How bad is the economy right now for Argentines? We asked them
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — With soaring prices and the peso in free fall, Argentines have plenty to worry about these days. The government is rapidly enacting measures to shore up…
This secret mass grave bodes badly for El Salvador’s gang ‘truce’
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In a room set apart from the scrubbed surfaces and autopsy tables of this city’s medical examiner’s office, two technicians in white coveralls are sifting…
Chinchilla, Latin American leaders in Cuba against crisis backdrop
Email this page January 28th, 2014 (AFP) – Leaders from across Latin America, including Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla, converged on Cuba on Monday for the summit of a major group…
Chinchilla, LatAm leaders on hand for opening of Cuba “Megaport”
Email this page Additional editing by Inside Costa Rica staff January 28, 2014 (AFP) – While leaders from across Latin America, including Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla, converged on Cuba on Monday…
Hernandez to be sworn in as Honduras president
Email this page TEGUCIGALPA, January 27, 2014 (AFP) – Conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez will be sworn in Monday as president of Honduras, one of Latin America’s poorest countries and which…
Colombia urges global approach to legalising drugs
Email this page DAVOS, January 27, 2014 (AFP) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called for a scientifically backed international effort to weigh the consequences of legalising marijuana, urging…
Latin America pins hopes on Hague to settle scores
Email this page By Alexandre Grosbois | AFP January 27, 2014 (AFP) – Call them symbolic or the stuff of chest-thumping national pride, but a string of rumbling Latin American…
Lynching crime suspects is still common in Latin America
LIMA, Peru — Gravedigger Jesus Moreno could hardly have met a more pointless or brutal death. As he carried out maintenance work in a cemetery in the Santa Cruz region…
