Is Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” a creation of George Soros, the National Endowment for Democracy and Julian Assange? No, but that hasn’t stopped Moammar Qaddafi from mouthing off.
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, returning to the country from French exile, was charged with corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other unnamed crimes.
For the second year in a row, a federal court in Columbus, Georgia, has sentenced activists to six-month prison terms for trespassing on the US Army’s Fort Benning base.
Guyana’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was recognizing Palestine as an independent nation. Guyana is the sixth South American country to do this in a little more than a month.
Thousands of Haitians turned out for religious ceremonies in Port-au-Prince to mark the one-year anniversary of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled much of the capital and surrounding area.
Students at the University of Puerto Rico renewed militant protests around economic issues as the school reopened following winter holidays.
Honduran campesino leader Juan Ramón Chinchilla was safe and was staying in an undisclosed location on Jan. 11 after two days in captivity.
Honduras’ National Congress passed reforms the Constitution that would open the way to changing key elements of the document–including the ban on presidential reelection–by popular referendum.
Peasants blocked roads to protest mining plans in Peru’s central Andean region of Ancash, as presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo pledged a tougher hand on the mineral sector.
Members of the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposed to La Parota Dam (CECOP) erected a blockade to prevent access of the Federal Electrical Commission to the dam construction site.
2010 saw 15,273 drug-related deaths in Mexico—another record year since President Felipe Calderón launched his offensive against the country’s narco-gangs in 2006.
Mexican authorities announced the detainment of David Romo Guillén, leader of the “Santa Muerte” cult, on charges of leading a kidnapping gang that impersonated gunmen from Los Zetas.
