The Guardian (UK)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 00:00
The Colombian government's adoption of a new poverty index may be politically advantageous, but it will address inequality
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
A Chilean teenager has died after being shot in the chest during huge protests against the president, Sebastian Pinera, in the capital.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Camila Vallejo's call for better and cheaper education has seen student protests transform into a two-day nationwide shutdown
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 00:00
Peru's new centre-left government is temporarily suspending its modest US-funded coca eradication programme to re-evaluate its strategy.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuela will nationalise its gold industry and is moving its international reserves out of western countries, President Hugo Chavez said in a combative step ahead of his re-election bid next year.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 00:00
Rather than organising peace marches and quibbling over national legislation, Sicilia's time would be better spent drafting a global strategy to tackle an increasingly expansive threat.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 00:00
Inequality of opportunities is a very old Brazilian problem. Although the income gap is (slowly) diminishing - the country is still in the top 10 for the world's worst income distribution.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 00:00
Peaceful march turns violent as masked demonstrators burn cars and loot shops in Santiago.
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 00:00
Protesters have clashed violently with police in Chile's capital to decry President Sebastian Pinera's policies, as a poll showed him to be the least popular leader in the two decades since the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 00:00
The Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, said on Twitter that Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez's capture was "the biggest blow" to organised crime in Ciudad Juarez since he sent in about 5,000 federal police in April 2010.