Written by Laura Vidal · Translated by Victoria Robertson [Links are to Spanish-language pages except where noted.] The election results [1] [en] following the death of Hugo Chávez, in which Nicolás Maduro and Henrique Capriles Radonski measured the support of their followers, is at the heart of mounting tension. Just as Maduro was being declared the new […]
Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants
By Andrea Arzaba According to statistics by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement [1] [es], in the last six years around 70,000 migrants [2] [es] have disappeared in Mexico. For several years, Central American mothers of abducted and missing migrants have traveled all over Mexico looking for their sons and daughters who have disappeared on their way north. The […]
Peru: MOVADEF – The Return of the Shining Path?
Written byJuan Arellano and Translated by Betsy Galbreath In the afternoon of January 20, 2012, the National Elections Board (JNE) issued its decision [1] [es] denying [2] [es], for the second time, the registration of MOVADEF (Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights) as a political party. Social networks were immediately teeming with reactions and the next day traditional media reported extensively about […]
Gerónimo, Skull and Bones y la cabeza de Francisco Villa
Los descendientes del líder indígena Gerónimo, han demandado a la Universidad de Yale, al gobierno de los Estados Unidos y a la sociedad secreta Skull and Bones, exigiendo que les regresen la cabeza de su antepasado. Como informa The Huffington Post, Harlyn Gerónimo, bisnieto del guerrero apache, entabló su demanda el martes 17 de febrero, […]
A broken vow of silence…
El 30 de enero de 2008 murió uno de los hombres más influyentes en la historia del siglo XX mexicano: el padre Marcial Maciel Degollado. Fue el fundador de la orden religiosa más importante y con mayor crecimiento en México y en el mundo: la Legión de Cristo. Con un especial interés por "reevangelizar" a […]
Nicaragua Microloan Program Under Scrutiny
Posted by Rodrigo Peñalba Last Sunday on “Esta Semana”, a 60 Minutes-style TV news program in Nicaragua, a report took and in-depth look at Usura Cero (Zero Usury), a goverment-financed program that gives soft loans to women-led microbusinesses. But Naren Mayorga from ¿Y ahora de que vamos a hablar? [es] summarizes the scope of the […]