Latin America Daily Briefing

Large-scale protests took place in parts of Argentina yesterday after the killing of teenager Agostina Vega in Córdoba province. Agostina’s body was found in a drainage ditch on Saturday, a week after she disappeared. The protests, calling for a stronger government response to femicide, come 11 years after the murder of Chiara Páez prompted the Ni Una Menos movement, reports ...

U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Abelardo de la Espriella, the far right-wing presidential candidate who passed to the country’s second round on Sunday. “The results of this Election are very important to the future of Colombia and its relationship to the United States,” Trump wrote in a social media post, referring to de la Espriella by his campaign moniker, “El Tigre.” ...

The U.S. Trump administration proposed a punitive 25 percent tariff on a broad range of Brazilian imports, concluding after a trade investigation that Brazil had engaged in unfair practices that imposed burdens on U.S. businesses.

The United States Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, said the investigation found that Brazil had failed to adequately enforce intellectua...

Colombian Abelardo de la Espriella defied polls and came in first in yesterday’s presidential elections. The far-right outsider will face off against the leftist ruling party candidate Iván Cepeda in a second round in three weeks, on June 21.

De la Espriella secured 43.7% of the vote – just over 10.3 million votes – compared with 40.9% (about 9.6 million votes) for Cepe...

Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday takes place amid resurging violence in the country. “In the past year, attacks including the killing of a journalist, a bus bombing that left at least 21 people dead, and the shooting of presidential candidate Miguel Uribe have underscored rising violence across the country. The use of drones in attacks has become increasingly widesp...