Ecuador es el único país andino sin minas metálicas de gran escala (como las minas de oro o cobre). Este peculiar estado de gracia será puesto a prueba en las próximas semanas cuando el régimen […]
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Teacher and environmentalist from Siria Valley, Carlos Amador and Marlon Hernandez (at least), was detained this morning in their community of El Porvenir roughly 2 hours ago. Apparently the police have capture orders for all the community […]
SourceL: Fault Lines, Al Jazeera As the debate over whether to sign the U.S. Colombia Free Trade Agreement unfolds in Congress, the reality of the impact of free trade policies becoming increasingly apparent on the […]
Impunity reigns in post-Cartagena Honduras. “We are living in a state,” Bertha Oliva of COFADEH reminded us, “in which the security forces can torture, and nothing will happen, where they can detain people without cause, and nothing will happen…they can persecute and assassinate their political opponents and nothing will happen. They can drive into political exile whatever quantity of people they desire, and nothing will happen.”
(IPS) – “Today we need structural changes; we need to move towards a new model of education in Chile and to sit down to talks that include all of the concerned parties,” said Camila Vallejo, […]
A presidential decree issued in Uruguay opens the door for investigations and prosecutions of an estimated 80 cases of human rights violations committed from 1973-1985. President José Mujica’s decree yesterday revoked decisions by former Presidents […]
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