Colombia must Protect Civilians, Prosecute Groups’ Members and Accomplices
The Colombian Government is not doing enough to protect the innocent, argues Human Rights Watch
Bulletin 4 February 2010
Argentina: President rejects accusations of corruption ♦ Colombia: HRW warns of re-emergence of right-wing paramilitaries ♦ Bolivia: children abused in shelters ♦ Chileans confident in economy ♦ El Niño has arrived
Bulletin 3 February 2010
Mexico: Students murdered “by mistake” ♦ Haiti: Judge to decide on fate of US missionaries ♦ Colombia: bodies from the 1985 Justice Palace attack found ♦ Two Latin American films nominated for Oscars ♦ Arge
Carta Abierta por Haití
A Colombian academic sends the world an open letter for Haiti (Spanish)
Bulletin 11 December 2010
Venezuela: devaluation causes chaos ♦ Colombia: right-wing para-military infiltration behind political assassinations ♦ Argentina: payment of public debt sparks off heated debate
BULLETIN 29 December 2009
Argentina: First gay wedding in Latin America ♦ Venezuela: Chávez accuses Colombia of linking him with rebels ♦ Chile to hand over report on “espionage” in Peru ♦ Bolivia ends the year without new investment ♦ Brazil
BULLETIN 23 December 2009
Mexico: Drug cartels on revenge attack for killing of leader ♦ Colombia: Guerrillas murder kidnapped governor ♦ Mexico: first gay wedding will not be annulled ♦ Peruvian President changes Economy Minister ♦ The British
BULLETIN 22 DECEMBER 2009
Tension between Colombia and Venezuela, again ♦ Cuba: US citizen arrested “for helping dissidents” ♦ Ecuador: Indigenous movement breaks with government ♦ Panama fails to sell its debt ♦ COP16: Mex
Plan Colombia & FARC
This article gives you a really powerful idea of what it is like on the ground as the Colombian government pursues its offensive against coca-growing and the FARC guerrillas, which remain, as ever, intermingled.