Declassified Cable Links Víctor Carranza’s Alias to 1997 Miraflores Massacre Source: The National Security Archive An individual using the reported alias of Colombian billionaire Víctor Carranza Niño “freely admitted” that “he and men under his […]
Source: The Bullet What constitutes a dictatorship? Haiti had an election in 2006, which the popular candidate won. It had an election in 2011, which had one of the lowest turnouts in recent history and […]
Source: Latin America Press Despite unfavorable conditions for the business, multinational will produce aluminum, taking advantage of cheap hydroelectric energy. Paraguay has no bauxite mines, nor the necessary supplies — pitch, calcined coke, tar or […]
Source: Al Jazeera President Obama’s crass comments about newly-elected Chavez only serve to further alienate himself from Latin America. President Obama went too far in throwing gratuitous insults at President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela on […]
Source: Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña, OFRANEH The latest Coup d’Etat perpetrated in the early hours of December 12 in Honduras, when the National Congress voted to remove four Supreme Court justices, places front and center […]
Colombian political prisoner David Ravelo, jailed since September 14, 2010, learned late in November, 2012, that he had been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in jail. His case, based on spurious evidence, reflects epic […]
Source: Al Jazeera, People and Power If multinationals will do anything to control the public debate, how can indigenous peoples ever assert their rights? View video here With global demand for natural resources increasing year […]
(IPS) – At the end of every month, with the skill of an environmental engineer, Wilson Sandi prepares a work plan that will be used by Achuar indigenous people, like him, to document the scars […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Saturday night President Hugo Chavez announced on public television that he will return to Cuba to receive surgery for new malignant cells, and that vice-president Nicolas Maduro will be in charge during his […]
Source: CISPES In August, I went to El Salvador with a group of fellow healthcare professionals from the US to learn firsthand about the health reforms initiated by the current FMLN government to provide free […]
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