Foreign Affairs Minister JosĂ© Antonio GarcĂa Belaunde dismissed findings of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime that Peru is poised to overtake Colombia as the Andes’ top coca producer.
The number of trade unionists murdered around the world increased by 30% in 2009, according to an annual survey released by the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Venezuela’s Fedecámaras filed a complaint at a meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva against the labor and business policies of President Hugo Chávez’s leftist government.
Colombia’s president-elect Juan Manuel Santos says outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is to thank for his victory and promises to hit the FARC guerillas even harder than his predecessor.
Declassified US documents released by the National Security Archive on Colombia’s 1985 Palace of Justice hostage crisis portray an army massacre of guerillas and hostages alike.
Social movements in Peru’s Southern Macro-region held a general strike June 17 through 18, to demand a halt to the natural gas contract with the Camisea LNG consortium. Roads were blocked and businesses shut throughout the affected areas. Parts of… Read morePeru: regional strike paralyzes south over Camisea LNG project
Peruvian National Police clashed with protesting workers of the troubled US-owned Doe Run Peru metal smelter at La Oroya, which faces closure over severe environmental degradation.
Colombian presidential candidates Antanas Mockus and Juan Manuel Santos both went on record supporting the Colombian army’s successful rescue of four hostages held by the FARC guerillas.
Venezuela’s government praised a ruling by a World Bank arbitration panel that should drastically limit compensation ExxonMobil is seeking for the nationalization of its Orinoco oil projects.
The Bolivian National Congress’ lower house has approved the new Law of Judicial Authority, that would create an independent justice system for indigenous communities.
A Hunt Oil-led consortium opened a new liquefied natural gas plant on the Peruvian coast, with President Alan GarcĂa attending the ceremony. But the project has sparked a storm of protest.
In a 24-hour strike, campesinos blocked roads across Peru’s Cusco region to demand the reconstruction of irrigation infrastructure destroyed in the January floods.
