Africa
Guinea: crackdown toll nears 160
The African Union and France are threatening sanctions after the Guinean army fired on protesters in the capital, Conakry, killing 157.
The Andes
Venezuela: South America-Africa summit meets
Nearly 30 heads of state attended the Second Africa-South America Summit on Isla Margarita, Venezuela, to increase trade and economic development cooperation between the two regions.
Southern Cone
Argentina: “death flight” pilot arrested
Spanish police arrested former Argentine military pilot Juan Alberto Poch on charges that he flew “death flights” in which some 1,000 dissidents were thrown from planes into the sea.
The Amazon
Ecuador: Chevron tries new dodge in lawsuit
Chevron asked the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to shift responsibility to Ecuador for paying any money that Amazon residents might win in a suit over environmental damage.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Brazil, US push for more maquilas
Brazilian and US commerce representatives ratified a plan to allow Brazilian companies operating in Haiti to export products to the US without paying customs fees.
Central America
Honduras: will maquilas survive the coup?
Jesús Canahuati, former president of the Honduran Maquiladora Association (AHM), protested that the coup regime’s two-day curfew alone had cost the country $50 million a day.
Central America
Honduras: coup regime backs off from emergency decree
Honduras’ de facto government backed off from an emergency decree that barred protests and limited free speech after congressional leaders warned that they would not support the measure.
The Andes
Bolivia: cocaleros clash with indigenous people
Yuracare indigenous people and coca-growers clashed over control of land in Isiboro National Park in northern Bolivia, leaving one dead.
The Andes
Peru: police officer killed in metal worker protest
An officer of Peru’s National Police was killed as protesting metal workers clashed with security forces at the economically troubled La Oroya smelter.
Central America
Zelaya: “death squads” operating in Honduras
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya charged that “there are death squads” operating in in the country that the world doesn’t know about.
The Andes
Peru: no global warming skeptics in Huaraz
As international experts gather in Lima to debate the impacts of global warming on the Andean region, local campesinos are already feeling its effects in Huaraz.
Central America
Zelaya back in Honduras?
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has reportedly taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, and is calling for resistance leaders to converge on the capital.