Sitemap - 2020 - Latin America Daily Briefing
Abortion on Argentina's horizon (Dec. 11, 2020)
Cuba's possible protest movement (Dec. 10, 2020)
Venezuela's new political stalemate (Dec. 9, 2020)
Brazil's deadly structural racism (Dec. 8. 2020)
Maduro wins legislative vote boycotted by opposition (Dec. 7, 2020)
Cuba breaks up San Isidro Movement hunger strike (Nov. 26, 2020)
¡Gracias Diego! (Nov. 26, 2020)
Hurricanes could contribute to a migration surge (Nov. 25, 2020)
Ortega's grip on media (Nov. 24, 2020)
Guatemalans protest budget cuts, Giammattei (Nov. 23, 2020)
Mexican Senate approves cannabis bill (Nov. 20, 2020)
Iota lashes Central America (Nov. 19, 2020)
U.S. drops charges against Cienfuegos (Nov. 18, 2020)
Technocrat Sagasti is Peru's latest president (Nov. 17, 2020)
Peruvian president Merino resigns (Nov. 16, 2020)
Peruvians protest Vizcarra ousting (Nov. 13, 2020)
Trump erodes U.S. moral standing on elections (Nov. 12, 2020)
Merino is Peru's newest president (Nov. 11, 2020)
Vizcarra impeached, critics call it a coup (Nov. 10, 2020)
Welcome Biden, says (most of) LatAm (Nov. 9, 2020)
Eta destruction across Central America (Nov. 6, 2020)
Hurricane Eta lashes Nicaragua and Honduras (Nov. 5, 2020)
30,000 displaced in Nicaragua (Nov. 4, 2020)
Eta landed in Nicaragua (Nov. 3, 2020)
Bolsonaro's vaccine war (Nov. 2, 2020)
Biden would change U.S. LatAm policies (Oct. 30, 2020)
Central American migrant surge building (Oct. 29, 2020)
Nicaragua passes "Cyber Crimes Law" (Oct. 28, 2020)
Establishment politicians lost in Chile's referendum (Oct. 27, 2020)
Chileans vote to scrap Pinochet constitution (Oct. 26, 2020)
Chileans to vote on constitution (Oct. 23, 2020)
Trump ally secretly met with Maduro associate in Sept. (Oct. 22, 2020)
MAS legacy behind Arce's landslide (Oct. 21, 2020)
Arce calls for unity in Bolivia, opponents concede defeat (Oct. 20, 2020)
MAS headed for landslide in Bolivia (Oct. 19, 2020)
Former Mexican defense minister arrested in US (Oct. 16, 2020)
Bolivia's presidential election re-do (Oct. 15, 2020)
Increasing concern over police violence (Oct. 14, 2020)
U.S border agents deported Honduran migrants in Guatemala (Oct. 13, 2020)
Beyond Quarantine Fatigue (Oct. 12, 2020)
Fires raging, deforestation (Oct. 9, 2020)
Colombian rights defenders targeted (Oct. 8, 2020)
Diplomatic wrangling on Venezuela at U.N. Human Rights Council (Oct. 7, 2020)
Salvadoran street gang operations in San Salvador -- InSight Crime (Oct. 6, 2020)
Migrant caravan detained in Guatemala (Oct. 5, 2020)
Amazon at a tipping point (Oct. 2, 2020)
Colombian massacres are territorial control tools (Sept. 30, 2020)
International Safe Abortion Day (Sept. 29, 2020)
Trujillo refused to apologize (Sept. 25, 2020)
Colombia's court defends right to protest (Sept. 24, 2020)
Mexico's "forensic crisis" (Sept. 23, 2020)
Colombian protesters return to streets (Sept. 22, 2020)
Vizcarra survives impeachment vote (Sept. 21, 2020)
Añez drops out of Bolivia's presidential race (Sept. 18, 2020)
Crimes against humanity in Venezuela -- UN report (Sept. 17, 2020)
Whistleblower: Fake Facebook accounts undermine elections around the world (Sept. 16, 2020)
Lula charged by Car Wash prosecutors (Sept. 15, 2020)
