Month: September 2008
President of Paraguay Turns Down Meeting with Sarah Palin
Source: The Washington Note Paraguay President Fernando Lugo, while attending both the United Nations General Assembly meetings and the Clinton Global Initiative, shared with friends over dinner some of the other meetings he had been […]
New Ecuadorian Constitution Approved by Strong Majority, President Correa Claims “Historic Victory”
Quito, Ecuador—According to exit polls, between 63-70% of Ecuadorians voted to approve a new constitution on Sunday, scoring a major victory for President Rafael Correa. Correa hailed the results, saying that “today Ecuador has decided on a new country.” […]
Ecuador’s Constitution Gives Rights to Nature
Jaguars, spectacled bears, brown-headed spider monkeys, and plate-billed mountain toucans may all just breathe a little easier next week if Ecuadorians approve a new constitution in a referendum on Sunday that would grant these threatened animals’ habitats with inalienable rights. […]
Peru: Interview with Political Prisoner Lori Berenson
Lori Berenson
American activist Lori Berenson was pulled off a bus in Peru in November of 1995, detained by anti-terrorist police, and tried for treason against the Peruvian state by a hooded military tribunal. A gun was held to her head as she received her sentence: life in prison. […]
Video: Bolivia’s President on His Country’s Crisis
Latin American leaders have gathered outside the UN general assembly for discussions on the ongoing political crisis in Bolivia. Al Jazeera’s Ghida Fakhry spoke to Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, about the growing rebellion in […]
La UNASUR apaga su primer incendio en Bolivia: Brasil hace la diferencia
Fuente: Programa de las Américas Más allá de la retórica y las declaraciones, la intervención activa de Brasil para desescalar el conflicto boliviano, mostró el estilo de su diplomacia y los objetivos de una gran […]
Democracy Now Interview with Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo
Source: Democracy Now! [Fernando Lugo] Exclusive: Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on US Relations in Latin America, the Iraq War, Liberation Theology and Being the “Bishop of the Poor” Real Audio Stream MP3 Download World leaders […]