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- Former Argentine dictator Videla Dies in Prison at Age 87
Reuters | Hugh Bronstein - Venezuelan Soldiers to Patrol alongside Police to Fight Crime
Venezuelanalysis.com | Tamara Pearson - Detention of Undocumented Immigrants, a Multimillion Dollar Business
Latin American Herald Tribune | - Brazil judicial decision paves way for gay marriage
BBC | - Julian Assange Claims US Cyber Spying Threatens Latin America
Silicon Angle | Mike Wheatley - Guatemala's Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
BBC | - Historic Genocide Trial Nears End; Rios Montt Addresses the Court, Declares Innocence
| Jo Marie-Burt - In Venezuela, Still No Justice in Indigenous Leader's Murder
Global Voices | Rachael Petersen - Colombia's Uribe Slams Venezuelan "Dictator" Maduro
Reuters | Eduardo Garcia - More Haitians Using Puerto Rico as Migrant Route
AP | Danica Coto
Dancing With the Devil: Drug War Politics in Bolivia
In September, the U.S. government once again singled out Venezuela, Bolivia, (and Burma) for having "failed demonstrably" in their drug control efforts. This U.S.
Eric Hershberg
Thursday October 6 2011
In April, the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba approved the most profound reforms that the island had seen since the 1960s. They are meant to revive the flagging economy. But are they sufficient? The jury is still out, and the answer will depend on the implementation of the reforms themselves. This article was originally published in the July/August 2011 issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas.
NACLA Update 10/06/2011
Dear NACLA friends,
President Barack Obama submitted the controversial free-trade agreements (FTAs) between the United States and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea for swift approval by Congress t
Family Values at the Border
The need to embrace and protect families is often invoked by leading members of the political class here in the United States.
The Train of the Flies
Every year some 400,000 undocumented Central Americans cross Mexico trying to make
their way to a better life in the United States.
Colombia's Military Expenditure and Its Impact
Between 2002 and 2010 Colombia spent $100 billion on defense. That is an average of $12.5 billion per year.
'We Are All TIPNIS'
In the wake of Sunday’s brutal repression of indigenous marchers against the TIPNIS highway, the past few days have brought renewed popular mobilizations, a few revelations, and more mixed messages
NACLA Update 09/30/2011
Dear NACLA friends,
Last weekend, Bolivian federal police brutally repressed lowland indigenous marchers protesting the TIPNIS highway.
Paramilitary Justice
Last Tuesday, in the port city of Veracruz, 35 bodies were dumped in public spaces in the heart of the city.