Impeachment hearings to begin against Vizcarra (Sept. 14, 2020)
Claver-Carone headed for IDB victory (Sept. 11, 2020)
Bogotá police tasered man to death, violent protests ensue (Sept. 10, 2020)
Lula launches possible comeback (Sept. 9, 2020)
Guaidó presents "unitary pact" (Sept. 8, 2020)
Bukele denies reports of talks with MS-13 (Sept. 7, 2020)
Bukele negotiated with MS-13 -- El Faro (Sept. 4, 2020)
Capriles breaks with Guaidó (Sept. 3, 2020)
OAS-IACHR fight weakens inter-American human rights system (Sept. 2, 2020)
Venezuela pardons 110 prisoners, "charm offensive" (Sept. 1, 2020)
IACHR calls for resolution (Aug. 31, 2020)
Venezuela's Covid crackdown on dissent (Aug. 28, 2020)
Chile launched constitutional referendum campaign (Aug. 27, 2020)
Venezuela's hidden Covid-19 pandemic (Aug. 26, 2020)
Bolsonaro answers uncomfortable question with threats (Aug 24, 2020)
U.S. to finance Guaidó payouts (Aug. 21, 2020)
Covid-19 increases women's unpaid work (Aug. 20, 2020)
Maduro militarized the pandemic (Aug. 19, 2020)
IDB battle lines deepen (Aug 18, 2020)
Bolsonaro more popular than ever (Aug. 17, 2020)
Coronavirus pushes Bolivia towards chaos (Aug. 14, 2020)
Latin America Daily Briefing (Aug. 13, 2020)
Claver-Carone accused Argentina of trying to obstruct IDB election (Aug. 12, 2020)
Calls to postpone IDB election (Aug 11, 2020)
Colombian court detains Uribe (Aug. 10, 2020)
Argentine gov't presents judicial reform (July 30, 2020)
Brazil's foreign ministry requested Weintraub's U.S. visa (July 29, 2020)
Bolivia prison riots demand doctors, tests (July 28, 2020)
LatAm global coronavirus leader (July 27, 2020)
Munguía Payés arrested in El Salvador (July 24, 2020)
Cuba's controversial medical missions (July 23, 2020)
Domestic workers and Covid-19 (July 22, 2020)
Latin America Daily Briefing (July 21, 2020)
Amazon fires on track to surpass last year's (July 20, 2020)
Guatemala's justice under attack (July 17, 2020)
Colombian armed groups enforce deadly Covid lockdowns (July 16, 2020)
Covid-19's drastic impact in LAC (July 15, 2020)
Mexico's increasingly brazen cartel (July 14, 2020)
Coronavirus unravels LatAm development (July 13, 2020)
Guatemala's court crisis (July 10, 2020)
What's behind El Salvador's decreased homicides? - Crisis Group Report (July 9, 2020)
Ayotzinapa student remain identified (July 8, 2020)
Guyana's ongoing election crisis (July 7, 2020)
Abinader wins in DR (July 6, 2020)
Brazil's Senate passes controversial disinformation bill (July 3, 2020)
Bachelet updates Venezuela human rights report (July 2, 2020)
Venezuela to hold legislative elections in Dec (July 1, 2020)
Brazil should integrate gov't responses to pandemic -- WHO (June 30, 2020)
U.S. exports Covid-19 (June 29, 2020)
Honduras' new penal code soft on corruption (June 26, 2020)
Deportees to Guatemala test positive (June 25, 2020)
Pandemic in LatAm (June 24, 2020)
Latin America Daily Briefing June 23, 2020
Weintraub's exit raises questions in Brazil (June 22, 2020)
Bolivia's hospitals reportedly overwhelmed (June 19, 2020)
Bouterse lost Suriname election (June 18, 2020)
U.S. nominates Claver-Carone to IADB (June 17, 2020)
OAS calls on Guyana's gov't to start transition (June 16, 2020)
