(IPS) – Pese a que el imaginario social las vincula con la resistencia a las dictaduras en los años 70 y 80, las organizaciones de derechos humanos latinoamericanas hace tiempo que expandieron sus preocupaciones, para […]
(IPS) – Although the public identifies human rights organisations in Latin America with resistance to the dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, for years now these groups have broadened their concerns to encompass environmental and […]
Latin American and Caribbean heads of state recently gathered in Caracas, Venezuela to form a new regional bloc aimed at self-determination outside the scope of Washington’s power.
Local residents and authorities in the northern Peruvian region of Cajamarca say they will continue to protest the Conga gold mine, despite the state of emergency declared by President Ollanta Humala. […]
The Mexican Peace Movement, founded by poet Javier Sicilia, has demanded justice following the murder of one of its members. Nepomuceno Moreno Nuñez was shot to death around Midday on Monday in the town of Hermosillo, Sonora. […]
Source: Al Jazeera President Humala restricts civil liberties in Cajamarca after protests over mining and water issues paralyse the state. Ollanta Humala, the president of Peru, has declared a 60-day state of emergency in a […]
(IPS) – Con 10 años de vida y cambio de nombre incluido, el ahora llamado Proyecto Mesoamérica, que comprende cuantiosas inversiones en energía, telecomunicaciones, vivienda, salud y otras áreas, avanza a paso lento en medio […]
Source: Miradas al Sur Cristian Ferreyra’s murder exposed the harassment suffered by thousands of indigenous peasants that are forced to abandon their lands. This is how the gangs of thugs who work for big businesses […]
On November 26, the administration of Juan Manuel Santos Calderón [2010-2014] sanctioned an armed ‘rescue’ of retained politico-military prisoners under FARC-EP confinement close to Curillo in the department of Caquetá.
The government of President Humala, a retired army officer who took office Jul. 28, apparently wants to widen the scope of action of the armed forces. The militarisation of public order is being encouraged and social protests are being criminalised, said Aldo Blume, a researcher at the Legal Defence Institute (IDL), a local human rights organisation.
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