The Caribbean
Cuba: four Miami residents arrested as terrorists
The US has again listed Cuba as a sponsor of terrorism, while Cuba charges that Miami-based terrorists are continuing to plot against the island.
Author: Weekly News Update on the Americas
Southern Cone
Chile: students restart marches for school reform
Chileans have a center-left president now, but students don't intend to let up the pressure on the government to reform the educational system
The Caribbean
Haiti: police repress workers’ May Day demo
Garment workers in Haiti's assembly sector continue to protest, demanding higher wages and better services; meanwhile, teachers may be ending their strike.
Central America
Guatemala: deadly attack on indigenous village
Indigenous opponents of two hydroelectric projects in Guatemala's highlands are under attack from paramilitaries, as repression increases throughout the society.
Mexico
Mexico: thousands protest ‘Televisa law’
A proposed telecommunications law in Mexico is supposed to undercut monopolies and provide for free expression; opponents say it will do the opposite, and are mobilizaing.
The Caribbean
Haiti: president sets minimum wage by decree
Garment workers in Haiti aren't likely to be satisfied with President Martelly's minimum wage decree, which basically maintains the status quo.
Southern Cone
Chile: was Valparaíso fire a ‘natural disaster’?
Decades of uncontrolled urban growth in an area naturally prone to forest fires left Valparaíso's working-class neighborhoods vulnerable to devastation.
Central America
Honduras: Radio Progreso executive murdered
A marketing director for an opposition radio station is the latest victim in the crime wave against Honduran journalists. Police claim it was a "crime of passion."
Central America
El Salvador: US judge rules against SOA grad
A former Salvadoran defense minister was given awards by the US in the 1980s, but now a US immigration judge finds that the general's war crimes make him deportable.
The Caribbean
Haiti: human rights activist threatened
Assailants failed to kill a Haitian human rights activist in a 1999 attack. Writers of an anonymous letter promise to finish the job if he keeps speaking out.
Southern Cone
Chile: water activist to be jailed for ‘slander’
Environmentalists accuse a former interior minister of diverting water illegally to his farming operations—so a local court punishes the environmentalists.
Southern Cone
Argentina: general strike targets Fernández policies
A general strike reveals fractures in the labor movement and in the center-left alliance that has dominated Argentina's government for the last decade.