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.
Colombian army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the forced disappearance of 11 civilians in the 1985 army siege of the Palace of Justice.
A heavily armed commando of the Colombian National Army attacked striking workers who have been occupying BP’s Tauramena gas processing facility in Casanare department.
Colombia’s ruling-party presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos has won the first round—amid complaints about vote-buying, fraud, violence and other irregularities.
The government of Bolivia announced a preliminary study for a program of uranium exploration in PotosĂ department, and broached the possibility of uranium exports to Venezuela.
Four lion cubs freed under Bolivia’s circus-animal ban arrived in San Francisco, heading to a new life in a northern California refuge run by the Performing Animal Welfare Society.
Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will negotiate with the “Ayllus Guerreros” that have declared a “red zone” in PotosĂ department after the killing of four national police officers.
