Latin America News Dispatch

The Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. (Photo by A. Duarte/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

The report calls out violence and hate speech against indigenous and LGBTI people as well as Afro-descendants and women.

General Juan Emilio Cheyre, who served as head of the army from 2002 to 2006 and is 71 years old, was a young officer when the “Caravan of Death” arrived in the Northern city of La Serena and executed 15 individuals.

The rules are widely expected to target Central American migrants, of which 5,000 are currently being sheltered in a sports arena in Mexico City.

Thirty-three out of 44 Latino Democratic candidates won the election in Tuesday’s contests, while six out of 15 Latino Republican candidates claimed victory.

A joint project between the Brazilian state-owned Vale mining firm and BHP, the Samarco dam collapsed on November 5, 2015, killing 19 people.

The number of Latinos who say their situation in the United States has worsened under Trump has risen from 32 percent shortly after he was elected to 47 percent just before the midterms.

El Chapo and his criminal track record raised security concerns as the trial begins.

The court ruled Wednesday that the ban on personal use or consumption violated Mexicans’ “fundamental right to the free development of the personality.”

The daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, Keiko was found to have interfered in an investigation into systemic money-laundering within her party.

Under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, children born in the United States are recognized as citizens. Throughout U.S. history, this has included children of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants.

Yesterday morning two hashtags were trending on Twitter in Brazil: #EleNaoEMeuPresidente (Portuguese for #HeIsNotMyPresident) and #MaisLivrosMenosArmas (#MoreBooksFewerWeapons).

Fernando Haddad, his main opponent, only got 44.3 percent of the votes.

With a 12 percent lead heading into Sunday’s second-round vote, the longtime lawmaker, best known for his record of advocating for political violence, racism, homophobia, and sexism, has attempted to moderate his rhetoric around certain positions.

Pence claimed that Honduras’ president had told him that Venezuela was financing leftists who had organized the caravan. He provided no evidence to back the claim.

Back in Washington D.C., Vice President Pence defended President Trump’s statements that potential Middle Eastern terrorists were part of the caravan.

In July, Bolsonaro’s son, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, said the Army could shut down Brazil’s top court, in reply to a question about what his father’s campaign would do if he was prohibited from taking office.

The approved law requires the Uruguayan state to ensure that a minimum number of them is represented in the government.

Trump had already threatened to end U.S. aid to Honduras if the government did not halt the migrant caravan.

Prosecutors still have two weeks to decide whether to bring a formal case against the president

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has previously defended migrants, stating that “migration is a human right.”