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In an open letter to the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch, over 100 experts on Latin America criticized the organization’s recent report on Venezuela, A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities […]

Army’s Killing of CRIC Member Tragically Marks 17th Anniversary of Nilo Massacre. Episode Coincides with Latest Act of Sabotage Against Nasa Community Radio Station in Northern Cauca. December 16th is supposed to be a special […]

(IPS) – Agribusiness and landowners’ associations in Paraguay began two days of demonstrations around the country Monday, demanding a stop to invasions of large estates by landless farmers. The measure drew fire from social organisations, […]

 (IPS) – This week’s summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Brazil aims to pull regional integration processes out of their current stagnation, reaffirm the region’s interest in integration that does not exclude any […]

Piedad Córdoba Credit:Mario Osava/IPS BOGOTA, Dec 8 (IPS) – Wherever there are minorities or marginalised groups in Colombia, or the rights of women are violated, you will find Senator Piedad Córdoba. The senator, who forms […]

On 5 December 1982, a Guatemalan army "special forces" squad entered the village of Dos Erres, La Libertad, in the northern department of Petén. When they left three days later, more than 250 men, women […]

Source: Democracy Now! In Bolivia, a regional investigative panel has labeled the killings of at least twenty people in anti-government protests in September a “massacre.” The victims were peasant supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales. […]

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Translation of the Final Working Document from the Social and Community Minga in Colombia The Minga LIVES, may the MINGA LIVE! We call for a Colombia of the people without owners; all the wisdom, all […]