Brazil: Secret Process to Change Human Rights Policy
Exclusion of Civil Society from Discussions Raises Concern The administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro should ensure that...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 19, 2021
Chile police officer sentenced for killing of Mapuche farmer on 'historic day'
Charis McGowan in Santiago Fri 29 Jan 2021 11.00 GMT Camilo Catrillanca, 24, was shot during a vehicle chase Case highlights treatment of...
The Guardian
Jan 30, 2021
Killing of two girls stokes outrage over Brazil's horrific toll of black lives
Tom Phillips in Duque de Caxias Mon 7 Dec 2020 18.43 GMT Shooting of cousins aged just four and seven, allegedly by police, heightens...
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Dec 11, 2020
Peru's President Merino resigns after deadly crackdown on protesters
Peru's interim president has resigned, a day after two people died during protests against his government.
BBC News
Nov 24, 2020
Colombia’s Peace at Stake in Polarised Election
Colombians head to the polls on 27 May to choose a new president. The frontrunners have starkly different views on peace talks with...
International Crisis Group 1
May 29, 2018
Luis García Meza, Bolivian Dictator Jailed for Genocide, Dies at 88
Gen. Luis García Meza with President Lidia Gueiler of Bolivia. He was installed as president in 1980 after she was deposed in a military...
New York Times 1
May 12, 2018
‘Genocide of Black People’: The Killing of Afro-Brazilians by Police Is an Injustice Marielle Franco
Artists like Juliana Fervo have painted murals of Marielle Franco across Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Kiratiana Freelon) They walked 2.5 miles...
Kiratiana Freelon | The Root
Apr 26, 2018
OPINION: The Death of a Genocide
MEXICO CITY — The man who sent my parents to their death, along with thousands of other people, died while under house arrest a few weeks...
New York Times 1
Mar 20, 2018
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
