No. 2016, January 2016
Index
- Amid impeachment crisis, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff talks of 'coup'.
- Argentina's yerba mate plantations accused of using child labor.
- Brazil faces modern slavery allegations at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
- Brazilian municipal elections complete yearlong rejection of political left.
- Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff awaits results of Senate trial.
- Catholic leaders challenge Bolivia's President.
- Child's death in Paraguay spotlights child labor problem.
- Colombian government, rebels sign historic peace deal.
- Colombian mercenaries fighting for Arab coalition in Yemen.
- Colombian voters narrowly reject government-FARC peace deal.
- COP 21: Latin America faces uncertain road ahead following Paris climate agreement.
- Debate over private pension system takes center stage in Chile.
- Diplomats from Argentina, Costa Rica in the running for U.N. secretary-general.
- Dissent over Venezuela threatens MERCOSUR'S strength.
- Drug traffickers thrive, branch out in porous paraguay.
- Ecuador accused of boosting taxes to cover costs of earthquake damage.
- Ecuador's government tries to silence opposition.
- Fracking in Latin America: An irresistible evil?
- Humanitarian groups call for fair, transparent retrial in case of Curuguaty Massacre in Paraguay.
- Latin America a world leader in fight against hunger.
- Latin America's tolerance of Venezuelan crisis may be reaching its limit.
- Leaders past and present across the Americas call on UN to end war on drugs.
- Mexico, Argentina, and Paraguay join global demonstrations against roundup-maker Monsanto.
- Misery and misconceptions as crisis in Venezuela deepens.
- More property destruction, arrests in Chile's Mapuche heartland.
- Peru appears to back out of continental railway project.
- Peruvian electorate polarized in wake of campaign shakedown.
- Peruvian runoff veers right.
- Policy shift benefits Argentina's Human Rights Violators.
- President Evo Morales loses Bolivian reelection referendum.
- Presidential contest in Peru unpredictable.
- Push to extend Bolivian presidency continues after paternity scandal.
- Rebels and government move toward peace in Colombia.
- Rebels, government maneuver to keep Colombia peace talks on track.
- Results of Peru's presidential election could mean freedom for imprisoned dictator.
- Rio de Janeiro faces challenges on eve of Brazil's first Olympics.
- The pitfalls of unity efforts in Ecuador.
- Vatican Intervenes as Venezuela's political problems mount.
- Venezuela attacks corruption, cuts fuel subsidies.
- With impeachment and indictment, Brazil's Partido dos Trabalhadores falls from grace.
- Zika epidemic in Brazil sparks global panic.
- Algal bloom, island uproar put Chile's salmon industry on the hot seat.
- Car-hire company Uber under fire in Uruguay.
- Chilean government not giving up on large-scale hydro power.
- Focus on economics as election season kicks off in Chile.
- Paraguayan congress, media weigh in on 'mercenary' mystery.
- Questions swirl after Peru's Congress chooses new ombudsman.
- Water dispute adds to Chile-Bolivia antagonisms.
- Activists killed, harassed across Latin America.
- Argentina's 'Happiness Revolution' leads to rising poverty numbers.
- Argentina's new government issues controversial decrees.
- Bill to ease Chile's blanket abortion ban clears lower house.
- Bolivia opens school to train soldiers in fight against 'Imperialist' powers.
- Bolivia's Morales has influential allies regarding drug policy.
- Bolivian president boosts his business credentials ahead of reelection referendum.
- Chile signs TPP trade deal with US, 10 other Pacific-Rim nations.
- Chile's 'never again' general charged in 'Caravan of Death' killings.
- Chilean radio-show caller admits role in post-coup executions, disappearances.
- Colombia revisits the legacy of 'guerrilla priest' Camilo Torres.
- Colombia's peace negotiators turn their attention to gender equality.
- Ecuador's election build-up marked by shifting alliances, few proposals.
- Efforts afoot to institutionalize indigenous justice in ecuador.
- Efforts to end violence against women grow in Peru.
- Military retirement privileges under fire in Uruguay.
- Movement seeks to scrap Chile's private pension system.
- New Argentine government's economic policies face mounting questions.
- Opposition assumes control of Venezuelan legislature.
- Panama Papers expose Latin America's networks of financial secrecy.
- Paraguay accused of privatizing public safety.
- Paraguay protests highlight small farmer's concerns.
- President-elect Kuczynski brings ambitious plan to Peru's government palace.
- Rags-to-riches entrepreneur now a rising political star in Uruguay.
- Rash of Neo-Nazi hate crimes in Argentina's Mar del Plata.
- Resurgence of paramilitary violence in Colombia as peace deal nears.
- Right wing gains ground in South America.
- Stakes are high for Latin America in the U.S. presidential race.
- Statue of Virgin Mary reopens secular debate in Uruguay.
- Supreme court ruling weakens Peru's hand against human traffickers.
- Uruguay wins judgment against big tobacco.
- Venezuelan opposition blocks 'economic emergency' decree; Court gives it a green light.
- Zika's impact intensifies across Latin America and the Caribbean.
- 'Universal citizenship' rights weakening in Ecuador.