Indigenous protests were held in Bolivia against Vice President Ălvaro GarcĂa Linera’s announced plans to open the country’s protected areas to oil and mineral interests.
Bolivian mine workers ended a two-week strike when the government agreed to a pension hike, but the episode may represent a break between Evo Morales and COB labor federation.
Four killings of accused miscreants by local residents in Bolivia are being called “community justice” by the perpetratorsâbut “lynchings” by the government.
Peru’s high court sentenced “Comrade Artemio,” one of the last “historic” leaders of the Shining Path guerilla movement, to life in prison on terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
Activists established a protest vigil outside Lima’s Hotel Marriott as the 17th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership opened in the Peruvian capital.
National Police fired on protesters occupying the site of the Conga gold mining project in Peru's Cajamarca region, leaving one wounded in the leg and abdomen.
On May 7, thousands filled the streets of Lima, as leaders and activists from across the spectrum of Peru’s political left joined the funeral march for Javier Diez Canseco.
More than 160 civil society organizations sent an open letter to the OAS summit, calling for alternatives to the “war on drugs” that guarantee respect for human rights.
A group calling themselves “Lukashenko Busters” protested outside the London Stock Exchange to oppose trading in companies that do business with wth the Belarus dictatorship. The group also placed 50 body bags (with live activists inside) around London, to demand pressure for… Read more‘Lukashenko Busters’ protest London stock exchange
A group calling themselves "Lukashenko Busters" protested outside the London Stock Exchange to oppose trading in companies that do business with wth the Belarus dictatorship.
Thousands gathered to chant "down with the dictator!" at the funeral procession for dissident cleric Ayatollah Jalaluddin Taheri in Isfahan, signaling a renewal of opposition activism.
Two Colombian drug defendants were allowed to cop a plea after revelations that prosecution withheld information of ongoing DEA payments to Colombia’s National Police.
