Survival International reports that indigenous communities of the Sierra de Perijá in Venezuela are being threatened by Colombian rebels, who violate their land rights, demand resources and threaten leaders.
Two striking workers were shot dead during a confrontation with the authorities at the Mitsubishi auto factory in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released three captured police agents and one soldier to a humanitarian mission in the jungles of the southern Colombian department of Caquetá.
A group of 15 gunmen took over the oldest synagogue in Caracas Friday night, ransacking the sanctuary, desecrating Torahs and spray-painting walls with anti-Semitic slogans.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed the “peaceful climate” in Bolivia during the constitutional referendum—but Facebook removed a group that advocated assassination of President Evo Morales.
President Evo Morales declared an end to the “colonial state” in Bolivia as voters approved his new constitution by a 62% majority, granting unprecedented rights to indigenous peoples.
At an economic summit in Cartagena with his regional rival, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez denied supporting the FARC guerillas or any other “subversive” activity.
Julio César Ardila Torres, the former mayor of the Colombian oil port of Barrancabermeja, has been found guilty of ordering the 2003 murder of local journalist José Emeterio Rivas by paramilitaries.
The day after a massive La Paz rally in favor of Bolivia’s new constitution that goes to a popular vote on Sunday, President Evo Morales signed a decree nationalizing the British-owned Chaco Oil Company.
Peru is seeking to double investments in energy and infrastructure this year, including a $1 billion natural-gas pipeline. The government is targeting $2.3 billion from foreign and domestic firms, up from $1.1 billion in 2008, said LuĂs Carlos RodrĂguez, director… Read morePeru seeks investment for gas pipeline, energy projects
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez praised Barack Obama for ordering the closure of Guantánamo only days after accusing him of “throwing stones” at Venezuela and following in the footsteps of Bush.
Two police officers were killed and four were seriously injured while evicting hundreds of peasant families from Bosque de PĂłmac nature preserve in northern Peru.
