Colombia deported four Venezuelan National Guards allegedly detained on Colombian territory, as Hugo Chávez charged Barack Obama with conspiring to invade his country “utilizing Colombia.”
The New York Times portrays the Venezuelan energy crisis as a result of Hugo Chávez’s nationalizations—as the Inter-American Development Bank funds a disastrous hydro-power complex.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 199th anniversary of the Bolivian army, President Evo Morales warned that the US has designs on the country’s resources—naming gas, iron and lithium.
The Peruvian government is aggressively touting claims that international oil majors are about to return to the country’s rainforest after being scared off by political instability for nearly a generation.
The Peruvian government’s unprecedented attempt to destroy the country’s Amazon indigenous movement has been condemned by indigenous leaders from Africa, the Arctic and around the world.
As a BP-led partnership formally takes control of Iraq’s biggest oilfield, local politicians from across the spectrum invoke resentful memories of their nation’s colonial past.
Peter Galbraith, leading advocate of a “three-state solution” for Iraq, stands to profit from oil deals with the Kurdish regional government—but Baghdad still controls the pipeline.
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced federal trials for five 9-11 suspects—while implying that other Gitmo detainees will face military commissions.
The US is seeking to seize the assets of Islamic charity the Alavi Foundation, claiming that the organization is actually controlled by the Iranian government and funds Tehran’s nuclear program.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell nearly 46% to the lowest annual loss on record in 2009, the government reports—but environmentalists warn that the rainforest is still being destroyed.
A report in the journal Science finds contraction of Greenland’s ice sheet is accelerating, as the binational Lake Titicaca Authority warns that water levels in the lake have fallen dangerously.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tokyo despite a heavy police presence during Barack Obama’s visit to demand an end to US bases under the banner “Break up the Japan-US summit.”
