Police in Guatemala have announced the capture of one of the most feared leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha gang – a criminal cartel that has terrorised Central America and the United States, and whose destruction has been prioritised by President Donald Trump. Angel Gabriel Reyes Marroquin, known as Blanco or White, was captured in the early hours of Friday at his… Read more »
Major political parties in Argentina have suspended election campaigning after the discovery of a body thought to be that of a missing activist. Santiago Maldonado, 28, was last seen in August during a confrontation between police and indigenous rights activists at a protest in Patagonia. Mr Maldonado’s disappearance caused a national outcry and has since become highly politicised. The news… Read more »
Cauca, Colombia – Against the blue outline of the distant mountains of Cauca, black smoke is billowing upwards from dozens of fires burning in the densely planted sugarcane crops that spread out as far as the horizon in every direction. In the fields, dozens of protesters are dotted about methodically starting new fires and slashing at the crops with machetes. One… Read more »
Video Clip inShare 1 Subscribe to our videos for free! It’s been over a year since Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, was impeached for manipulating the public accounts. Today, her successor Michel Temer finds himself bogged down in a wide-ranging corruption scandal. His survival depends on Congress, which has the power decide to send him to court. So is… Read more »
Prosecutors in Brazil have formally charged the former head of the country’s Olympics committee with corruption during the campaign to win last year’s Games for Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Nuzman is accused of running a criminal organisation, money laundering and violating currency laws. The charges follow an investigation into a payment of $2m (£1.52m) to secure votes for the Rio… Read more »
Forensic tests on the body of an Argentine state prosecutor who died days after accusing President Cristina Fernandez of plotting to cover up Iran’s alleged role in a 1994 bombing indicate that he was murdered, his ex-wife said on Thursday. The mysterious circumstances surrounding Alberto Nisman’s death in January unleashed a storm of conspiracy theories. His former wife, Sandra Arroyo… Read more »
In Venezuela, 18 newly elected socialist governors have been sworn in by the constituent assembly. Five governors from the opposition Roundtable for Democracy (MUD) coalition boycotted the event. They said they refused to bow to the constituent assembly, which they consider illegitimate. The boycott is the latest stand-off between the opposition and the governing socialist party amid a grave economic… Read more »
I think that it is nice that the country of Uruguay is finally beginning to open up it’s doors to the thought of transgender people like a lot of countries in the world are. In my own personal opinion, I really hate that she is apart of the countries communist party, but that is beside the point. I think that she… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41646488 The United States has condemned Sunday’s elections for state governors in Venezuela, branding them neither “free nor fair”. The State Department said ballot papers had been manipulated and polling stations moved “without public notice”. President Nicolás Maduro’s supporters won 17 of 23 state governorships but opposition leaders have alleged fraud. The opposition Democratic Union Roundtable coalition has refused to… Read more »
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