The Brazilian government’s Indigenous Affairs Department, FUNAI, has issued an order restricting entry to an area of land near the site of the planned Belo Monte dam, following indications that there are uncontacted Indians living […]
Amnesty International today urged the Haitian authorities to bring former president Jean-Claude Duvalier – also known as ‘Baby Doc’ – to justice for human rights abuses committed during his regime in the 1970s and 80s. […]
Source: Foreign Policy in Focus This past September, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew criticism for comparing the current situation in Mexico to “Colombia 20 years ago.” Most of that criticism questioned whether […]
(IPS) – Fresh calls emerged Wednesday for Haiti to void its recent disputed presidential elections, following a new analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) showing serious and unprecedented flaws in the […]
Source: PULSE “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as often as was necessary.” – George Orwell, 1984 In her effort to whitewash the history of Argentina’s dirty war, The Wall Street […]
(IPS) – While many are sceptical that the Chilean government will deliver on its promise of a shift in indigenous policy, the deadline is looming for the administration of Sebastián Piñera to live up to […]
Cochabamba, (La Llajta) December 30, 2010 Sirs;Evo Morales Ayma andAlvaro García LineraLa Paz.- We speak to you through this open letter although it probably won’t be read because you don’t hear of it or because […]
A Bus Massacre, A State of Siege in Alta Verapaz and the Parallel Drug State in Guatemala Guatemalan papers this morning printed the words of a father struggling with how to tell his remaining children […]
Source: Akimbo A new report issued by the non-governmental organization Gestos highlights the disturbing link between HIV/AIDS and violence against women; according to the study, 97.5% of Brazilian women with HIV have suffered some type […]
(IPS) – Dieula Rosemond is tired. A lone swaying palm tree yields a little shade over her plastic chair. Her hands are folded in the lap of her white dress. Little girls play with a […]
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