NGOs and Academia
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 00:00
President Morales angrily accused the US Agency for International Development (USAID) of financing groups opposed to his government.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
UNODC coca crop surveys for Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia and Peru issued today show a drop of 5 per cent in the amount of coca bush being grown in the Andean countries.Divergent coca crop cultivation trends in the Andean countries.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Guatemala still faces serious challenges, which make naming an equally tough new CICIG director even more urgent.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
The 1996 peace accords formally ended Guatemala's civil war but failure to address the conflict's root causes and dismantle clandestine security apparatuses has weakened its institutions and opened the door to skyrocketing violent crime.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today welcomed as "very good news" the declaration of Nicaragua as a landmine-free country and the passage of the New Hemispheric Drug Strategy at the recent OAS General Assembly
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
Un escandalo que no termina de generar sorpresas en Colombia esta demostrando que la agencia de inteligencia del Estado no solo espio a los principales actores democraticos de Colombia...sino que tambien realizo jugadas sucias e incluso profirio amenazas
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
A still-unfolding scandal in Colombia is revealing that the government's intelligence agency not only spied upon major players in Colombia's democracy but also carried out dirty tricks, and even death threats, to undermine their legitimate, democratic act
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
The Mexican National Human Rights Commission's finding that military authorities mishandled an inquiry into the killing of two children by soldiers underscores the need to stop relying on the army to investigate its own abuses.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 00:00
Profunda preocupacion por el deterioro de la situacion del derecho a la libertad de expresion y solicitar informacion por los hechos que han ocurrido en dicho pais en la ultima semana.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 00:00
Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega faces 30 years in prison for the disappearance of 11 people in November 1985.