MercoPress
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 00:00
Frictions among indigenous communities have been a problem in Bolivia. About 62% of Bolivians identify themselves as indigenous
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 00:00
An unofficial count by the Ipsos, Opinion y Mercado polling firm found 61% of voters cast ballots that were either null or blank
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 00:00
Chavez, who finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cuba last month, said he will be undergoing what he described as "rigorous examinations"
Friday, October 14, 2011 - 00:00
The governments of Uruguay and Argentina have decided to ignore the controversy born out of statements from former President Tabare Vazquez who said that during the Botnia-UPM pulp plant conflict, back in 2006/07, he did not discard a "war hypothesis
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
Hundreds of indigenous people protesting the construction of a road in Bolivia's Amazon basin region are again marching toward the capital
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil deployed thousands of troops with air and fluvial backing along borders with Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay with the purpose of better monitoring the frontier
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
At least one general said he was fired even though he had not been linked to graft
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
Paraguay troops begun pouring into two Northern provinces Monday evening where a state of exception was declared to try and combat an outbreak of guerrilla attacks
Monday, October 10, 2011 - 00:00
“Subtly the Brazilian government sent its first public message of disappointment to President Chavez in Venezuela: the defence of human rights needs of freedom of the press and an independent Justice”
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 00:00
Duret, a retired Argentine colonel, is linked with the kidnapping, torture and ultimate disappearance of political opponent Carlos Labolita in 1976