Simon Romero
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 00:00
For several months, the Peruvian smelting company in Mr. Rennert's empire has claimed that low metals prices prevented it from completing a timely cleanup to lower the emissions that have given this town such an ignoble distinction.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 00:00
Prime Minister Yehude Simon said Tuesday that he planned to resign in the coming weeks, as President Alan Garcia's government grapples with criticism over its handling of protests by indigenous groups this month that left more than 30 dead in the Amazon
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
The bloodshed comes after two months of slow-burning protests, which spread from rain forests in Peru's north to the country's south, and have focused on interrupting petroleum production and transportation
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 00:00
The killings in Friday's clashes in Bagua, near an oil pipeline that was a target of the protesters, present a robust challenge to Mr. Garcia, with indigenous leaders here describing them as 'genocide'
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
More than a dozen big projects intended to broaden his nation's reach are in limbo - including a gas pipeline across the continent and at least eight refineries, from Jamaica to Uruguay - as Venezuela grapples with falling revenues and other trouble
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Morales's claims of destabilization plots, now a regular feature of his government, and his opponents' counterclaims that such plots are shams contribute to growing tensions between the central government and the rebellious lowlands
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
President Rafael Correa appeared headed for victory in elections on Sunday as the old political establishment was unable to muster a coherent alternative
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Up and down the rivers of western Colombia, a new breed of criminal armies is pressing deeper into the jungle, fighting with guerrillas who have been long in the Choco region for control of the cocaine trade, and forcing thousands of Indians to flee.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
As Washington tries to rebuild its strained relationships in Latin America, China is stepping in vigorously
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 00:00
A three-judge panel of Peru’s Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted former President Alberto K. Fujimori of human rights abuses and sentenced him to 25 years in prison