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By Matthew Peter Casey Peru's Jan. 26 special election was exceptional. Not only did voters elected 130 new legislators, replacing their entire Congress; they also brought into the fold a messianic religious group called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact. After...
By Mark Mahoney I recently had the opportunity to travel with a group of musicians (who played at a number of venues in Havana) and other interested folks with a focus on attending the yearly International Jazz Festival in Cuba. This was a unique opportunity to...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a six-part series by Don Moore, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras who developed a fascination with northern Peru — and wrote a book about it. Don spent most of January in Cuenca. To see part one, click here. For part two,...
Police are blaming guerrillas for the car bombing of a public bus that killed at least seven and injured 11 Monday night in Cauca Department, Colombia. The attack occurred near the town of Rosas, about 200 kilometers north of Ecuador. Police say a car loaded with...
Luis Arce, presidential candidate of Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party has a nearly two-to-one lead in a poll for the country’s May 3 national election. Picked by former president Evo Morales to head the MAS ticket, Arce leads former president Carlos Mesa...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a six-part series by Don Moore, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras who developed a fascination with northern Peru — and wrote a book about it. Don spent most of January in Cuenca. By Don Moore Tramping down the Andes is...
By Hugh Bronstein Argentina heads into do-or-die talks this week with its biggest creditor, the International Monetary Fund, fresh from a failed bond sale on Monday that augured poorly for the government’s plan for revamping about $100 billion in debt. The country...
By John Quigley Roadblocks of mud, sticks and steel wire bar the entrance to villages lining the northern side of the Rio Tambo, a sign of revolt in the fertile valley cultivated since Inca times. For almost a decade, the farmers of this green strip wedged between the...
The United States has its first confirmed case of a new virus that appeared in Wuhan, China, last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The virus has already sickened hundreds and killed six people in Asia. The male patient is...
The president of Brazil's Supreme Court authorized Netflix to show a comedy that depicts Jesus as gay after a lower court ordered the streaming service to remove the film from its platform, according to state news agency Agencia Brasil. The Supreme Court's president,...
There was another chaotic scene at Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday, with opposition leader Juan Guaidó gaining access to the legislative building after a tense stand-off with police. National Guards in riot gear had formed a cordon around the building, but...
The fate of the only opposition-controlled political institution in Venezuela was left hanging on Sunday, as pro-government lawmakers claimed to swear in a new president of the National Assembly. Shouts and fistfights erupted inside and outside the legislative palace,...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera had had the same power as the country's president. In a video message from the southern city of...
By Joe Emersberger Organization of American States (OAS) election monitors published a “final report” on December 4 on Bolivia’s October 20 presidential election, won by President Evo Morales — 22 days later than promised. The tardy release of the final report...
By Julia Jacobo The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel advisory to Mexico because of an increased risk of violent crime in some parts of the country. Violent crime, such as homicides, kidnappings, carjackings and robbery, are "widespread" and the U.S....
By Nelson Bocanegra Uber driver Juan Jose is quick to cover his cell phone with the red rag he keeps in his front seat whenever he spots a police officer on the streets of Bogota. Juan Jose, whose car was impounded for the second time last month, is one of thousands...
By Nicole Acevedo The Venezuelan refugee crisis is the most underfunded in modern history, according to an analysis from the Brookings Institution published this week. About 4.7 million Venezuelans, 16 percent of the country's population, have fled Venezuela since its...
By Dinorah Azpuru In the past few weeks, violent protests in Latin America have resulted in destroyed property, thousands of arrests and dozens of deaths. Observers, including scholars of the region, are surprised by the recent turmoil in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia,...
By Daniel Cancel and Simone Preissler Iglesias If Latin America’s sudden and violent protest movements have unsettled investors and surprised pundits, it’s worth noting that in the region’s three largest countries -- Brazil, Mexico and Argentina -- the streets have...
By Andrea Navarro San Miguel de Allende oozes old Mexico charm. There are the cobblestone streets, the colonial-era buildings and wrought-iron balconies, the neo-Gothic steeples soaring high above the pink-sandstone church anchoring a corner of the main plaza. Travel...
