The Andes
Colombia: official apology for 1985 high court raid
President Juan Manuel Santos apologized for the 1985 army raid on the guerilla-occupied Supreme Court building in which nearly 100 people were killed.
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North Africa
Libya: oil output plummets as rival regimes fight
Libya's oil output dropped to a record low after the government in the east sent troops to shut down an export terminal controlled by the rival regime in the west.
The Andes
Amnesty presses Colombia on indigenous rights
Amnesty International finds that Colombia's peace deal is unlikely to succeed without restitution of usurped lands—even where they have been opened to mining.
Mexico
Extraditions signal continued Sinaloa impunity?
Mexico extradited 13 top drug-trafficking suspects to the United States—but all from Los Zetas and other rival organzations to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Central America
Honduras oligarchs busted for money-laundering
Three members of the the Rosenthal family, a pillar of ruling elite in Honduras, were charged by US authorities with money-laundering.
Iraq
Iran behind attack on Mujahedeen Khalq camp?
Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq charged that Tehran's agents were behind a deadly missile attack on their Baghdad camp.
Iraq
US ground troops to Iraq, Syria: Pentagon
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a statement to Congress that the US will begin ground operations against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria.
Greater Middle East
Turkey attacks Kurdish positions on Syrian border
Turkish military forces attacked Kurdish positions on the Syrian border, raising fears that Turkey is moving to establish its "buffer zone."
South Asia
Bangladesh: ISIS claims sectarian terror attack
ISIS claimed responsibility for blasts that targeted Shi'ites as they gathered in Dhaka for a procession marking the holy day of Ashura.
Hebron non-violent activist dies in tear-gas
Dr. Hashem al-Azzeh, who died on Oct. 21 after suffering excessive tear-gas inhalation in Hebron's Old City, was the latest victim of the Israeli settlement policies he spent most of his life struggling against. The 54-year-old activist and medical doctor… Read moreHebron non-violent activist dies in tear-gas
Argentina: police repression of anti-mine protest
Residents of San Juan Jáchal, in Argentina's northwestern province of San Juan, are mobilizing in the wake of last month's cyanide spill at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine, under the slogan of "A Spring without Barrick or Cyanide." In the first… Read moreArgentina: police repression of anti-mine protest
Southern Cone
Argentina: more repression of anti-mine protests
Police troops broke up a roadblock at San Juan Jáchal, Argentina, where residents are mobilizing in the wake of last month's cyanide spill at Barrick Gold's Veladero mine.