Source: The Americas Blog On August 15, Horacio Cartes, a millionaire, businessman, and alleged drug-trafficker assumed the presidency in Paraguay, leading the Colorado Party back into power after a four-year interruption from its 61-year rule […]
(IPS) – Half of Argentina is supplied with water by invisible underground aquifers, which are crucial in the country’s arid and semi-arid regions, experts say. But Tierramérica discovered that nobody – not even the government […]
Amnesty International on Oct. 1 called on the Mexican authorities to free Alberto Patishtán, a Tzotzil Indigenous man and bilingual teacher from the state of Chiapas in order to end 13 years of unjust imprisonment. […]
Latin American leaders are reclaiming a right to differentiate their views from Washington’s—and refusing to render it diplomatic tribute. Source: Foreign Policy in Focus Without a doubt, the 68th UN General Assembly will be remembered […]
“We must remember this October 15th in all the corners of the planet, wherever it might be possible that acts of solidarity be realized in support of the process of dialogue that is moving forward […]
Source: The Tyee Business-friendly laws have made Canada the preferred legal residence for three-quarters of the world’s mining companies. But many of those companies actually operate in developing countries whose legal systems inspire little confidence, […]
Source: The Americas Blog Last week, former CIA director David Petraeus coauthored a column with the Brookings Institute’s Michael O’Hanlon hailing U.S. policy in Colombia as “one of the best stories on the national security […]
Source: NY Times eXaminer Venezuelanalysis.com founder Gregory Wilpert critiques the New York Times’ coverage of Venezuela – U.S. relations following the expulsion of three U.S. diplomats from Venezuela by President Nicolas Maduro. “Stepping up hostilities […]
Mexico’s military justice system is failing victims of alleged human rights violations by the army and navy, but the Mexican Senate has a key opportunity to change that, Amnesty International said today. “If the Mexican […]
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