By Héctor Silva Ávalos/Insight Crime GUATEMALA CITY – Mixed messages from Washington have left the door open for Guatemala President Jimmy Morales to strengthen his fight against the institutions investigating him for alleged illicit campaign […]
NEW YORK – The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, U.S. envoy to the UN Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday, calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name”, […]
CARACAS – Between 2015 and 2017, the number of Venezuelan immigrants in Latin America went from 89,000 to 900,000 people, which represents an increase of more than 900%, according to the International Organization for Migration […]
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has reportedly called Haiti and African countries as “shithole countries” during a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House. Trump’s comments were first reported by The Washington Post, which […]
UNITED NATIONS – Peru and five other countries have formally joined the ranks of the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council “to make a difference,” the body’s president said on Wednesday. Equatorial Guinea, […]
JOSEFINA SALOMON MEXICO CITY – As Daniel*, a 26-year-old architect, stood before a visibly exhausted doctor in the main public hospital of the once-idyllic beach resort town of Isla Margarita, northern Venezuela, a terrifying premonition […]
UNITED NATIONS – A resolution backed overwhelmingly by the United Nations has effectively called on the U.S. to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The vote in support of the resolution […]
Emilio Godoy BONN – Despite growing global pressure to reduce the use of coal to generate electricity, several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean still have projects underway for expanding this polluting energy source. […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff NEW YORK – The Chilean government was informed on Monday that it had been chosen by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to be a part of the 2018-2020 U.N. […]
JERUSALEM – The International Police Organization has recognized Palestine as a full member state, dealing a significant diplomatic blow to Israel, which has strenuously lobbied against Palestinian admission at Interpol’s general assembly in Beijing. In […]
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