At least 150,000 joined a Mexico City march to protest the seizure by soldiers and federal police of the Central Light and Power Company and the sacking of 43,000 employees.
A one-day general strike protesting plans to lay off 16,970 of Puerto Rico’s 180,000 public employees in November shut down all state-owned enterprises on the island Oct. 15.
Tens of thousands of indigenous people marked 517 years since the arrival of Christopher Columbus by protesting around current issues such as the seizure of traditional lands.
A panel of the UK’s High Court ruled that US intelligence documents containing details pertinent to torture allegations by former Gitmo detainee Binyam Mohamed should be made public.
Tens of thousands marched in Rome against the Italian government’s immigration policy—and especially a new law that creates the specific criminal offense of “illegal immigration.”
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County is vowing to defy a federal order to halt immigration round-ups. His Phoenix street sweeps and jail camps have drawn national criticism.
President Alvaro Colom agreed to meet with indigenous leaders after a wave of Dia de la Raza roadblocks around Guatemala. A 19-year-old protester was killed by police gunfire.
The seventh ALBA summit in Cochabamba concluded with resolute support for ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya—and an agreement to form a new international currency.
Two weeks after Rio de Janeiro won the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilian city was rocked by an intense gun battle that left 12 dead and a Military Police helicopter in flames.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said that Iran is helping his country explore for uranium—but insisted that Venezuela would only use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe called for kidnapping charges against 22 students arrested on the National University campus after they detained the rector for five hours during a protest.
Colombia’s top prosecutor ordered the detention of an army lieutenant as the presumed author of the August 2006 massacre of five members of the Awá indigenous people in Nariño department.
