The Andes

Peru: Cajamarca regional strike remobilizes

Campesinos in Peru’s Cajamarca region pledge to block operations of Newmont Mining company that they say are preparatory to the controversial Conga gold mine project.

Greater Middle East

Bahrain: police charged with torturing protesters

Seven police officers in Bahrain have been charged with torturing medical professionals who were detained during opposition protests. The medics themselves remain in prison.

New York City

Occupy Wall Street: one year later

The one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street may herald a revival of the movement—but continued hedging on an anti-capitalist analysis bottlenecks its potential.

Greater Middle East

Oman blogger imprisoned, fined for slander

Omani blogger Mukhtar bin Mohammed bin Saif al-Hinai was sentenced to one year of imprisonment on charges of slander and violating the country's information technology laws.

Iran

Unprecedented maneuvers in Strait of Hormuz

With two US warships headed for Libya, 25 nations led by the US are converging on the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz for naval maneuvers on an unprecedented scale.

Afghanistan

From Afghanistan to Tunisia: back to GWOT?

Both imperialism and political Islam see in the current crisis the opportunity to revive the dystopian dialectic of jihad-versus-GWOT—and reverse the gains of the Arab Spring.

Southern Cone

Chile: outrage explodes on the ‘other 9-11’

Santiago exploded into a night of street fighting that left one officer of the Carabineros dead after a court ruled that President Salvador Allende committed suicide during the 1973 coup.