The attacks on Caño Limón have caused Colombian citizens and analysts in general to question whether President Juan Manuel Santos’ strategies will be successful.
ELN attack on oil pipeline is a bad sign for potential peace negotiations
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Mexico hosts summit of the Pacific Alliance
The members the Pacific Alliance—a trade bloc of Latin America’s most dynamic economies—are meeting in a summit that will set the stage for the next phase of the Alliance’s expansion.
With Juan Carlos gone, whither Spain-LatAm relations?
Spanish-Latin American relations are significant. And the decision by King Juan Carlos 1 de Borbon to abdicate in favor of his son, Prince Felipe de Borbon y Grecia, marks a milestone in them.
Dissident Cuban blogger’s digital venture goes live
Yoani Sánchez and her followers will rely heavily on social media to maintain momentum for their new journalistic outlet as it will be solely digital.
Honduras extradites alleged drug trafficker Lobo
Lobo’s fall does give some initial hope that President Juan Orlando Hernandez means business when it comes to making his nation more secure.
Ecuador expels U.S. defense staff as ties continue to strain
The move comes a few months after Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa complained that the U.S. embassy had a “scandalous” number of military personnel in the country.
‘Cuban Twitter’ a major misstep for Washington
That the U.S. government was effectively paying the Cuban regime (through its state-run cell-phone company) to subsidize this failed program is only the tip of the iceberg.
Mexican anti-cartel leader’s arrest raises questions about gov’t alliance
The arrest of one of the most prominent faces in Mexico’s anti-cartel movement this week is stoking fears around the consequences of a governmental alliance with vigilante “self defense” groups.
Mamet gaffe not central to U.S.’s Argentina problem
The domestic politicking around this gaffe is entertaining, but it’s at the international level that the incident with Mamet becomes interesting.
Backlash mounts against Mexico cartel “princess”
A notorious Mexican cartel is becoming well acquainted with the risks of social media.
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