Mali elections go smoothly, but problems remain
In a runoff presidential election on August 12, former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita easily beat engineer Soumaila Cisse.
Court throws out Guatemala genocide verdict
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on May 20 threw out the guilty verdict of General Efrain Rios-Montt on technical grounds, plunging the whole country into a state of new insecurity.
U.S. taxes support Venezuelan right-wing opposition
Venezuelan right-wing opposition receives substantial support from a not-often mentioned source: United States taxpayers.
Demand for inquiry into France's role in assassination of African leader
On Feb. 13, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies tabled a motion to begin a parliamentary investigation of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, in 1987.
The cost of renewed U.S. control in Paraguay
Paraguay interests the U.S. government now because it's close to unruly Bolivia, because of oil deposits, the Guaraní fresh water aquifer, and lawlessness in the tri-border area.
Mali, imperialism, and “Françafrique”
About 3,000 French troops have now entered the war in Mali, at the request of Malian President Dioncounda Traoré.
After four decades, Victor Jara’s killers charged
Eight former army lieutenants have been charged in the killing of communist singer and songwriter Victor Jara in 1973.
On the 202nd anniversary of Mexican independence
On Sept.16, Mexico celebrated its two hundred and second independence day. Is independence slipping through the Mexican people's fingers?
What's behind the coup in Mali?
On March 22, soldiers of the Republic of Mali in West Africa, led by junior officers, carried out a coup d'état against the elected president, Amadou Toumani Touré.
Europe and Africa: a genocidal history
During the "scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century, Germany had entered the game partly for economic and partly for geopolitical reasons.
