Members of an organized crime group reportedly intended to kidnap Cuban migrants in exchange for ransom, when the shelter director, Aarón Méndez, was taken after trying to protect the migrants in his care.
Read MoreThere is little evidence on how women’s lives are affected by the extremely high levels of violence that plagues the region. Not only data is limited, only few policies dedicated to addressing violence against women are evidence based.
Read MoreVenezuela’s government controlled Constituent Assembly on Monday announced the creation of a commission to consider early elections of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, whose powers it replaced.
Read MoreGermany will not be pulling out of the international Amazon Fund despite a decision by the country’s Environment Ministry to cut financial support for other projects in Brazil due to a massive increase in deforestation in the rainforest.
Read MoreIn Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei of the ultraconservative Vamos party won the presidency after a runoff vote Sunday, where he faced off against former first lady Sandra Torres. He got 58% of the vote, with just 42% of eligible voters casting ballots.
Read MoreThe US economic sanctions against the Venezuelan government and the warnings from US National Security Advisor John Bolton about a potential economic blockade on the Nicaraguan dictatorship have revived the phantoms of scarcity and extreme poverty that ravaged the country during the decade of the 1980s.
Read MoreDue to the sharp increase in rainforest clearings in Brazil, the German Environment Ministry has decided to stop funding projects for the protection of the forests and biodiversity in the country.
Read MoreUN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday expressed concern over the “potentially severe impact” of the new US sanctions against Venezuela on the human rights of its people.
Read MoreBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, often referred to as the Brazilian Trump, on Thursday called a colonel who headed a torture unit during the country’s dictatorship “a national hero.”
Read MorePuerto Rico’s former Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez was sworn in as governor on Wednesday, becoming the third person to hold the office in less than a week, in what is considered by many as a United States’ colony.
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