This Week in Latin America: Colombia’s Peace Accord
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Peace Deal: Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos will sign an agreement today to end his country’s 52-year war with the FARC. Santos’ tumultuous four-year peace process has come at significant financial and political cost, and touched off fierce debate about how the guerrillas will be held to account after they disarm. Polls suggest … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Cease-fire in Colombia
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Laying Down Arms: A “definitive,” bilateral cease-fire in Colombia’s 52-year war with the FARC began this morning after the two sides agreed to a final peace deal on August 24. The deal will be put to a plebiscite vote on October 2, with campaigning both for and against already … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Mexico’s Union Trouble
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This Week in Latin America: Closing Ceremony
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. The Games: The Rio Olympics continue this week, with the closing ceremony set for Sunday. While some observers say the organization of the games could have turned out worse for the hosts, security and sanitation issues have so far plagued the Summer Games. … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Colombia’s Peace Campaign
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Colombia’s Peace Campaign: Colombian officials are preparing for the end of hostilities with the FARC despite indications that many in the country oppose a proposed peace deal. Government, FARC and U.N. representatives will today begin verifying 23 “concentration zones” in which the guerrillas will remain for … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Brazil’s New Speaker
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This Week in Latin America: Venezuela’s Political Prisoners
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This Week in Latin America: Preparing for Brexit
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This Week in Latin America: Cash Scandal in Argentina
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This Week in Latin America: Full Plate for the OAS
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Leaders Gather: The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold its 46th annual assembly today through June 15 in Santo Domingo, with a political crisis in Haiti expected to take center stage. Haiti has missed repeated deadlines to elect a new president and its … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Polls Close in Peru
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This Week in Latin America: A Close Vote in Peru
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This Week in Latin America: Temer’s Time
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This Week in Latin America: Dilma’s Last Days?
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Rousseff’s Trials: The acting speaker of Brazil’s lower house this morning annulled last month’s impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff, throwing into question whether the Senate will vote this Wednesday on the issue, as had been expected. A Senate committee on … Read more
This Week in Latin America: Venezuela’s Opposition on the March
Sign up here to get This Week in Latin America delivered to your inbox every Monday. Venezuela Recall Rallies: Venezuela’s political opposition will on Wednesday march to the offices of the National Electoral Council (CNE) to demand the paperwork necessary to hold a referendum to recall President Nicolás Maduro. The CNE has allegedly stalled on the request. Maduro is … Read more
