Gabriela Gorbea
Contributor
Brazil is very close to impeaching Dilma Rousseff
This Thursday's senate committee vote in favor of taking the trial of the suspended president to the full chamber, puts Brazil's deep political crisis back center stage a day before the opening of the Rio Olympics.
Thousands of Venezuelans take to the streets pushing for vote to oust president
The protests came after the country’s electoral authorities missed their own deadline for deciding whether to allow the opposition to move efforts to force a recall referendum on President Nicolás Maduro to the next stage.
A gorilla, a polar bear, a jaguar, and two lions: Rare animals keep dying in captivity in Latin America
The recent deaths in the region have some animal activists hopeful that Latin America is developing a new consciousness about captivity.
Mexico City tells women being sexually harassed to whistle
Mexico City’s authorities have started handing out 15,000 plastic whistles in the name of combatting sexual harassment, despite widespread ridicule of the idea.
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs may have helped create new life
A group of international scientists has just finished collecting samples from the crater formed by the asteroid that is widely blamed for the extinction of the dinosaurs. They believe these could help explain how life on earth recovered after the shock.
A Desperate Attempt to Save the World's Smallest Porpoise Could End Up Killing It Off
An international committee of scientists says the only way to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction could be breeding it in pens, but others say this could accelerate the demise of the marine mammal that only lives in the Gulf of California.
Latin America's Top Human Rights Organization Is Broke — And It's Blaming the Region's Governments
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights blames its financial troubles on the reluctance of governments to fund work that exposes abuse. Some governments say the commission has become too political.
Earth's Smallest Porpoise Is Going Extinct in Mexico Due to China's Lust for Exotic Fish
The vaquita marina's numbers have dwindled to below 60 because the marine mammal is getting caught up in nets set out illegally to catch the totoaba fish, which is highly prized for its swim bladder in China.
Women in Mexico City Are Fighting Back Against Rampant Public Sexual Harassment
Rampant sexual assault in the city's subway system caused large protests that forced the government to deploy a special police to protect female riders.
El Salvador Is Creating a Special Military Unit to Hunt Gang Members
The government is waging a war against the country's gangs. So far, in 2016, 2,230 people have been killed, an increase of 158 percent from the same period in 2015.
Bolivia's President Suggested the Pope Try Coca
During Evo Morales' visit to the vatican he gave Pope Francis three books about the coca leaf.
'Say Nice Things About Acapulco': Mexican Governor Urges Media Silence on Violence
The appeal for a “pact of silence” in the beleaguered southern state of Guerrero is the latest effort by a Mexican politicians to look on the bright side of the country’s security crisis. Most have backfired.