Sitemap - 2015 - Latin America Daily Briefing

2015 themes in Latin America (Dec. 24, 2015)

Venezuelan government resorts to shenanigans ahead of opposition parliament (Dec. 23, 2015)

Geopolitical implications of international trade agreements for LatAm (Dec. 22, 2015)

Abortions remain out of reach in most of Latin America (Dec. 21, 2015)

Martelly names electoral evaluation commission, rejected by opposition (Dec. 18, 2015)

A year of rapprochement with Cuba (Dec. 17, 2015)

Major step forward in Colombian peace process (Dec. 16, 2015)

Cartel media censorship in Mexico (Dec. 15, 2015)

Cuba and U.S. discussing financial claims (Dec. 14, 2015)

Gangs of Honduras (Dec. 11, 2015)

New Argentine President Macri swears in (Dec. 10, 2015)

Will Venezuelan opposition and government politicians learn to work together? (Dec. 9, 2015)

Opposition landslide in Venezuelan parliamentary elections (Dec. 7)

Latin America at the Paris Climate talks (Dec. 4, 2015)

Brasil em Crise (Dec. 3, 2015)

Upheaval in São Paulo as students protest a plan to close down public schools (Dec. 2, 2015)

Tensions ahead of Venezuela's 6D elections (Dec. 1, 2015)

How to go about legalizing cannabis is the question in Mexico (Nov. 30, 2015)

Cuban migrant impasse in Central America (Nov. 25, 2015)

Argentina's turn to the right (Nov. 24, 2015)

Macri's election ushers in a new market friendly era for Argentina (Nov. 23, 2015)

The end of the Mexican migration wave north (Nov. 20, 2015)

Electoral crisis in Haiti - accusations of fraud and decreased voter trust (Nov. 19, 2015)

Venezuelan election updates (Nov. 18, 2015)

Pot debates in Mexico (Nov. 17, 2015)

Cuban migrants in Central America create diplomatic crisis (Nov. 16, 2015)

Haitian election results questioned, opposition leads protests (Nov. 13, 2015)

U.S. arrests Maduro's relatives on drug charges, OAS criticizes electoral process (Nov. 12, 2015)

Police ineptitude in Mexico and killings in Brazil (Nov. 11, 2015)

Heated Argentine run-off campaign (Nov. 10, 2015)

Women in Brazil protest against harassment and for reproductive rights (Nov. 9, 2015)

The end of the Pink Tide? (Nov. 6, 2015)

Mexican Supreme Court paves the way for marijuana decriminalization (Nov. 4, 2015)

Black deaths in Brazil; Police Genocide? (Nov. 4, 2015)

Incarceration for drug crimes around the region - new studies (Nov. 3, 2015)

Human traffic jams in and out of Cuba (Nov. 2, 2015)

NarcoData insight into Mexico's cartels; Human rights orgs criticize gov't (Oct. 30, 2015)

Mexican Supreme Court pot decision delayed (Oct. 29, 2015)

Evaluating Chinese impact in LatAm (Oct. 28, 2015)

Violence and poverty in LatAm (Oct. 27, 2015)

Voters demand change in Argentine and Guatemalan elections (Oct. 26, 2015)

Sunday vote updates and gun de-regulation in Brazil (Oct. 23, 2015)

Guatemalan voters are between a rock and hard place (Oct. 22, 2015)

Venezuelan election observer woes (Oct. 21, 2015)

UNDOC backpedals on decriminalization policy paper (Oct. 20, 2015)

U.S. reduces Mexican security aid for failure to achieve human rights goals (Oct. 19, 2015)

CICIG shockwaves in Central America (Oct. 16, 2015)

Argentina's presidential race too close to call (Oct. 15, 2015)

Evidence issues in Tlatlaya Massacre case and Brazil's president fights to keep post (Oct. 14, 2015)

Migrant crisis outsourced to Mexico with high human rights costs (Oct. 13, 2015)

What will the economic slowdown do to Latin America's new middle classes? (Oct. 9, 2015)

Powerful Honduran family charged with laundering drug money by U.S. (Oct. 8, 2015)

Confusion with Ecuador's new drug law (Oct. 7, 2015)

Four Tlatlaya Massacre suspects to be released (Oct. 6, 2015)

Recommendations to reduce violence in Guerrero and corruption in Mexico (Oct. 5, 2015)

Nicaragua canal faces new setbacks and old problems (Oct. 2, 2015)

Glyphosate in Colombia and drugs around the region (Oct. 1, 2015)

Castro demands more executive actions to chip away at the U.S. embargo

Castro at the U.N. -- calls for end to the embargo and return of Guantanamo (Sept. 29, 2015)

Ayotzinapa draws attention to enforced disappearances in Mexico (Sept. 28, 2015)

Ayotzinapa's missing 43 - one year later (Sept. 25, 2015)

Peace at last for Colombia? (Sept. 24, 2015)

Venezuela and Colombia to normalize border (Sept. 22, 2015)

Pope angles for more open Cuba (Sept. 21, 2015)

Two media favorites colide: Pope in Cuba! (September 18, 2015)

Venezuelan and Colombian presidents to meet in Quito (Sept. 17, 2015)

Seeking alternatives to the War on Drugs paradigm - the Latin American example (Sept 16, 2015)

Broken justice in Mexico's Guerrero State (Sept 15, 2015)

Sentencing of Venezuelan opposition leader criticized by rights groups (Sept 14, 2015)

U.N. approves sovereign debt restructuring; López sentenced in Venezuela (Sept 11, 2015)

Rio - one year before the Olympics (September 10, 2015)

Venezuela continues polemic anti-smuggler offensive on Colombian border (Sept. 9, 2015)

