A statement on Gaza by Iran’s besieged student opposition condemns Israeli war crimes—but also exploitation of the issue by the Tehran regime and Islamist groups in the region.
Greek farmers continued their blockades on the borders with Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey to demand the government provide relief for inflated fuel prices.
About a dozen members of the new leadership of the Basque political opposition were arrested in several towns across Spain’s PaĂs Vasco following a court order by magistrate Baltasar GarzĂłn.
The day after a massive La Paz rally in favor of Bolivia’s new constitution that goes to a popular vote on Sunday, President Evo Morales signed a decree nationalizing the British-owned Chaco Oil Company.
Peru is seeking to double investments in energy and infrastructure this year, including a $1 billion natural-gas pipeline. The government is targeting $2.3 billion from foreign and domestic firms, up from $1.1 billion in 2008, said LuĂs Carlos RodrĂguez, director… Read morePeru seeks investment for gas pipeline, energy projects
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez praised Barack Obama for ordering the closure of Guantánamo only days after accusing him of “throwing stones” at Venezuela and following in the footsteps of Bush.
The largest surge ever in legal and unauthorized Mexican migration to the US began after the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, according to sociologist James W. Russell, who studied migration patterns between 1910 and 2008… Read moreNAFTA boosted Mexican immigration: study
Farmers in Mexico’s Chihuahua state blocked roads and occupied the offices of the Agriculture Secretariat to demand the government reduce the price of diesel fuel.
A man arrested by Mexican federal police in Tijuana says he disposed of 300 bodies for a narco gang by dissolving them in chemicals. Meanwhile, more severed heads were discovered in Guanajuato and Juárez.
Government forces reportedly again bombed a village in Darfur, as Sudan’s foremost Islamist opposition leader Hassan Turabi called for President Omar al-Bashir to turn himself in to the UN Criminal Court.
President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali vowed a harsh crackdown on the Tuareg guerillas, vowing that “all the operational means will be mobilized” against the desert insurgency.
Hundreds in Moscow attended the funeral of Anastasia Baburova, the 25-year-old journalist killed defending human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov as he was assassinated by masked gunmen.
