The Andes
Colombia: scion snared for paramilitarism
Colombian police agents arrested Santiago Uribe, brother of ex-president Álvaro Uribe, for alleged involvement in the bloody "12 Apostles" paramilitary group.
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The Andes
Indigenous role seen in FARC demobilization
Leaders of Colombia's indigenous peoples have volunteered to have their autonomous authorities oversee the controversial "demobilization zones" for FARC fighters.
Inner Asia
Two Tibetans self-immolate in one day
The year's first self-immolation in the Tibetan region was reported as a monk burned to death in Kardze prefecture. An exile-born Tibetan youth survived his self-immolation in India.
Europe
Migrant resistance —from Calais to Macedonia
Riots broke out as French police moved to evict the Calais migrant camp, while Macedonian security forces fired tear-gas at migrants who tore down the fence on the Greek border.
Mexico
Pressure on Mexico to free ‘community police’ leader
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a ruling that Mexico's imprisonment of Guerrero "community police" leader Nestora Salgado is illegal.
The Andes
Peru: anti-TPP protests rock Lima
Protesters opposed to the Trans-Pacific Parternship marched through downtown Lima and clashed with police, as a break-away group vandalized political party headquarters.
Israeli forces demolish school in Bedouin community
Israeli forces on Feb. 21 demolished a Bedouin school for children in the Abu al-Nuwaar community in the occupied West Bank, a spokesperson for the Bedouin community said. Atallah al-Jahalin told Ma'an News Agency that Israeli forces, accompanied by 30 vehicles… Read moreIsraeli forces demolish school in Bedouin community
New Zealand: Maori elder issues TPP ‘veto’
Nga Puhi Maori elder Kingi Taurua sports traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, at a marae (meeting grounds) in Whangarei on New Zealand's North Island. Taurua has sent a formal "notice of veto" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to the embassies and… Read moreNew Zealand: Maori elder issues TPP ‘veto’
Oceania
New Zealand: Maori elder issues TPP ‘veto’
Kingi Taurua, a prominent elder of New Zealand's Maori people, sent a formal "notice of veto" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the governments of signatory nations.
Mexico
Mexico: charges against Zapatista leader expire
A court in Chiapas ruled that charges of "terrorism, rebellion and sedition" against Subcommander Marcos and other leaders of the Zapatista rebels have officially expired.
North Africa
Libya: Europe’s looming ‘Vietnam’?
Amid continued confused multi-factional warfare in Libya, the hard-right UK Independence Party warned that the North African country could be the "EU's Vietnam."
The Andes
Bolivia: violence precedes vote on term limits
The vote on extending presidential term limits in Bolivia takes place amid controversy over who is responsible for a deadly incident of political violence just days earlier.