An employee of the controversial Yanacocha gold mine in Peru’s Cajamarca region was arrested for the slaying of a local campesino leader who opposed the mine’s expansion.
A proposed law in Peru would impose a prison term for “denial” of Sendero Luminoso’s terrorism, but critics insist that if the law is instated it should also include “state terrorism.”
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos rejected a proposal by the FARC for a ceasefire during talks set to begin in Oslo next mont to end to the country's long civil war.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged Venezuelan authorities “to conduct a thorough investigation” into claims of a massacre at a remote Yanomami setlement.
The US State Department issued a finding that Mexico’s ex-president Ernesto Zedillo should be immune from a suit brought against him in connection with the 1997 Acteal massacre.
"Leftists" in the West are waxing paranoid about how the Syrian revolutionaries are a bunch of jihadists. But if the West intervenes in Mali, they will likely be rooting for jihadists—again.
Women at the International Peoples’ Health Tribunal (IPHT) at San Miguel Ixtahuacán in Guatemala’s western Highlands, site of the giant Marlin open-pit gold mine that is one of the most important projects of Canadian major Goldcorp Inc—linked to grave health… Read moreGuatemalan campesinos put Goldcorp on trial
In the third day of mass protests, Palestinians marched throughout West Bank cities on Sept. 6, calling on the Palestinian Authority to set a minimum wage, create jobs for the unemployed and lower university fees. Taxi drivers, angry at a… Read morePalestinian Spring
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said he would resign if that is the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost of living.
Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the state to release the “red lines document” which purportedly established the minimum caloric intake required for Gaza residents.
While the Democrats are partying in Charlotte, the drone war in Yemen has gone into “overdrive,” leaving scores dead in recent days—to little notice in the US media.
With Tehran revealed to be supplying Damascus with arms through Iraqi airspace, events in Syria could be propelling the US towards unprecedented military commitments.
