(IPS) – With accusations now being levelled against the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), the effort to clean up corruption in this Central American nation has become a legal knot that will be […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela’s Environment Ministry announced this week that it will create a registry of the country’s primary sources of air pollution using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The function of the registry will be […]
The short-cuts that the United Nations system is offering companies to profit from strategies against global warming were the target of loud protests on the Day of Action for Climate Justice. Two separate demonstrations, of […]
Source: Red Pepper Politics in the UK and the EU is likely to be dominated for the foreseeable future by massive cuts in public service provision. The furious demonstrations that have taken place in Greece […]
(Ottawa) A recently announced lawsuit against HudBay Minerals Inc. points to the industry’s failure to take responsibility for corporate abuses beyond Canadian borders. Paradoxically, the company recently won an award for Corporate Social Responsibility from […]
(IPS) – The Chilean government’s commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights has been called into question by a new report by a university human rights centre. “I believe the authorities and different […]
Source: Press TV Paraguay has summoned the US ambassador to the country expressing concerns about published Wikileaks documents citing US spying in the Latin American country and interest in its oil reserves. Paraguay’s Foreign Minister […]
Source: Ottowa Citizen Ecuador on Monday offered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has enraged Washington by releasing masses of classified U.S. documents, residency with no questions asked. “We are ready to give him residence […]
Source: Truthout By July 24, 2009, the US government was totally clear about the basic facts of what took place in Honduras on June 28, 2009. The US embassy in Tegucigalpa sent a cable to […]
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