Mexico
Mexico: Guerrero protesters seize city halls
As the state experiences a social eruption over the killing and disappearance of student activists, a commission reports on the "dirty war" of an earlier era.
Author: Weekly News Update on the Americas
Central America
El Salvador: 1980s army hit list unearthed
A US general recommended that the military create "blacklists with photos of all known insurgents and their aliases." Did the Salvadorans follow his advice?
Central America
Central America: US returns migrants to danger
Border Patrol agents rush through interviews with Central Americans seeking to flee gangs and then send them home to the "threat of murder, rape and other violence."
Central America
Central America: child migrant ‘crisis’ vanishes
There was extensive media coverage of the spike in border crossings by Central American minors in June, but little reporting when it suddenly came to an end.
Mexico
Mexico: anger grows over Iguala massacre
The number of mass graves found in Guerrero keeps swelling, as does anger at political violence and corruption across Mexico's political spectrum.
Central America
Guatemala: trial starts in 1980 embassy fire
After 34 years someone is finally going on trial for the grisly deaths of 37 activists and officials at the Spanish embassy. Police held back firefighters as the victims burned.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Duvalier protested, Aristide threatened
There was no state funeral for ex-dictator "Baby Doc." Meanwhile, a judge's threats of police action against former president Aristide apparently proved empty.
Mexico
Mexico: mass graves may hold missing students
Student demonstrations swept Mexico to mark the anniversary of a 1968 massacre and to protest a new one, which left six dead and 43 missing.
Southern Cone
Argentina: UN group condemns vulture funds
Argentina has gained broad international support in its fight with two US hedge funds, but the US judge on the case isn't impressed: he declared the country in contempt.
The Caribbean
Haiti: ‘justice denied’ by Duvalier’s death?
President Martelly called Baby Doc's death a "sad occasion," but for others the sad part was that the ex-dictator would never face trial for corruption and rights abuses.
The Caribbean
Cuba: Kissinger planned to ‘clobber a pipsqueak’
His advisers warned Kissinger that attacking Cuba could provoke a confrontation with the Soviet Union, but the secretary of state was determined to "humiliate" Castro.
Mexico
Mexico: police kill Guerrero students, again
For the second time in three years, Guerrero state police have killed students from a local teachers' college. This time they also targeted a soccer team.