Human Rights

Following months of protests and sit-ins surrounding ancestral land claims on Chile’s Easter Island, the United Nations has officially called on the Chilean government to help diffuse tensions.

The US State Department has warned the government of Leonel Fernandez that the Dominican Republic may face US sanctions if it does not take immediate action to curb the activities and presence of human traffickers and their accomplices.

Former dictator faces charges relating to his 15-year rule after being hauled before a judge in Port-au Prince.

A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Jamaica, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisations (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that further measures are needed to comply with the commitments Jamaica accep...

As Guatemala enters an election year Barbara Schieber gives a run down of the canditates and pitfalls of this years process.

Haiti: Sexual Violence Against Women Increasing. As the aid effort in Haiti continues Amnesty issues a new report, discussing the threat of sexual violence women face on a daily basis.

Defraudados del desvío que sufrió la misión original de Wikileaks, ex colaboradores de este portal han decidido advertir de los reales propósitos del fundador de esta web, Julián Assange, quien ha tenido que esquivar más problemas jurídicos;

Then-Lieutenant Juan Carlos del Rio Crespo has been charged along with four other soldiers of murdering three civilians in Antioquia and dressing them up as FARC guerrillas killed in combat.

More than 100 Police Special Forces violently evicted Rapa Nui indigenous groups from the Government Plaza in the center of Hanga Roa over the holidays, causing injuries to at least nine people, three of them serious.

Whilst South East Asia remains the hub of sex tourism, Central America is growing in popularity due to poverty and diminishing opportunities.