News Briefs
Bolivia: Morales Leads Still Undefined Bolivian Presidential Race
Source: The Andean Information Network With less than four months until the December 6th Bolivian presidential elections, the field of candidates is disorganized and constantly shifting. Recent polls indicate that current President Evo Morales will […]
U.S. Continues to Provide Honduran Regime With Millennium Challenge Corporation Aid Money
Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research For Immediate Release: August 25, 2009Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. continues to provide the coup regime in Honduras with tens of millions of dollars in […]
Coup Catalyzes Honduran Women’s Movement
Source: Americas Program On the morning of June 28, women’s organizations throughout Honduras were preparing to promote a yes vote on the national survey to hold a Constitutional Assembly. Then the phone lines started buzzing. […]
Why has Human Rights Watch Fallen Silent on Honduras?
Open Letter to Kenneth Roth Kenneth Roth Executive DirectorHuman Rights Watch Dear Mr. Roth, We are deeply concerned by the absence of statements and reports from your organization over the serious and systematic human rights […]
South America: U.S. Military Bases in Colombia and the Dispute over Resources
Source: Americas Program The imminent agreement between the United States and Colombia over the use of seven military bases by the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) forms part of the major dispute over commonly held resources throughout […]
Bolivia: Too Many Obligations, Too Few Rights for Aymara Women
(IPS) – Teenage Aymara girls only mature as women in the eyes of their community when they are able to demonstrate great industriousness and knowledge of traditional tasks. But by virtue of that same condition […]