Los registros de un secuestro familiar
Documents have emerged on the disappearance of political activists during the dark years of the military dictatorship in Argentina. Article in Spanish.
Brazil: a prize the government won’t be bragging about
For the first time a Brazilian company -- the mining giant Vale -- has been elected 'the worst company in the world'.
En defensa del agua, la vida y sus derechos: Pueblos indígenas...
In Spanish. The indigenous communities in the Loreto region, in Peru's northeast Amazona are mobilising against the activities of mining companies that are destroying the environment.
Guatemala: Former Dictator Efraín Rios Montt Questioned over Genocide
A series of Latin American countries has been holding former dictators to acccount for their crimes. The latest to begin the process is Guatemala.
Another Chile is Possible
Chilean students have long questioned the country's education system, decrying it for being commercial and elitist.
Graft, greed, mayhem turn Tegucigalpa into murder capital of world
An unholy alliance of cops, crooks, prisoners and politicians has turned the nation into a shooting gallery.
‘Removing the Veil’: El Salvador Apologizes for State Violence on 20th...
El Salvador says sorry for the violence of the past, but not a word about the violence of the present: the 'war on drugs' and the security interference by the USA.
Haiti: bulldozing camps
Rapadoo Observateur expresses outrage in his blog at the way politicians are sending in the police to clear residents out of camps, in a ruthless attempt to sort out age-old land disputes.
Paraguay: indigenous eviction
The police in Asunción have evicted dozens of indigenous families who have been camping in the central square for seven months, demanding land.
Nicaragua: autonomy works (sort of)
Indigenous groups on the Atlantic coast and the Sandinistas are gradually learning how to live with each other. An interview with Michael Campbell from CEDEHCA.