The American Civil Liberties Union will represent University of Pittsburgh students arrested during the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh—some of whom say they weren’t even protesting.
Internationally-known Mexican environmentalist and forest defender Felipe Arreaga was killed while driving his ATV in Petatlan, Guerrero.
Taking a cue from Argentina’s Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, relatives of disappeared persons staged a loud demonstration in Tijuana.
The African Union and France are threatening sanctions after the Guinean army fired on protesters in the capital, Conakry, killing 157.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yuracare indigenous people and coca-growers clashed over control of land in Isiboro National Park in northern Bolivia, leaving one dead.
An officer of Peru’s National Police was killed as protesting metal workers clashed with security forces at the economically troubled La Oroya smelter.
