Libyan protesters attacked offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in Tripoli and Benghazi following the assassination of secular activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari.
With Rabaa al-Adawia square occupied by Morsi supporters and Tahrir Square held by army supporters, dissident protesters launched a “Third Square” camp in Giza’s Sphinx Square.
Comuneros in the Mexican village of Tepoztlán seized the town hall and took the mayor captive to demand cancellation of a highway expansion they say violates their land rights.
A nationwide strike has been declared in Tunisia after protests over the killing of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi, a lawmaker with the leftist Popular Movement.
Peru's Supreme Court acquitted former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos of charges related to the bloody 1997 raid on the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s pledge to reduce gangland violence is looking dubious as nearly 30 are killed in Michoacán fighting between narco-gunmen and federales.
Agricultural biotech corporate giant Monsanto has had a free hand in Puerto Rico since it first set up seed breeding operations on the island in 1983. But recent months have seen a hailstorm of bad publicity and protests against the… Read moreMonsanto faces opposition in Puerto Rico
Indefinite strikes brought Drummond’s coal mining operations to a halt in Colombia, putting further pressure on the country’s economy amid a growing wave of labor actions.
Colombia's ambassador in Washington, Carlos Urrutia, resigned after being implicated in the illegal transfer of lands from campesino communities to ag-biz companies, including Cargill.
The Philippines high court issued a "temporary environment protection order" against 94 Chinese-owned "small-scale mines" operating on the margins of the law in Luzon region.
The July 22 Global Day of Action Against Open-Pit Mining, most widely observed in the Andean nations, also saw coordinated protests in NAFTA partners Mexico and Canada.
In an internationall coordinated day of action, campesinos and ecologists held protests in Peru, Chile and Argentina under the banner "No to mining, yes to life."
