University of Puerto Rico (UPR) students and their supporters began a series of mass civil disobedience actions, blocking entrances to the RĂo Piedras campus in San Juan to escalate their protest against a $800 surcharge on tuition.
Photo: CMI-Puerto Rico
For the second year in a row, a federal court in Columbus, Georgia, has sentenced activists to six-month prison terms for trespassing on the US Army’s Fort Benning base.
Guyana’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was recognizing Palestine as an independent nation. Guyana is the sixth South American country to do this in a little more than a month.
Thousands of Haitians turned out for religious ceremonies in Port-au-Prince to mark the one-year anniversary of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled much of the capital and surrounding area.
Students at the University of Puerto Rico renewed militant protests around economic issues as the school reopened following winter holidays.
Honduran campesino leader Juan RamĂłn Chinchilla was safe and was staying in an undisclosed location on Jan. 11 after two days in captivity.
Honduras’ National Congress passed reforms the Constitution that would open the way to changing key elements of the document–including the ban on presidential reelection–by popular referendum.
Mexican activists, local residents and state authorities committed to working for the rights of Central American immigrants at the conclusion of a caravan from Chiapas to Oaxaca.
Argentine labor ministry inspectors announced the discovery of 199 farm workers in conditions close to slavery on estates in the area of San Pedro, Buenos Aires province.
Criticism of both the Haitian government and the international community continues to mount as the Jan. 12 anniversary of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake approaches.
The group Haitian Women’s Solidarity demanded international charges against the UN “peacekeeping force” in Haiti for introducing cholera to the nation.
It was still unclear when or whether the second round of Haiti’s controversial Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections would take place.
