Violence against candidates escalates in final stretch of Mexican campaign
Violence has intensified in the final stretch of the campaign for the June 6 mid-term elections in Mexico, the largest...
May 26, 2021Topic
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El Salvador accumulates 2,229 Covid deaths (May 25)
The number of people who died in El Salvador due to covid-19, from mid-March 2020 to May 25, 2021, increased...
May 26, 2021
Mayoral candidate Alma Barragán murdered in central Mexico
According to Etellekt consulting firm, Mexico's electoral campaign is marked by intense violence, with over 80 politicians murdered, 34 of...
May 26, 2021
Former Panamanian presidents Martinelli and Varela to be tried in Odebrecht case
Panama's former presidents Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) and Juan Carlos Varela (2014-2019), in addition to former ministers and other politicians, make...
May 26, 2021
Mexico’s economy grows faster than expected in Q1
Mexico's economy grew faster than originally projected in the first quarter as the country slowly recovers from its sharpest economic...
May 26, 2021
Salvadoran Assembly approves US$1.29 billion for “food sovereignty” and coffee rescue
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved this Tuesday, May 25, two trust funds for...
May 25, 2021
Mining becomes bone of contention between Panama environmentalists and developers
"Bread for today and hunger for tomorrow", as defined by environmentalists who demonstrated this Tuesday in Panama City against mining,...
May 25, 2021
Nicaragua harassment of media and journalists increases, six months before elections
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An investigation for alleged money laundering against opposition presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios has increased...
May 25, 2021
Mexico announces first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines for Argentina this weekend
Mexico will send Argentina the first batch of 800,000 AstraZeneca vaccines packaged in the country next weekend, Mexican Foreign Minister...
May 25, 2021