The country has supported repressive governments in the region to suppress indigenous movements and uprisings. Source: Al Jazeera According to a Mexican news article that surfaced in May, the Israeli military will begin training the […]
Source: Al Jazeera Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota is deeply concerned about the scope of a US monitoring programme targeting Brazilians. Brazil’s foreign minister has said his government is worried by a report that the United […]
(IPS) – South American leaders demanded that the governments of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain provide explanations and public apologies to Bolivian President Evo Morales for refusing his presidential jet permission to fly through their […]
Source: Spectrezine On June 25, Colombian Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón and the Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, Alexander Vershbow, signed an Agreement on the Security of Information. The news comes a little more than a […]
Source: Americas Program In the early hours of June 21hundreds of human rights defenders, artists, feminists, musicians, religious workers, community organizers, independent journalists, international accompaniers, campesino and indigenous activists and others gathered in Guatemala City […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas NACLA Issue: Chavismo After Chávez: What Was Created? What Remains?, Summer 2013, Volume 046, Issue 1 Excerpt: The particular character of what Hugo Chávez called the Bolivarian process lies in […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan government released a recording that allegedly shows that one of the leaders head of the country’s opposition coalition discussed a possible coup with U.S. State Department officials. On Wednesday morning the […]
It took Miriam Isaura López Vargas several weeks to piece together what happened to her after she was tortured and raped by Mexican soldiers. On 2 February 2011, the 30-year-old mother of four had just […]
Source: The Americas Program The price hike in transportation was the crack that revealed deep discontent in Brazilian society. In less than two weeks, the demonstrations multiplied: from 5,000 the first days, to more than […]
Source: The Center for Economic and Policy Research The NSA surveillance scandal and the case of whistleblower Edward Snowden have brought before the U.S. public a whole set of issues that could be vital to […]
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