Bolivian authorities say the dismantling of a commando made up mainly of foreign mercenaries could lead to the people behind around a dozen different attacks carried out since 2006 in Santa Cruz.
Miners blocked roads and port facilities in Mexico to protest the firing of hundreds of striking workers at the giant Cananea copper mine in northern Sonora state.
In a ceremony in Managua, Nicaraguan National Police director Aminta Granera and US ambassador Robert Callahan signed an agreement making Nicaragua a member of the Mérida Initiative.
Three retired Chilean military officers were charged with the murder of 14 prisoners in the 1973 “Caravan of Death,” in which some 90 political prisoners were killed.
The planned diamond mine at the centre of an international controversy over the forced relocation of Botswana’s Bushmen has been shelved due to the global recession.
The federal trial of a former US soldier accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in 2006 began Monday. Former US Army Pfc. Steven Green is also charged with killing the girl’s family.
Suspected Somali pirates who attempted to board an Italian cruise ship but were repulsed by Israeli security guards were later picked up by the Seychelles coast guard backed up by French forces.
Pakistani security forces backed by warplanes and helicopters launched a new operation in Buner district near the Swat Valley, bombing suspected Taliban targets. The Pentagon applauded the move.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki denounced a US military raid as violating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), and demanded the soldiers involved be turned over to Iraqi authorities.
At the first global gathering of indigenous peoples on climate change, delegates meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, demanded an immediate moratorium on new fossil fuel development.
Our April issue featured stories on the militarization of the Mexican border, the need for a general amnesty for undocumented immigrants, and the opportunity represented by the financial crisis to reboot America for the post-petroleum age. Our multiple-choice April Exit… Read moreOur readers write: How rad is Obama’s agenda?
Mauritanian exile and refugee organizations are calling for an independent commission to investigate the crimes of former dictator Maouya Ould Taya before scheduled elections go ahead in June.
