Colombia News Brief for January 21, 2025
Read More Condemnation of the Humanitarian Crisis in Catatumbo The Latin America Working Group (LAWG) strongly condemns the ongoing violence…
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Mexico reacts to Donald Trump’s return to the White House
Read More Mexico City, Mexico – As Donald Trump officially returns for a second nonconsecutive term as president, the United…
Call Your Representatives and Urge Them to Vote NO on the Laken Riley Act!
Read More There is currently a harmful immigration bill being passed through both chambers of Congress, known as the Laken Riley Act (H.R.29/S.5). The…
Immigrants are not a Threat
Read More Neither Walls nor Deportations Can Stop Mobility and the Search for Asylum and Shelter by Ernesto Castañeda Question…
Understanding Refugee Resettlement
Read More By Mackenzie Hoekstra January 19, 2025 In 2023, around 43.4 million people globally were recognized as refugees; of…
Venezuela NGO Director Carlos Correa released from detention after 9 days
Read More Espacio Público, an NGO from Venezuela, announced that its director, Carlos Correa, was released from detention in the…
Colombia: The world’s “early adopter” of mercenarism
Read More Colombian mercenaries have long been fighting in conflicts across the globe, from the Middle East to Africa and…
Mexican President finds unlikely ally in Trump’s pick for Secretary of State
Read More Mexico City, Mexico – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday praised the comments made by the expected next…
Mexico’s President announces contingency plan for potential mass deportations of Mexicans from the US ahead of Trump inauguration
Read More Mexico City, Mexico – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Friday that her administration has outlined a contingency…
Peru investigates alleged prostitution ring in Congress following official’s murder
Read More Lima, Peru — A new scandal has rocked Peru’s Congress amid growing public discontent with the legislature, which…
Trump 2.0 Won’t Stop The Trend Of Nearshoring Investment In Mexico (Opinion)
Read More Guest author: Mark Vickers, Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics, Reliance Partners. For casual observers, Mexico’s…
Amazon announces $5B investment to build data center in Mexico
Read More Mexico City, Mexico – Amazon Web Services (AWS), a United States-based subsidiary of e-commerce giant Amazon, on Monday…
How emerging technologies will impact the travel industry in 2025
Read More The tourism industry maintained positive momentum throughout this past year. During the last quarter of 2024, tourist traffic…
Venezuela’s Maduro proposes to liberate Puerto Rico with Brazilian troops
Read More Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend made controversial statements proposing to “liberate” Puerto Rico using Brazilian troops. …
Colombian scientist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, creator of the first modern synthetic vaccine, dies at 78
Read More The celebrated Colombian scientist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo passed away on January 9 in the country’s capital city, Bogotá,…
Mexico sends troops to U.S. to help combat wildfires in Los Angeles
Read More Mexico City, Mexico—- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that Mexico will send military troops into the…
Latin American leaders react to Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela’s inauguration
Read More Mexico City, Mexico — Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term as president of Venezuela on…
Argentina’s President Javier Milei favors alliance with Mauricio Macri, distances himself from his VP Victoria Villarruel
Read More Buenos Aires, Argentina — Javier Milei, president of Argentina and leader of the La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Advances)…
Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in for third presidential term despite lack of evidence of his victory
Read More Nicolás Maduro on Friday was sworn in for a third term in office, which will extend his repressive…
Manfred Reyes Villa: The mayor convicted of “anti-economic misconduct” running to be Bolivia’s next president
Read More Manfred Reyes Villa, the mayor of the central city of Cochabamba, has announced that he will be running…
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