Mexico: Deadliest Days in Six Years
With 90 people dead in narcotrafficking-related confrontations across the country, Monday was one of the bloodliest days in recent Mexican history. Yesterday’s carnage came on the heels of a wave of...
View ArticleSamples Sent to the United States to Identify “Desaparecidos”
The Argentine courts have sent over one thousand blood and bone samples to special labs in the United States in order to identify the remains of “desaparecidos,” or missing persons, from the last...
View ArticleHonduras: Wikileaks Reveal US Documents Saying Coup Illegal
The Wikileaks website has published more than 250,000 secret documents from US embassies, including analysis of the overthrow of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya Rosales in June 2009. In the text, the...
View ArticleDiplomatic Row with US Escalates
The diplomatic fallout between Argentina and the US over the confiscation of military items in Ezeiza has continued to escalate. The Argentine foreign minister, Héctor Timerman, last nighted presented...
View ArticleU.S. Prison Frees Cuban Spy
Rene Gonzalez, known as one of the members of the spy group called the Cuban Five, was freed from an American prison last Friday after spending 13 years and 26 days behind bars. After serving most of...
View ArticleHonduras: Cocaine Hotspot
Honduras has become a main transit route for South American cocaine. Almost half of the cocaine that comes to the United States is loaded along the Honduran coast. The estimate for the total amount of...
View ArticleBolivia: US Relationship Restored
Bolivia and the United States have agreed to repair their diplomatic relationship three years after Bolivian president Evo Morales exiled the US Ambassador from the country. In an agreement signed...
View ArticleHugo Chavez Hosts Summit Without US
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is hosting a new 33-nation summit of a new regional bloc, involving the southern Americas and the Caribbean. The United States and Canada have not been invited to...
View ArticlePeru: US “Concerned” about Iran’s Presence in Latin America
Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson said yesterday that the US is “concerned” about Irani influence in Latin America, noting that it is “not positive” for the...
View ArticleBolivia: Bolivia and U.S. Restore Ambassador Relations
After more than three years of diplomatic tension, the U.S. and Bolivia have conceded on Tuesday to resume the exchange of ambassadors. The agreement came after an official launch of a “bilateral...
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On Now: Bye Bye American Pie at MALBA
Nan as a dominatrix, Boston, 1978. Nan Goldin. (Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.) “This exhibition contains artistic works with strong content that could offend the sensibility or beliefs...
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‘Made in America’: The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Emergency Rally for Human Rights in Colombia (Photo: mar is sea Y) At the Summit of the Americas in April, US president Barack Obama announced that a free trade agreement with the host country,...
View ArticleColombia: Free-Trade Agreement Comes into Practice
The Colombian-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into effect at midnight last night, after US president Barack Obama signed the pact yesterday. Colombian businesses commemorated the...
View ArticleHonduras: US/Honduran Drug Raid Leaves Another Dead
A United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent shot and killed a suspected drug trafficker during an early morning raid near Brus Laguna, a village in northeastern Honduras. The raid...
View ArticleArgentina Files Complaint Against US and Japan
Argentina has submitted a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against both the United States and Japan claiming their restrictions on Argentine exports are “unjustifiable.” The...
View ArticleCuba: Raúl Castro Calls for Dialogue with US
In a nationally broadcasted speech today in recognition of National Rebellion Day, Cuban President Raúl Castro reiterated his desire to open a dialogue with the United States. Castro spoke in front of...
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Puerto Rico: Over 60% Vote to Become US’s 51st State
In an official referendum called by the Puerto Rican government, 61.82% of Puerto Ricans voted in favour of becoming the United States’ 51st state. The two other options on the ballot were to maintain...
View ArticleBolivia: United States Accused of Violating Sovereignty
Bolivian Minister of Communications Amanda Dávila reported yesterday that the United States government had violated the Andean nation’s sovereignty by conducting a covert military operation in the...
View ArticlePeru: Interpol Detains, Releases Wanted Peruvian Former Politician
After announcing yesterday that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) had captured former Foreign Affairs Minister Augusto Blacker Miller in the Albanian capital of Tirana, Peru...
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Bolivia: Morales Launches 2013 Coca Eradication Campaign
President Evo Morales gave a speech marking the launch of the coca eradication 2013 campaign, praising its focus on human rights. “In Bolivia we have a different model to fight against drug...
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Cuba: Castro Calls for US and North Korea to Remain Peaceful
Cuban Leader Fidel Castro (photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil)Former President Fidel Castro called today for North Korea and the United States to avoid a nuclear confrontation amid rising tensions...
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Ecuador: US Trade Benefits Renounced in Response to Pressure over Snowden
Edward Snowden (photo: Wikimedia Commons) Ecuador’s government has announced that it is renouncing the preferential trade rights it receives under an agreement with the United States. The move comes in...
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Bolivia: President Morales ‘Would Offer’ Asylum to Edward Snowden
Evo Morales (Photo by Sebastian Baryli)Bolivian President Evo Morales announced today that he would offer US whistleblower Edward Snowden political asylum if he requested it, in defiance of a US...
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Government Considers Taking Legal Action on US Espionage
Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman at the Mercosur Summit (photo: Analía Garelli/Télam/dsl) Hector Timerman, Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared today that he will take to court a...
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Brazil: Threatens to Take US Spying Case to the UN
Paulo Bernardo, Brazil Communications Minister (courtesy of Wikipedia) Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo has declared yesterday that the controversial United States spying programme may...
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Guatemala: US Deportations “Violate Human Rights” as Figures Soar
Guatemalan deportees arriving at La Aurora Airport (Photo: Conamigua Facebook) The executive secretary of the National Advice of Migrants from Guatemala (Conamigua), Alejandro Gordillo, reported...
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Colombia: Government Strengthens Security Alliance with US
Juan Manuel Santos Colombian President(Photo: Facebook official account) The Presidents of the United States and Colombia, Barack Obama and Juan Manuel Santos, strengthened their commercial and...
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US Sanctions Against Venezuela Signed by Obama
The sanctions are linked to violent protests which took place earlier this year in Venezuela (photo: AVN/Télam/ddc) US president Barack Obama yesterday signed sanctions against 53 Venezuelan officials...
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Cuba and US Formally Restore Diplomatic Relations
Castro and Obama met in Panama in April (photo courtesy of US government) Diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba have been formally restored as of today, after 54 years of broken ties....
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US Says it Will Declassify Dictatorship-Era Records
The United States government has said it will declassify documents from its military and intelligence services relating to Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship. The act of declassification is set...
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