At an economic summit in Cartagena with his regional rival, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez denied supporting the FARC guerillas or any other “subversive” activity.
Julio César Ardila Torres, the former mayor of the Colombian oil port of Barrancabermeja, has been found guilty of ordering the 2003 murder of local journalist José Emeterio Rivas by paramilitaries.
Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur on torture, called on the Obama administration to prosecute George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld for torture and ill-treatment of detainees at Guantánamo Bay.
President Barack Obama Jan. 26 directed the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the Bush administration decision that prevented California and 17 other states from setting their own, stricter limits on auto emissions. Obama also directed his administration to move forward… Read moreObama directs EPA to reconsider Bush auto emission policy
For six years, since before the Iraq war began, peace activists in the upstate New York town of Potsdam have held a weekly vigil in front of the village post office. On Jan. 24, they gathered one last time. The… Read morePotsdam peaceniks give Obama a chance
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 País Vasco following a court order by magistrate Baltasar Garzón.
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 Luís Carlos Rodríguez, 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
