Colombia's Atrato River Crisis: a Human Rights Emergency
A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities By Steven Grattan A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, the Atrato River’s main tributary, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Va
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strike Escalates Tensions With Venezuela
The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuela through an unprecedented military deployment and use of force in international waters off its coast. Concerns of further escalation have mounted as U.S. officials signal more strikes are likely to come.
Argentina: Women Face Increased Violence
In a country once lauded as a progressive bastion in Latin America, protections are being dismantled by a populist leader, and...
The Guardian
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Peru: Amnesty Bill Signed into Law
Impunity Granted to Security Forces Violates Peru’s International Obligations President Dina Boluarte during an ordinary session of the...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 19
'Never again': Indigenous Bolivians Sour on Socialism
A Bolivian Indigenous woman walks past a car with campaign posters of Bolivian presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina © MARTIN...
Argentina's discrimination against Trans women
By Erika Noely Moreno, trans activist from Argentina 9 August 2025 Erika Noeli Moreno, a member of Las Historicas, leads an event at the...
Amnesty International
Aug 11
Bolivia: Socialists Lose Support of the Aymara
By Monica Machicao and Lucinda Elliott An Aymara man bangs an empty utensil in a symbol of protest, as the country faces one of its...
Reuters
Aug 11
Peru: President Slams Court’s Call to Suspend Amnesty Law
The amnesty law would shield security forces from accountability for human rights abuses during Peru’s internal conflict. Peruvian...
Al Jazeera
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Argentina: Human Rights Organizations Face Layoffs
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo protest President Javier Milei's reforms in Buenos Aires, January 2024 ©Shutterstock On the grounds of a...
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Paraguay: A Call to Protect Uncontacted Ayoreo
Deusdedit Ruhangariyo Special to ICT Credit: House of uncontacted Ayoreo, discovered when road was bulldozed through their land. The next...
ICT News
Jul 30
Argentina: Survivor Tracks Down "Death Flight" Plane
By Jon Wertheim , Aliza Chasan , Michael Gavshon, Nadim Roberts, Elizabeth Germino The Skyvan airplane is grounded at the former Navy...
CBS News
Jul 30
Argentina: Man Identified as 140th Stolen Grandchild
Adriana Metz Romero is the sister or the recently-identified 'Grandchild No. 140', forcibly taken from his mother in 1977. © Luis Robayo,...
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