For the first time in the 17 years since the late Hugo Chávez swept into power, the opposition has firm control of one of the branches of government. This proved too much for the chavista legislators to handle, and their walkout foreshadows the tensions ahead.
As 2015 unfolded, one-by-one Russia’s principal political supporters in Latin America and the Caribbean entered into problems that either restricted their ability to deepen relations with Russia, or called into question the survival or future direction of their government.
As Latin America prepares for a challenging year in 2016, the decision to support democratic alternatives stands out as good news in an otherwise grey end of the year for Latin America.
Como pasajeros a la espera de un bus del Transantiago que nunca se sabe cuándo llegará, los estudiantes no saben si podrán acceder a la gratuidad porque no ha sido definido cuál será la línea de corte y porque no está claro qué instituciones podrán acceder al beneficio.
Eager to own a piece of their native homeland, Cuban Americans are placing their bets on the island’s underground foreign real estate market.
Um ano após o histórico anúncio da retomada das relações entre EUA e Cuba, as ações por expropriações movidas em território americano contra Havana após a Revolução Cubana podem atrasar passos complexos da reaproximaçao, como os voos comerciais e o fim do embargo.
As of Thursday, it’s been one year since President Barack Obama announced historic change between the United States and Cuba, and now with embassies restored, commercial flights to Cuba may be coming.
In August 2015, El Salvador registered its bloodiest month since its 1980-1992 civil war. There were 907 murders, including 52 in a single day on August 27. The country is on track to end the year with over 6,000 murders in a population of just 6.4 million, making it the most violent country not at war in the world.
Veinte meses después de iniciado el mandato, el gobierno no sabe de cuántos recursos dispondrá para financiar su promesa de gratuidad y, en consecuencia, tampoco sabe cuántos alumnos se podrán beneficiar ni cómo se implementará el nuevo sistema de gratuidad universal en la educación superior chilena.
It will be far easier for the opposition to remove Maduro from the presidency than to put Venezuela back on the path of economic growth and democratic consolidation. The opposition needs to go from unity based on what it stands against to designing a road map which can earn the hearts and minds of Venezuelans who are looking for someone else to take charge.
