Latin America
Peru mine conflict pits David against Goliath
June 5, 2012The action, emblematic of conflict throughout Latin America between local people and multi-national mining corporations, resulted in violent confrontation.
Read moreBrazil probes dictatorship’s human rights abuses
May 29, 2012Brazil's government will now investigate human rights violations committed by the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
Read moreMarcha Patriotica takes shape in Colombia
May 2, 2012Marchers, 100,000 of them, filled the Plaza Bolivar in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
Read moreUnited States adds bases in South America
April 26, 2012Until 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.
Read moreAmericas summit displays “consensus without Washington”
April 17, 2012Summit of the Americas reflected a shift from the "Washington Consensus" to the "consensus without Washington."
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