Five large non-Western economies are planning a new development bank, but activists say the bank's impact will depend on the ability of the countries' populations to mobilize.
Prosecutors in Brazil called for compensation to a Guarani indigenous community forced by land usurpation into a roadside camp where eight have been killed by motorists.
Hundreds of campesino families sat in at 18 bank branches in three Brazilian states to demand that the government restore cuts to a low-income housing program.
Released documents reveal that US diplomats didn't "condone" the use of torture and summary executions by the Brazilian dictatorship—but they certainly didn't condemn it.
A Chilean judge has now confirmed old suspicions that US intelligence agents "played a fundamental role" in the murders of two US citizens in the wake of the 1973 military coup.
Chile's Socialist president Bachelet says she'll "achieve progress" on indigenous issues, but activists can't forget the lack of progress in her previous administration.
Years of protests have succeeded in blocking a giant dam project in southern Chile, but Barrick Gold is still working to reopen construction at its mammoth Pascua Lama mine.
Brazilian authorities managed to neutralize some—but only some—of the protesters seeking to disrupt the opening of the multi-billion dollar World Cup championship.
"There won't be a Cup; there'll be a strike," school teachers said in Rio, joining tens of thousands protesting government policies as the soccer championship opens.
A Chilean court completed the 10-year investigation into the origin of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's fortune and suspected embezzlement of public funds.
Activists across Latin America participated in international protests against Monsanto and Chevron—but some "pink tide" governments continue to cozy up to Chevron.
Buenos Aires residents go on fighting the "tale of two cities" policies of Mayor Macri, while in Santiago del Estero an editor is charged with "terrorism."
