The ongoing conflict over mining in Ecuador escalated this week as blockades shut down highways throughout the country’s Southern Andean highlands and Amazon rainforest, while nationwide protests have been called for January 20. […]
Mateo Rojas and his family live at the foot of Toromocho mountain. Credit:Milagros Salazar/IPS. MOROCOCHA, Peru, Jan 7 (IPS) – A four-hour drive from the Peruvian capital, the town of Morococha ("coloured lake" in the […]
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The popular campaign to annul an impunity law that has protected many Uruguayan officials from prosecution for human rights abuses committed over two decades ago continues even as a hotly contested presidential election has begun to dominate political discussion in the small Southern Cone country. […]
(IPS) – The economic outlook for Honduras this year is far from bright. The government has failed in its attempts to sign a new letter of intent with the IMF, and growth is expected to […]
Salvadoran Supreme Court agrees to hear environmental damage claims after bribery and heavy police violence fail to fracture opposition to the construction of private waste dump. This class action suit first in El Salvador’s history. […]
Source: Z Magazine International observers have denounced recent activities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as designed to overthrow democratically elected presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia […]
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