The battered Mexican peso has tumbled to historic new lows in recent days, nearing a psychological barrier of 20 pesos to the U.S. dollar and causing anxiety on the streets, at businesses and in the halls of government. – Los Angeles Times
Criminal violence in Mexico is rebounding after a three-year decline, reaching levels not seen since 2011, when the country’s murderous war between drug cartels was at its worst. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Two years after 43 Mexican college students disappeared during a night of violence committed, in part, by security forces, the mystery of their fate remains unsolved. – New York Times
Criminal violence in Mexico is rebounding after a three-year decline, reaching levels not seen since 2011, when the country’s murderous war between drug cartels was at its worst. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Two years after 43 Mexican college students disappeared during a night of violence committed, in part, by security forces, the mystery of their fate remains unsolved. – New York Times
Argentina’s shrinking economy and high unemployment are triggering ever-louder grumbling from its citizens, posing problems for President Mauricio Macri in a country where economic discontent has undone previous leaders. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Brazil’s Supreme Court late Friday gave the green light to prosecutors to open a probe into corruption allegations that President Michel Temer is linked to a sprawling graft scandal centered on the nation’s state-run oil company. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The CIA concluded that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 murder of a top dissident, according to newly released government documents that show U.S. confidence about a key ally’s responsibility for a shocking attack in Washington. – Washington Post’s Checkpoint
Interview: On Oct. 2, Colombians will vote on whether to accept a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas who have kidnapped, killed, raped and held hostage tens of thousands in a 50-year struggle…Santos, visiting New York for the U.N. General Assembly, talked with The Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth. – Washington Post
Brazil’s Supreme Court late Friday gave the green light to prosecutors to open a probe into corruption allegations that President Michel Temer is linked to a sprawling graft scandal centered on the nation’s state-run oil company. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The CIA concluded that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 murder of a top dissident, according to newly released government documents that show U.S. confidence about a key ally’s responsibility for a shocking attack in Washington. – Washington Post’s Checkpoint
Interview: On Oct. 2, Colombians will vote on whether to accept a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas who have kidnapped, killed, raped and held hostage tens of thousands in a 50-year struggle…Santos, visiting New York for the U.N. General Assembly, talked with The Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth. – Washington Post
Mexico’s decade-long, military-led crackdown on drug cartels has swelled the multitudes of desaparecidos — the “disappeared” who vanish without a trace. Their ranks include many with no known link to criminal gangs — kidnapped for ransom, robbery or revenge, or caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. – Los Angeles Times
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