President Evo Morales declared an end to the “colonial state” in Bolivia as voters approved his new constitution by a 62% majority, granting unprecedented rights to indigenous peoples.
Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed to Obama to lift the Cuba embargo, while Cuba’s Fidel Castro said “despite [Obama’s] noble intentions,” fundamental contradictions remain in the capitalist system.
On Jan. 21 Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Castro met with former Cuban president Fidel Castro Ruz during a brief visit to Havana. In a column published the same day, Castro said his discussion with Fernández was “intense and interesting,… Read moreCuba: Fidel Castro reappears
At an economic summit in Cartagena with his regional rival, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez denied supporting the FARC guerillas or any other “subversive” activity.
Julio César Ardila Torres, the former mayor of the Colombian oil port of Barrancabermeja, has been found guilty of ordering the 2003 murder of local journalist José Emeterio Rivas by paramilitaries.
Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur on torture, called on the Obama administration to prosecute George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld for torture and ill-treatment of detainees at Guantánamo Bay.
President Barack Obama Jan. 26 directed the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider the Bush administration decision that prevented California and 17 other states from setting their own, stricter limits on auto emissions. Obama also directed his administration to move forward… Read moreObama directs EPA to reconsider Bush auto emission policy
For six years, since before the Iraq war began, peace activists in the upstate New York town of Potsdam have held a weekly vigil in front of the village post office. On Jan. 24, they gathered one last time. The… Read morePotsdam peaceniks give Obama a chance
A statement on Gaza by Iran’s besieged student opposition condemns Israeli war crimes—but also exploitation of the issue by the Tehran regime and Islamist groups in the region.
Greek farmers continued their blockades on the borders with Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey to demand the government provide relief for inflated fuel prices.
About a dozen members of the new leadership of the Basque political opposition were arrested in several towns across Spain’s País Vasco following a court order by magistrate Baltasar Garzón.
The day after a massive La Paz rally in favor of Bolivia’s new constitution that goes to a popular vote on Sunday, President Evo Morales signed a decree nationalizing the British-owned Chaco Oil Company.
