North Africa
Algeria claims blow against AQIM
Three armed Islamists, including a senior member of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), were apprehended in Algeria, in what authorities call a "fatal blow" to the network.
Greater Middle East
Yemen: AQAP blows up gas pipeline
Presumed militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) blew up a pipeline pumping liquefied gas to Yemen’s southern Balhaf export terminal, halting operations.
Southern Cone
Chile urged to ensure justice for victims of enforced disappearances
A panel of UN human rights experts urged Chile to make sure that people who have been convicted of enforced disappearances all serve their sentences.
Mexico
Mexico: victory for campesino struggle against La Parota dam
The governor of Mexico’s Guerrero state signed an agreement with campesino communities pledging not to move ahead with La Parota hydro-dam without their consent.
The Andes
Bolivia: Aymara communities occupy Oruro mine
Aymara campesinos are occupying installations of the Inti Raymi Mining Company outside the Altiplano city of Oruro, in protest of the pollution of local water sources.
The Andes
Peru: Newmont Mining to abandon Conga project?
As protests continue in defiance of a state of emergency, the CEO of Newmont Mining acknowledged that conditions do not exist to move ahead with the giant Conga project.
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Watching the Shadows
Coup d’etat at Amnesty International?
Amnesty International USA's executive director Suzanne Nossel is a State Department veteran who is leading the human rights group into an accommodation with US imperialism.
Planet Watch
Keystone vs Enbridge: race or stratagem?
As work commences on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, it emerges that TransCanada’s supposed rival Enbridge is quietly but rapidly expanding its own US pipeline network.
The Andes
Will Ecuador deport asylum-seeker to ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’?
Just as Ecuador has granted asylum to Julian Assange, President Rafael Correa’s government moves to rescind the asylum status granted to a whistleblower from Belarus.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: stateless ‘Haitians’ arrested for demonstrating
Police agents used tear gas to stop a group of Dominican youths of Haitian descent from marching to demand that the government respect their rights as citizens.
Central America
Guatemala: military removes squatters in capital —twice
The military forced 100 impoverished families to move out of land in Guatemala City where they’d lived since January—and removed them again when they tried to settle nearby.