Warnings about destabilization in Venezuela should be taken seriously
Acting President Maduro accused a group of right wing former U.S. officials of working to destabilize Venezuela and strongly suggested that his election opponent is in contact with those circles.
Latin Americans meet without the “boss”
"It has cost us almost 70-80 years to have a meeting together with peoples of the Caribbean and without the boss from the North."
School of the Americas: key tool for empire
"How would you describe the School of the Americas?" "As a school of assassins, torturers, and leaders of coups."
What would Romney-Ryan Latin America policy look like?
A Romney administration Latin America policy would return us to the same policies which brought about tens of thousands of deaths in Central America before.
Romney's Bain Capital connected to Salvador death squads?
A new dimension of the story of Mitt Romney has now emerged, namely the possible connection of Bain, and Romney, to violent political circles in Latin America.
Crackdown on illegal pet trade
Over 8,700 birds and other animals have been seized - and 4,000+ people arrested - in what appears to be a large-scale crackdown on the black market Latin American bird trade.
Peru mine conflict pits David against Goliath
The action, emblematic of conflict throughout Latin America between local people and multi-national mining corporations, resulted in violent confrontation.
Brazil probes dictatorship's human rights abuses
Brazil's government will now investigate human rights violations committed by the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
Marcha Patriotica takes shape in Colombia
Marchers, 100,000 of them, filled the Plaza Bolivar in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
United States adds bases in South America
Until recently, the United States has operated 22 U.S. military bases in Latin America, 800 worldwide. Now there are two more, one in Chile and another in Argentina.
