Prosecutors in Peru are seeking a 30-year prison term for Vladimiro Montesinos, former intelligence chief under autocratic president and convicted political criminal Alberto Fujimori.
A bill introduced in Peru’s congress to ammend the libel law would be a threat to the freedom of press, especially for small and independent outlets, say journalists and other media professionals.
Police in Peru fired tear gas to disperse protesters blocking a highway near Pisco. The protesters were denouncing government inaction on helping the southern town rebuild from a 2007 earthquake.
At the South American summit in Quito, Hugo Chávez warned that the “winds of war are beginning to blow” on the continent—a day after accusing Colombian troops of a border incursion.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales announced he will request that South American leaders reject the opening of foreign military bases on the continent at the upcoming Quiot summit.
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.
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.
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.
President Hugo Chávez withdrew his ambassador from Bogotá to protest charges by Colombia that weapons found in the hands of the FARC were sold by Sweden to Venezuela.