El Salvador begins reopening (June 15, 2020)
Deforestation, hunger, coronavirus proliferating in LatAm (June 12, 2020)
Fireman detained in Marielle case (June 11, 2020)
Bolsonaro's calculated upheaval (June 10, 2020)
Guyana's ruling party to challenge recount (June 9, 2020)
New study challenges OAS's Bolivia election analysis (June 8, 2020)
Bolivia's protracted political crisis (June 5, 2020)
Bolsonaro v. Institutions (June 4, 2020)
Police brutality in Rio (June 3, 2020)
Bukele's first year in office (June 2, 2020)
Brazilian united front against Bolsonaro (June 1, 2020)
Latin America 40 percent coronavirus deaths (May 29, 2020)
Mexico's health care system strained (May 28, 2020)
Americas are the new global epicenter (May 27, 2020)
Costa Rica - Same-sex marriage (May 26, 2020)
Suriname votes -- Bouterse on the line (May 25, 2020)
Covid-19 in LatAm prisons (May 22, 2020)
Suriname to vote despite pandemic restrictions (May 21, 2020)
Chileans protest despite lockdown (May 20, 2020)
Brazil third in coronavirus infections (May 19, 2020)
Bukele extends El Salvador's state of emergency (May 18, 2020)
Brazil loses health minister, again (May 15, 2020)
Bay of Piglets further erodes Guaidó's authority (May 14, 2020)
Covid-19 spreads in Nicaragua -- despite official denial (May 13, 2020)
AMLO calls in the troops (May 12, 2020)
Operation Gideon was doomed to fail (May 11, 2020)
Bukele's authoritarian slide (May 8, 2020)
Guaidó representatives signed agreement with Goudreau (May 7, 2020)
Moro fleshes out allegations of Bolsonaro police interference (May 6, 2020)
U.S. citizens captured in Venezuela plot (May 5, 2020)
Venezuela thwarts alleged invasion (May 4, 2020)
U.S. prosecutors charge former Honduran police chief (May 1, 2020)
Coronavirus accentuates authoritarian tendencies in ES (April 30, 2020)
Bolsonaro shrugs off 5,000 coronavirus deaths (April 29, 2020)
Supreme Court authorizes Bolsonaro probe (April 28, 2020)
Bukele authorizes lethal force against gang members (April 27, 2020)
Moro out in Brazil (April 24, 2020)
Haiti bracing for Covid-19, reopening factories (April 23, 2020)
Trump bans immigrants, impact slight (April 22, 2020)
Peruvian police teargas people leaving Lima (April 21, 2020)
Bukele imposed municipal lockdown on La Libertad (April 20, 2020)
Mandetta sacked, for real (April 17, 2020)
El Salvador's top court limits executive quarantine power (April 16, 2020)
Lockdowns reduce homicides (April 15, 2020)
Venezuela needs a truce (April 10, 2020)
Lat Am short on tests, supplies (April 9, 2020)
Correa convicted of corruption (April 8, 2020)
Coronavirus and democracy (April 7, 2020)
Bolsonaro sidelining rumors untrue (April 6, 2020)
Ecuador could be a warning to region (April 3, 2020)
U.S. anti-narcotics military operation near Venezuela (April 2, 2020)
U.S. proposes power-sharing transition for Venezuela (April 1, 2020)
U.S. presents transition plan for Venezuela (March 31, 2020)
U.S. complicates Venezuelan political negotiation (March 30, 2020)
Pandemic hits Lat Am economies (March 27, 2020)
Maduro extends olive branch, accused of "narco-terrorism" by U.S. (March 26, 2020)
Bolsonaro scoffs in the face of Covid-19 (March 25, 2020)
