The Andes

Peru: massacre victims exhumed in Ayacucho

Investigators exhumed 21 bodies at a remote hamlet in Peru's Andes—believed to be those of peasants massacred on suspicion of being guerilla collaborators in 1984.

Africa

ICC opens new Central African Republic inquiry

Following a preliminary examination, the International Criminal Court prosecutor has opened a formal inquiry into ongoing probable war crimes in the Central African Republic.

The Andes

Protest Ollanta Humala in New York City

Peru's President Ollanta Humala will be honored by the free-trade-boosting Americas Society on Thursday night. New York activists will be there to protest.

Afghanistan

Warlords cut deal on Afghan electoral dispute

The deal that ended Afghanistan's electoral deadlock was brokered by the country's leading war criminals—and the US hopes to follow up with a "status of forces" agreement.

South Asia

Coup for Delhi in Sino-Indian space race

India's Mars orbiter arrives at the red planet just days after NASA's latest probe. These missions are less about "science" than geopolitics on Earth—the New Cold War with China.

The Andes

Peru: Newmont behind water authority shake-up?

Activists charge that a regional director of Peru's Water Authority was sacked for refusing to approve "relocation" of a mountain lake in preparation for the Conga mega-mine.

The Andes

Peru: rural mayor killed in jungle unrest

The mayor of a jungle pueblo was among three killed in clashes during a general strike related to the Camisea gas pipeline in Peru's Convención Valley.