The state agency PeruPetro pledges to go ahead with delayed Amazon oil auctions by year’s end—despite the threat of renewed protests by indigenous groups.
The 18,000-year-old Chacaltaya glacier overlooking La Paz has vanished six years earlier than scientists predicted, threatening water supplies to the Bolivian capital.
At least 185 Lou Nuer tribespeople were killed in South Sudan's Jonglei state by Murle fighters. The fighting has claimed several hundred lives this year—more than in Darfur.
Five agents were killed when some 50 Shining Path guerillas attacked a police base in the Ene and Apurimac River Valley (VRAE), where a counter-insurgency operation is underway.
Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke out Aug. 3 in defense of his colleagues Rafael Correa of Ecuador and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, saying the charges of their links to Colombia’s FARC guerillas are an “montage to discredit revolutionary presidents.” Last… Read moreEvo Morales defends anti-imperialist allies
In a ceremony in eastern Santa Cruz region, President Evo Morales unveiled provisions of the new constitution allowing indigenous communities to vote on instating local rule.
The Mexican newspaper Milenio finds that July was the bloodiest month in the country since President Felipe Calderón took office, with 854 killed in narco-violence.
A judge sentenced 15 members of Colombia’s military to between four and 30 years in prison for killing two civilians they tried to disguise as guerillas killed in combat.
Venezuelan Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega proposed legislation to limit the media’s freedom of expression in certain circumstances, citing the importance of national security.
Trials have begun of 100 protesters arrested following Iran’s disputed June election. The charges against the defendants include participating in an attempted “Velvet Revolution.”
China will begin trials over the next weeks for suspects accused in last month’s deadly riots in Xinjiang. Human rights groups have little confidence the tribunals will be fair.
Chinese human rights group Gongmeng announced that its co-founder, prominent attorney Xu Zhiyong, was arrested at his home four days ago and has not been heard from since.
