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By Stephen Kurczy Latin America and the Caribbean are on course for back-to-back years of recession for the first time in 35 years, but the pain isn’t being spread equally. With some of the highest jobless rates of any age group in the region, young Latin Americans...
After years of steady decline, the official poverty rate among Latin America and the Caribbean countries appears to be leveling off while extreme poverty level has increased slightly. The number of poor people in the region reached 167 million last year, of whom 71...
It’s easy to believe him when Evo Morales says he regrets the affair that began ten years ago with a government employee. Last month, news of the affair and plumb jobs given to his lover ended Evo Morales’ bid to remain in office indefinitely when voters rejected a...
By Naom Lupu and Nicholas Carnes The last presidential election in Mexico was fought between two affluent career politicians and a millionaire businesswoman. Last year’s race in Chile pit an economist against a physician. And the three frontrunners in Brazil’s...
Although votes from some rural communities remain to be counted, it appears that Bolivian President Evo Morales’ bid to continue in office have failed. Monday night, with more than 85% of the vote counted, 54% of voters had said no to a constitutional amendment that...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that the vast majority of pregnant women in areas affected by the Zika virus will deliver normal children. It also pointed out that the connection between Zika and birth defects has not yet been proven and that most...
By Wallace Ransom, MD If it were not for an unexplained spike in birth defects in Brazil, there's a good chance that you would never have heard about the Zika virus. Or, if you did, it would from a small article buried deep in your local newspaper or at the bottom of...
According the World Health Organization, Argentinian men are the most overweight group in South America. According to the WHO’s latest World Obesity Map, 63.9% of Argentinian men are overweight, while 23.6% suffer from obesity. Argintinian men are followed closely in...
An air passenger arriving at Los Angeles International Airport was detained when he tried to smuggle pork tamales into the U.S. from Mexico. The passenger arrived from Mexico on Monday November 2nd, and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture...
By Christopher Lux The community of Huari, Peru is largely made up of farmers, whose lives revolve around the natural environment. The community also relies on the environment for tourism, making their livelihoods doubly dependent on forces both within and beyond...
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton seemed surprised on Tuesday when a reporter told him that the Panama hat he was trying on for size in Panama City was actually made in Ecuador. Clinton is wrapping up a three-country Latin America tour in Lima, Peru today, where he...
Of the world’s ten most dangerous cities, six of them are in Latin America. Extend the list to 20 cities and 14 of the most dangerous are in Latin America, with a six in Brazil. The other four cities among the top ten are in Middle East war zones. "Most dangerous"...
Bolivia’s new consumer rights minister is proposing that salt shakers be banned in the country’s restaurants. He says that one in three Bolivians suffer from hypertension, which has been linked to high levels of salt consumption. Minister Guillermo Mendoza says he...
By Tim Johnson As the chief executive of what may be the first academy to train drone operators in Latin America, José Luis González is acutely aware that unmanned aerial vehicles can be used for both good and evil. Most of the students who study at his Drone Academy...
By Rhea Page Last week saw the arrests of a total of 17 former Chilean army officers for two of the most resonant crimes committed during the Augusto Pinochet period: the brutal murder of Víctor Jara, a Chilean musician and political activist, and the burning of two...
Without knowing the crimes alleged against him, the general director of the Venezuelan Federation of Liquor Producers (Fevelif) was arrested on July 24. According to local media, Fray Roa was to appear in court on July 27. While there remains no stated justification...
By Tim Padgett Once again, Donald Trump’s got it all wrong. Mexican immigrants aren’t the problem. Mexican officials are. Especially all the Mexican officials who live deep inside the pockets of Joaquín “El Chapo” (aka "Shorty") Guzmán, the world’s richest and most...
The prison break of notorious Mexican drug kingpen Joaquín Guzmán, better known as “El Chapo,” is putting a spotlight on a growing Latin American drug threat: heroin. The escape is notable due to growing evidence that the Sinaloa Cartel, which Guzmán controls, is at...
By Patrick Gillespie Greece needs a bailout and China stock market is in meltdown mode. But the global economy has another rising red flag: Latin America. Every major Latin American economy is slowing down or shrinking. The World Bank predicts this will be Latin...
Students at the state-run University of Buenos Aires gathered on Wednesday at the main university theater and watched in stunned silence. There was no professor analyzing a philosophical text, or activists engaged in a political debate. Instead, there was a real-time...