Cuba's coronavirus battles (March 24, 2020)
Coronavirus stress test in Lat Am (March 23, 2020)
Quarantines in LatAm (March 20, 2020)
Human rights in the times of coronavirus (March 19, 2020)
OAS election Friday (March 18, 2020)
Bolivia ahead of elections (March 17, 2020)
Latin American countries ramp up social distancing (March 16, 2020)
Corona virus ... (March 13, 2020)
Latin America catches Covid panic (March 12, 2020)
Venezuelan security forces tear gas opposition, detain lawmakers (March 10, 2020)
Un día sin nosotras (March 10, 2020)
International Women's Day -- and strike (March 8, 2020)
Guyana results delayed, fraud allegations (March 6, 2020)
"Remain in Mexico" sustained pending Supreme Court (March 5, 2020)
JOH allegedly took $25,000 from a drug trafficker (March 4, 2020)
Colombia's court punts abortion (March 3, 2020)
Bolivia election analysis causes controversy (March 1, 2020)
Salvadoran lawmakers pass amnesty law (Feb. 28, 2020)
Mexico's women to strike (Feb. 27, 2020)
Indigenous defender murdered in Costa Rica (Feb. 26, 2020)
Aldana granted U.S. asylum (Feb. 25, 2020)
Ceara police strike (Feb. 24, 2020)
Guatemala asks U.S. to extradite Aldana (Feb. 21, 2020)
DR protests after botched election (Feb. 20, 2020)
El patriarcado es un juez ... (Feb. 19, 2020)
Bolivia's interim gov't honors police (Feb. 18, 2020)
Pro-Bukele protest small (Feb. 17, 2020)
Controversial Guatemalan NGO law (Feb. 14, 2020)
Bukele's "cool" image tarnished (Feb. 13, 2020)
Guaidó back in Venezuela (Feb. 12, 2020)
Guaidó calls for mobilizations (Feb. 11, 2020)
Salvadoran Supreme Court reprimands Bukele (Feb. 11, 2020)
Bukele's postponed self-coup (Feb. 10, 2020)
El Salvador on the constitutional brink (Feb. 10, 2020)
Charges against Greenwald dismissed (Feb. 7, 2020)
Trump and Guaidó at the White House (Feb. 6, 2020)
Guaidó at the State of the Union (Feb. 5, 2020)
Bolivia's presidential election kicks-off (Feb. 4, 2020)
Four Chileans killed in protests (Feb. 3, 2020)
Six indigenous people massacred in Nicaragua (Jan 31, 2020)
Peru's fractured congress -- with a twist (Jan. 30, 2020)
Keiko Fujimori back in jail (Jan. 29, 2020)
Guaidó says Cuba could be part of the solution (Jan. 28, 2020)
Peru elects fragmented congress (Jan. 27, 2020)
Peruvian voters apathetic ahead of Sunday election (Jan 24, 2020)
Guaidó, a year later (Jan. 23, 2020)
Armed groups control daily lives along Colombia-Venezuela border -- HRW (Jan. 22, 2020)
Thousands of migrants blocked by Mexico (Jan 21, 2020)
JOH ends MACCIH (Jan. 20, 2020)
Brazilian culture minister resigns, Nazi reference scandal (Jan. 17, 2020)
New migrant caravan sets out from Honduras (Jan. 16, 2020)
Giammattei swears in, Morales keeps immunity (Jan 15, 2020)
Morales calls on communities to defend themselves (Jan. 14, 2020)
Chileans protest, clash with police, again (Jan. 13, 2020)
The intricacies of Venezuela's alternate National Assemblies (Jan. 10, 2020)
Maduro's confusing National Assembly intervention (Jan. 9, 2020)
Guaidó battles into National Assembly (Jan. 8, 2020)
Mexico's grim security stats (Jan. 7, 2020)
Venezuela's opposition blocked from National Assembly (Jan. 6, 2020)
The bigger picture -- looking back at the decade( Jan. 3, 2020)