Their forefathers were enslaved. Now, 400 years later, their children will be landowners
It was a modest ceremony for such a significant victory: it is not every day that the descendants of enslaved people are given the title...
The Guardian
Mar 5, 2018
Argentina 'dirty war' killer gets house arrest
An 88-year-old former police officer serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during Argentina's dictatorship was...
Genocide Watch
Dec 29, 2017
Argentina: Ex-Ford executives on trial for aiding 1970s dictatorship torture
Two former Ford executives are facing court, accused of helping Argentina's military kidnap and torture workers during the 1976-1983...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Dec 19, 2017
As Venezuela collapses, children are dying of hunger
SAN CASIMIRO, Venezuela — Kenyerber Aquino Merchán was 17 months old when he starved to death. His father left before dawn to bring him...
New York Times 1
Dec 17, 2017
Venezuela: Hunger by Default
What happened? On 14 November, credit ratings agencies declared Venezuela in partial default on its foreign debt, after the country...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 23, 2017
Unearthing a Massacre in Peru
By David Gonzalez Silent clues to a violent past are buried among the scores of mass graves that dot Chungui district in the mountainous...
New York Times 1
Oct 19, 2017
Venezuela: Video Footage Exposes Brutal Repression
Human Rights Watch issued a multimedia report today that shows the scale and brutality of violent repression of protests by Venezuelan...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 21, 2017
Colombia's Farc has completed disarmament, UN says
Farc rebels in Colombia have handed over all of their personal weapons, completing the transfer of arms a day ahead of a revised...
BBC News
Jun 27, 2017
Conflict Exacerbates in Chocó
According to the Bishop of Quibdó: In Chocó (one department of Colombia) 20 out of the 30 municipalities have been declared in a state of...
ABColombia
Apr 30, 2017
Brazil police, indigenous people clash in land rights protest
Brazilian military police in front of Congress fired tear gas and rubber bullets at indigenous protesters, who responded with arrows and...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Apr 26, 2017
Armed Civilian Bands in Venezuela Prop Up Unpopular President
By Patricia Torres and Nicholas Casey An antigovernment protester threw back a tear-gas canister fired by the National Police. Hundreds...
New York Times 1
Apr 22, 2017
Brazil’s land war between Indigenous people and farmers: ‘We just need to be home’
Genito Gomes, third from left, is one of a group of Kaiowa who filed a claim for land but, subsequently, have been driven off of it three...
The Globe and Mail
Apr 7, 2017
