As of March 26 sources in the Mexican military had admitted that it was probably soldiers who killed two students the early morning of March 20 in front of a prestigious university in Monterrey.
On Feb. 26 the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) charged that the Costa Rican government in effect “illegally established a ‘yellow’ trade union” for 1,500 dockworkers.
Former US presidents George W. Bush (2001-2009) and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) visited Haiti for one day on March 22 to call for international aid for the country.
On March 12 several hundred Haitian students and activists gathered at a memorial service for Jean Anil Louis-Juste, a sociology professor shot dead in downtown Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12.
Several thousand marched in Tegucigalpa to demand an end to the escalation of repression, and against the neoliberal policies of the new Honduran government.
In a sign that the administration is preparing a return to military tribunals at Guantánamo, the Pentagon installed a retired admiral with international law experience to run the war court.
A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against nine suspected members of the “Hutaree” militia group accused of plotting deadly attacks on police officers.
Russian authorities say they suspect a North Caucasus militant group in the coordinated suicide blasts that left at least 35 dead on the Moscow metro.
If violence continues to escalate in northern Mexico, will the US intervene militarily? Will it happen this year? Our readers weigh in…
Colombia’s Sen. Piedad Córdoba is overseeing the release of two soldiers held by the FARC guerillas, even as authorities claimed a blow against the FARC’s financial networks.
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe announced that pending a decision on the penalty for possession, police will for now only be permitted to confiscate drugs rather than make an arrest.
At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside the mayor’s office in the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura.
