The Andes
DEA sees Hezbollah link to Colombian cartel
The DEA claims that Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah is laundering money for the "Oficina de Envigado," successor organization to Colombia's legendary Medellín Cartel.
Author: CounterVortex
The Andes
Colombia: peace talks with ELN guerillas?
Colombia's government says it hopes to extend the peace process to the ELN guerillas—and claims to have identified the remains of their revered founder, Camilo Torres.
The Andes
New post-conflict ‘Plan Colombia’ foreseen
President Juan Manuel Santos meets at the White House with Barack Obama to mark 15 years since the initiation of the Plan Colombia—and discuss a "post-conflict" aid package.
The Andes
Bolivia: arrest in ‘disappearance’ of socialist leader
Authorities in Bolivia announced the arrest of Felipe Molina AKA "El Killer"—long wanted in the 1980 "disappearance" and probable assassination of socialist leader Marcelo Quiroga.
Relief for Libya’s ‘Chinese Camp’?
The conflict in Libya has meant war between two ethnic groups in the remote Sahara, with the Tebu loyal to the "official" government in the country's east and the Tuareg recognizing the Islamist regime that holds Tripoli. Fighting between the… Read moreRelief for Libya’s ‘Chinese Camp’?
North Africa
Morocco: Polisario blamed in death of Berber activist
The conflict over Western Sahara spilled into Morocco as clashes between Berber and Sahrawi Arab students at universities in Marrakech and Agadir left two dead.
Africa
Cameroonians between army and Boko Haram
As Boko Haram continues its campaign of suicide attacks in northern Cameroon, the army is enforcing a "free-fire zone" along the Nigerian border, claiming still more local lives.
The Andes
Signs mount of grave Andean climate crisis
Water shortages and wildfires are reported across Colombia, while Bolivia's second largest lake has completely evaporated amid this year's devastating El Niño phenomenon.
The Andes
Colombia: convictions in ‘false positive’ killings
Two former Colombian army colonels received long prison terms for extrajudicial executions of peasants and workers falsely reported as guerilla battlefield deaths.
The Andes
Colombia: paramilitary threat to peace seen
As the war between the Colombian state and the FARC guerillas winds down, conflict is escalating with right-wing paramilitaries in the north, leaving hundreds displaced.
Mexico
Mexico: Zapatistas host Ayotzinapa families
The Zapatista rebels in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas marked the anniversary of their 1994 New Years Day uprising by hosting a national activist gathering in their territory.
Greater Middle East
‘Divide and Conquer’ in Israel
Druze elders from the Golan Heights (officially Syrian territory, but "annexed" by Israel). A plan approved by Israel's cabinet to provide half a billion dollars worth of assistance to Israel's Druze and Circassian minorities has been denounced by leaders of Israel's… Read more‘Divide and Conquer’ in Israel