Hugo Chavez Wins Venezuela Elections
Top Story — Hugo Chávez won the presidential election on Sunday, defeating his opponent Henrique Capriles by over 1 million votes, with 54% of the vote. This will be Chávez’s third re-election after...
View ArticleColombia’s ELN Accused of Killing Two Oil Workers
Top Story — Suspected members of Colombia’s second-largest rebel group have killed two oil workers in a sniper attack, the military said Monday. The workers, contractors with the state-owned Ecopetrol...
View ArticleÁlvaro Uribe Defends Himself Against Corruption Charges
Top Story — Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe appeared in congress Wednesday to defend himself against claims of corruption and ties to violent paramilitary groups. Leftist Sen. Ivan Cepeda...
View ArticlePeru Announces New Anti-Logging Efforts After Activists Killed
Top Story – Peru’s government has formed a commission to stop illegal logging on the Peru-Brazil border following the killings of four indigenous leaders of the Ashaninka community in early September,...
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Latin Americans March In NYC Against Climate Change
NEW YORK — The People’s Climate March drew more than 300,000 people to Manhattan on Sunday to demand world leaders to take action on climate change. Demonstrators came from all over the world,...
View ArticleVenezuelan Lawmaker Stabbed to Death Under Mysterious Circumstances
Top Story — A Venezuelan lawmaker was stabbed to death on Wednesday night in what authorities said was a carefully planned slaying. Robert Serra, 27, of the ruling socialist party was killed along with...
View ArticleShootout Between Authorities and Militiamen Leaves Five Dead in Caracas
Top Story — A shootout between Venezuelan police and pro-government militia members in downtown Caracas left five dead and four injured. A high-profile militia leader anticipated his own death during...
View ArticleBolivians in New York Cast Votes for President, Favoring Opposition
NEW YORK – When Bolivians in New York City cast their votes in a presidential election Sunday, most of them went against the trend that swept President Evo Morales into his third term. While Morales...
View ArticleFalling Oil Prices Raise Worries of Venezuela Default, Crisis
Top Story — Analysts are worried about a new phase of economic chaos in Venezuela as falling oil prices continue to take their toll. Insurance rates on the country’s debt shot up Wednesday to a new...
View ArticleActivists and Journalists Struggle to Make Colombia’s War Visible in the U.S.
NEW YORK CITY — Diana Gómez and Shaira Rivera, two young women from Colombia, visited several U.S. universities this month to raise awareness about Colombia’s current peace negotiations to end decades...
View ArticleBolivian Official Decries Pervasive Violence Against Women
Top Story — The Bolivian ombudsman decried a spike in sexual violence against young girls in the country, following the rape and killing of a four-year-old in Palos Blancos, a town northeast of the...
View ArticleMaduro Puts Price Limits on Barbies, Fearing Holiday Speculation
Top Story — Barbies are flying off the shelf in Venezuela after its socialist government mandated the plastic dolls be sold at a special discount price for the holidays. The low price cap is part of...
View ArticleFARC Apologizes for Killing Indigenous Leaders
Top Story — The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, has issued a statment saying that they “profoundly lament” killing two indigenous Nasa men near the southwestern municipality of Toribío earlier...
View ArticleVenezuela Court Refuses to Release Opposition Leader, Despite U.N. Appeal
Top Story — A Venezuelan court has refused to release leading opposition politician Leopoldo López, despite appeals by the United Nations, the López’s defense lawyer said Thursday. López has been...
View ArticleColombia Suspends Peace Talks Over General’s Apparent Kidnapping
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has suspended the government’s peace talks with FARC guerrillas after the group’s apparent detention of an army general, jeopardizing the future of the...
View ArticleReport Highlights Activist Murders in Peru Ahead of Lima Climate Talks
Top Story — Just two weeks before the U.N. Climate Change Conference begins in Lima, Peru, nonprofit Global Witness has released a widely publicized report naming the country the fourth deadliest in...
View ArticleColombian Government and FARC Agree on Process to Free Kidnapped General
An agreement has been reached between FARC rebels and the Colombia government on steps to release Gen. Rubén Darío Alzate, according to a statement released by the Cuban and Norwegian governments,...
View ArticleFARC to Release First Captives, But Warns Over General’s Release
Top Story — FARC rebels will release two hostages on Tuesday morning, according to a statement issued from Havana by delegates representing the guerrilla group. The release of Gen. Rubén Darío Alzate,...
View ArticleOn the Eve of U.N. Climate Summit in Lima, Concerns Over Climate Change in...
U.N. negotiators will meet this week in Lima, Peru, to begin the latest round of talks aimed at stopping climate change, and diplomats are expressing increasing optimism that a legally binding deal can...
View ArticleFalling Oil Prices, a Curse for Venezuela, May Benefit Argentina
Top Story — The beleaguered economies of Venezuela and Argentina are likely to be affected in sharply contrasting ways by a sustained drop in the price of oil, which reached a five-year low last week....
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