The Andes
Colombia: peace talks with ELN guerillas?
Colombia's government says it hopes to extend the peace process to the ELN guerillas—and claims to have identified the remains of their revered founder, Camilo Torres.
The Andes
New post-conflict ‘Plan Colombia’ foreseen
President Juan Manuel Santos meets at the White House with Barack Obama to mark 15 years since the initiation of the Plan Colombia—and discuss a "post-conflict" aid package.
The Andes
Bolivia: arrest in ‘disappearance’ of socialist leader
Authorities in Bolivia announced the arrest of Felipe Molina AKA "El Killer"—long wanted in the 1980 "disappearance" and probable assassination of socialist leader Marcelo Quiroga.
Greater Middle East
US must choose between Turkey and anti-ISIS fight
The US aids Syrian Kurds against ISIS even as it acquiesces in Turkey's counterinsurgency against allied Kurdish forces just across the border—undermining anti-ISIS unity.
Greater Middle East
Counterpunch: platform for Assad regime flack
Counterpunch runs a piece of abject revisionism on the Syrian Revolution by Bouthaina Shaaban, official public relations advisor for the genocidal regime of Bashar Assad.
East Asia
Taipei presses South China Sea territorial claims
President Ma Ying-jeou's provocative visit to the disputed Spratly Islands seems aimed at pressing the incoming Tsai Ing-wen to adopt a "one China" position.
Relief for Libya’s ‘Chinese Camp’?
The conflict in Libya has meant war between two ethnic groups in the remote Sahara, with the Tebu loyal to the "official" government in the country's east and the Tuareg recognizing the Islamist regime that holds Tripoli. Fighting between the… Read moreRelief for Libya’s ‘Chinese Camp’?
North Africa
Morocco: Polisario blamed in death of Berber activist
The conflict over Western Sahara spilled into Morocco as clashes between Berber and Sahrawi Arab students at universities in Marrakech and Agadir left two dead.
Greater Middle East
Kurds caught in Russo-Turkish game… again
With Turkey insisting that the Syrian Kurds be barred from upcoming Geneva peace talks, Russia is pressing for their participation—while pursuing its grisly campaign of aerial terror.
Africa
Cameroonians between army and Boko Haram
As Boko Haram continues its campaign of suicide attacks in northern Cameroon, the army is enforcing a "free-fire zone" along the Nigerian border, claiming still more local lives.
The Andes
Signs mount of grave Andean climate crisis
Water shortages and wildfires are reported across Colombia, while Bolivia's second largest lake has completely evaporated amid this year's devastating El Niño phenomenon.
The Andes
Colombia: convictions in ‘false positive’ killings
Two former Colombian army colonels received long prison terms for extrajudicial executions of peasants and workers falsely reported as guerilla battlefield deaths.