Latin America

Throughout Bolivian history, protests have been an important way indigenous people and rural peasants, long excluded from the halls of power, have made their voices heard.

Thousands of Colombians occupied the streets of different cities in the third strike against President Iván Duque.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Protesters marched in Colombian cities Wednesday in a third strike against President Iván Duque as attempts to start dialogue drag on and the patience of ordinary citizens begins to wear thin.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also accused Cuba and Venezuela of “hijacking” regional protests.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prayed for the safety of the country with the relatives of nine U.S. dual citizens slaughtered in northern Mexico last month and assured them “at least four” suspects have been detained, a family member said.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Representatives from over a dozen nations that are signatories to a Cold War-era defense treaty for the Americas moved Tuesday to further isolate close allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with economic sanctions.

In recent weeks, the town of Mayor Otaño in southeastern Paraguay has been the scene of a dramatic protest over alleged misuse of public funds by local authorities.

Trump tweeted that “Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies.”

VILLA UNIÓN, Mexico (AP) — When dozens of pickup trucks crowded with armed men and mounted machine guns roared into Villa Unión, residents of the small town near the U.S. border began to realize they were the target of a military-style invasion. What followed were hours-long gunbattles between a cartel force estimated to number 70 to 150 men and state police that left 23 people dead. At least 50 homes and buildings were riddled with bullet holes.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The government of President Iván Duque extended an olive branch Monday to labor and student groups organizing recent protests in Colombia by offering to start separate talks on their demands.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Protected by police patrols, thousands of Haitian children began to return to school Monday after months of violent unrest forced schools to shut around the country.

Recent polls show approval ratings for Mexico’s president are between 59 percent and 72 percent thus far.

Here in the heavy industry heartland of Colombia, environmentalism has old roots and has endured through decades of violence and intimidation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused Argentina and Brazil of hurting American farmers through currency manipulation and said he’ll slap tariffs on their steel and aluminum imports to retaliate.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of Mexicans packed into the capital’s central square Sunday to celebrate President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s first year in office, while thousands more marched down the city’s main avenue to protest violence and other ills in the country.

Latino Rebels Radio: December 1, 2019.

From Chile to Dominican Republic, women used performance art —theatre, dance, song— to speak out against gender violence, sin pelos en la lengua.

The meeting took place after Dilan Cruz, an 18-year-old high school student, succumbed to his injuries after riot police shot at him. He is the third protester to die.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombians unhappy with President Iván Duque’s response to nearly a week of boisterous protests are taking to the streets again Wednesday demonstrating over issues ranging from tax reform to shark hunting quotas in the biggest display of unrest the nation has seen in decades.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Vienna Convention and the deal re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Ivan Duque held a two-hour meeting Tuesday with a protester steering committee but neither side was able to agree on a clear path forward and demonstrators vowed to hold a new national strike instead.