Three retired Chilean military officers were charged with the murder of 14 prisoners in the 1973 “Caravan of Death,” in which some 90 political prisoners were killed.
After a visit to Chile, UN special rapporteur for indigenous rights James Anaya found there is evidence that police use excessive violence against the indigenous Mapuche communities.
Indigenous rights groups have issued an urgent plea for the protection of uncontacted peoples in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay, as cattle ranchers encroach on their territory.
Some 2,000 campesina women occupied a eucalyptus plantation outside Porto Alegre as the second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development convened in the city.
The Argentinian government harshly condemned Leon Panetta, the new CIA director, for warning of an economic crisis in the country, calling it an “unacceptable interference” in its affairs.
Authorities in Argentina gave a “traditionalist” Catholic bishop 10 days to leave the country or be expelled after he caused an international imbroglio by denying the extent of the Holocaust.
A court in La Araucania, Chile, charged indigenous Mapuche activist Miguel Angel Tapia Huenulef under the country’s Anti-terrorism Law after explosives were reportedly found in a police raid of his home.
Brazilian police arrested 51 members of two supposed narcotics gangs in simultaneous raids in eight states—days after a raid in Rio’s favelas left 10 dead.
Ex-Argentine president Carlos Menem made his first appearance at a trial in which he is accused of clandestine arms sales to Croatia. He also faces charges in the deadly 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish center attack.
On Dec. 22 the second chamber of Argentina’s federal appeals court confirmed that “there is no medical examination that would justify” releasing Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, the first president of the 1976-1983 military regime, from prison. The ruling upholds an… Read moreArgentina: rights violators stay in jail
The Argentine government, the opposition and grassroots organizations all marked Dec. 10 as the 25th anniversary of the return of democratic rule after a bloody 1976-1983 military dictatorship. The Mothers (Founding Line) and the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo—organizations… Read moreArgentina: mass graves excavated
On Nov. 25 Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced an economic stimulus package that includes tax breaks for Argentines who repatriate money they’ve sent abroad and invest it in infrastructure, real estate, agriculture, industry or government bonds; tax breaks… Read moreArgentina: government announces stimulus
