longer isolated as it was under Bolsonaro, who engaged with only a few international pariahs, President Lula da Silva has endangered Brazil’s return to the international scene by supporting Russian actions in Ukraine.

  • Apr 24, 2023
  • 2:01 PM

Chile Leader Wants State to Share in Lithium Extraction

President Gabriel Boric has announced a plan to require that private companies take Chile’s government on as a partner in the extraction of lithium, which is in high demand around the world for use in electric batteries.

  • Apr 21, 2023
  • 10:41 AM

Turning Haiti Into a ‘Zombie’ Republic (OPINION)

The actions of some of the Haitians sanctioned for their involvement in illicit activities and the United Nations Mission in Haiti are among those to blame for Haiti’s current crises, a new book asserts.

  • Apr 18, 2023
  • 3:18 PM

Food or Medicine? Inflation Squeezing Retirees in Argentina

Monthly inflation was 7.7 percent in March, up from 6.5 percent in the same month in 2022. Analysts project annual inflation will come in at 110 percent in 2023, one of the highest rates in the world.

  • Apr 17, 2023
  • 10:47 AM

Buenos Aires Airport Becomes Unofficial Homeless Shelter

The Jorge Newbery International Airport in Argentina’s capital has practically become a homeless shelter at night, a reflection of the rising poverty in a country where high inflation rates are making it difficult for many to make ends meet.

  • Apr 7, 2023
  • 10:28 AM

Mexico: Despite ‘Coup,’ Castillo Legal President of Peru

Mexico’s president said Wednesday that Peru’s ousted president, Pedro Castillo, remains “the legal and legitimate president” of that country and that he was jailed as part of a “coup,” saying that Peru’s current government is “racist” and had jailed Castillo because he is Indigenous.

  • Mar 30, 2023
  • 10:37 AM

‘Argentina, 1985’: History And Memory (A Latino USA Podcast)

Antonia Cereijido interviews former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo about his real-life experience that inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Argentina, 1985.’

  • Mar 24, 2023
  • 10:36 AM

UN Says Haiti Gangs Killed More Than 530 People Since January, Calls for Armed Troops

The United Nations Human Rights Office is once again calling for a multinational force to intervene in Haiti after its latest report found that gangs there have killed at least 531 people, injured 300, and kidnapped 277 since the year began.

  • Mar 23, 2023
  • 2:03 PM

Bullfighting Ban Faces Critical Legislative Vote in Colombia

After Colombia’s Senate approved a nationwide ban in December, the House of Representatives, which narrowly voted down an earlier ban in November, could take up the latest legislation in the coming weeks when it returns from its three-month recess.

  • Mar 22, 2023
  • 10:48 AM

What the Anti-Cuba Protest at the World Baseball Classic Was Really About (OPINION)

On Sunday the U.S. played Cuba in the World Baseball Classic to a crowd of fans of the game and protesters against the Cuban regime. The goal of the demonstrations was presumably to bring awareness to Cuba’s totalitarian regime, but it was really about proximity to whiteness.

  • Mar 21, 2023
  • 5:52 PM

Venezuela’s Oil Czar Resigns Amid Corruption Investigations

The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry —which pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas— has quit amid investigations into alleged corruption among officials in various parts of the government.

  • Mar 21, 2023
  • 12:33 PM

Strong Earthquake Kills at Least 14 in Ecuador, 1 in Peru

A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.

  • Mar 20, 2023
  • 10:54 AM

US State Department Announces More Aid for Venezuelan Migrants

the U.S. Department of State is allocating more than $140 million in additional humanitarian aid and $31 million in development assistance to “respond to the needs of vulnerable Venezuelans in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees and migrants, and their generous host communities across the region,” according to a press release by Secretary Antony Blinken.

  • Mar 17, 2023
  • 3:57 PM

Indigenous Farmworker Leader Bids for Guatemala Presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala’s next president. But Thelma Cabrera faces an uphill fight after the country’s Electoral Tribunal refused to allow her to register her candidacy.

  • Mar 16, 2023
  • 10:49 AM

‘Suavemente’: The Merengue War (A Latino USA Podcast)

Reporter Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino tells the story of merengue’s rise in Puerto Rico, the ripple effects of this “musical war,” and what it all tells us about the relationship between Puerto Rico and the people from its sister island, the Dominican Republic.

  • Mar 10, 2023
  • 12:54 PM

Haitian Women Make Soccer History

Now that Haiti’s national women’s soccer team has qualified for the Women’s World Cup, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes Brenda Elsey, a professor at Hofstra University, to discuss and celebrate this exciting moment in Haitian sports history.

  • Mar 9, 2023
  • 5:09 PM

Honduras’ First Woman President Legalizes Morning-After Pill For All

After a 13-year total ban, on Wednesday, International Women’s day, Honduras’ first woman president, Xiomara Castro, legalized the use and distribution of the emergency contraceptive pill, also known as the morning-after pill —or PAE, in Honduras— for everyone in the country.

  • Mar 9, 2023
  • 3:49 PM

Women Enlist in Colombia’s Army for First Time in 25 Years

After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through voluntary military service, which is a requirement for men.

  • Mar 8, 2023
  • 10:26 AM

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