Tell the Attorney General and the Minister of Public Security to Open an Investigation TODAY! “Two years after the kidnapping and murder of anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera, those responsible for his death continue to do […]
(IPS) – The countries of Central America should adopt community policing as a strategy to fight organised crime, say experts in the region ahead of a key summit on security to be held Jun. 22-23 […]
(IPS) – Uno tras otro, los testimonios desgranan el capítulo de terror que vive México. Cada parada de la Caravana por la Paz y la Justicia se ha convertido en un lamento interminable de personas […]
“They’re kicking and they’re pressing their legs on my head: they’re abusing me,” the student told the cameraman as he was lying on his stomach, hands cuffed behind his back. “This only demonstrates the weakness of the government…It only demonstrates their fear of us. They know the public agrees with us, and that’s why they need to use violence.”
Source: PULSE Two men were recently tied up, shot, and killed down the street from my friend’s house in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. When my friend happened upon the scene at around 9 p.m., […]
Source: The Nation Add Peru to the list of Latin American countries that have turned left. On Sunday, Peruvians voted in a second-round run-off ballot and elected Ollanta Humala, a 48-year-old former army officer, president. […]
Source: The Guardian The victory of left-populist candidate Ollanta Humala in Peru‘s election is a “big fucking deal”, as Vice President Joe Biden famously whispered to Obama on national TV in another context. With respect […]
Source: World War 4 Report Keiko Fujimori of the neoliberal-right coalition Fuerza 2011 formally conceded defeat to challenger Ollanta Humala Tasso of the nationalist-populist Gana Perú June 6 following Peru’s presidential run-off race the previous […]
Source: Al Jazeera While WikiLeaks has had an extensive political impact upon the Middle East, the whistle-blowing group now stands to exert an influence on South America as well. Specifically, declassified US state department cables could […]
Copyright 2003-2018 Upside Down World