Comedian wins Guatemalan elections; experts lambast Mexican Ayotzinapa investigation (Sept 8, 2015)

Otto Pérez Molina spends first night out of office in jail (Sept 4, 2015)

Guatemala's OPM resigned - what next? (Sept. 3, 2015)

Guatemala's spring advances - President stripped of immunity (Sept 2, 2015)

Ongoing diplomatic negotiations Venezuela - Colombia (Sept 1, 2015)

Guatemala's Congress to decide whether Pérez Molina should face trial (August 31, 2015)

Border Strife: Venezuela/Colombia & Haiti/Dominican Republic (August 28, 2015)

Legislating & Defining Violence (August 27 2015)

Guatemala's Supreme Court takes first step in stripping president of immunity (August 26, 2015)

Venezuela/Colombia Border Crisis (August 25, 2015)

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina accused in corruption scandal (August 24, 2015)

Brazil updates: Pro-Dilma marches, Cunha charged with corruption, STF suspends drug session (August 21, 2015)

New femicide law in Colombia parallels regional trend (August 20, 2015)

More on Bolivia's cooperative coca reduction policy (August 19, 2015)

Alternative approaches to drugs in Ecuador, Bolivia and (maybe) Brazil (August 18, 2015)

Guatemalan politics in disarray ahead of September's presidential elections (August 17, 2015)

Gang arrests in El Salvador amid growing violence (August 14, 2015)

Brazilian Supreme Court to decide in a landmark drug possession case (August 13, 2015)

Brazil's credit rating one notch above junk status (August 12, 2015)

Dilma's impeachment rumors continue (August 11, 2015)

Haiti's long-awaited elections come off with some violence and hitches (August 10, 2015)

Brazil & Venezuela: Spiraling Out Of Control? (August 7, 2015)

Political & Economic Chaos Is Anticipated In Venezuela (August 6, 2015)

Corruption in Central America & The Andes (August 5, 2015)

Obama Policies On Latin America (August 4, 2015)

Press Freedom in Latin America (August 3, 2015)

Slavery In Latin America (July 31, 2015)

Anticipating Venezuela's December Elections (July 30, 2015)

Almost 700 years of prison for femicide in Chihuahua (July 29, 2015)

U.S. ruling could require release of undocumented immigrant children (July 28, 2015)

Searching for bodies in a Medellín landfill (July 27, 2015)

Mexican Human Rights Commission criticizes Iguala investigation (July 24, 2015)

Police massacred 8 suspected gang members in El Salvador, reports El Faro (July 23, 2015)

Growing middle class in Lat Am -- at least some parts (July 22, 2015)

Narco Peace: The Sinaloa pax mafiosa? (July 21, 2015)

U.S. and Cuba reopen embassies in each others' capitals (July 20, 2015)

Drugs and corruption finance Guatemalan politics, according to report (July 17, 2015)

$31-50 million funding gap for Haitian elections (July 16, 2015)

Venezuela briefs: Opposition leaders barred from public office and tumbling bolivar (July 15, 2015)

Repercussions of El Chapo's escape (July 14, 2015)

El Chapo Guzman escapes through yet another tunnel, embarrassing Mexican authorities (July 13, 2015)

FARC announces unilateral cease-fire, peace negotiations continue (July 10, 2015)

Pope Briefs: Francis drinks the tea and praises Bolivia's social reforms (July 9, 2015)

The Intercept's revelations on U.S. "diplomacy" in Honduras and Brazil (July 8, 2015)

Haitian migrants in the DR - an example of broader international migration issues (July 7, 2015)

Glimmers of hope in foundering Colombia-FARC peace talks (July 6, 2015)

Coca production grows by 44 percent in Colombia, UN report (July 3, 2015)

Still no justice a year after Tlatlaya (July 2, 2015)

Brazil narrowly rejected lowering age of criminal responsibility (July 1, 2015)

Central American Spring? (June 30, 2015)

Venezuelan authorities throw opposition for a loop, require more women candidates (June 29, 2015)

Thousands protest against Correa in Ecuador (June 26, 2015)

Santos rejects report on extrajudicial killings, but met with HRW (June 25, 2015)

Colombian top brass involved in extrajudicial killings says Human Rights Watch (June 24, 2015)

Venezuelans to hold elections December 6, López maintains his hunger strike (June 23, 2015)

Violence in El Salvador at post-civil war peak (June 22, 2015)

Soccer corruption fallout continues in Latin America (June 19, 2015)

Ojo Público traced illegal gold mining to international companies (June 18, 2015)

Haitian descendants fear mass deportation from the Dominican Republic (June 17, 2015)

OAS briefs: Almagro's reform and rights of older persons

FARC escalates attacks in Colombia further challenging peace process (June 15, 2015)

Daniel Ceballos ends his hunger strike (June 12, 2015)

Venezuelan development funds allegedly misused in Nicaragua (June 11, 2015)

Investigation into alleged money laundering by Peruvian First Lady's funds stopped (June 10, 2015)

Teacher evaluations after all, and Mexican election results (June 9, 2015)

Hondurans demand U.N. impunity commission (June 8, 2015)

BNDES data feeds doubts regarding Cuba loans (June 5, 2015)

#NiUnaMenos (June 4, 2015)

Violence casts a pall over upcoming Mexican mid-term elections (June 3, 2015)

Mexican teachers to boycott midterm elections (June 2, 2015)

Fasting for an election date in Venezuela (June 1, 2015)

Fifa fallout (May 29, 2015)

Increasing Venezuelan dollarization (May 28, 2015)

Ciudad Juárez - history and lessons of a notorious case study (May 27, 2015)

Forty-two dead in gun battle in Western Mexico - families say it was a police massacre (May 26, 2015)

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