NGOs and Academia
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 00:00
One cannot help being taken aback by the series of wrong messages the U.S. government has been sending to Latin America this summer.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 00:00
La Cumbre extraordinaria de la Union de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur) ha concluido con la aprobacion de una declaracion que insta al Consejo de Defensa de la organizacion a disenar medidas de fomento de la confianza y la seguridad en la region
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 00:00
La cumbre hizo evidente la preocupacion de todos los gobiernos que integran Unasur sobre los alcances del convenio de cooperacion militar entre Estados Unidos y Colombia, en terminos de estabilidad politica, seguridad, integridad territorial, soberania, a
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 00:00
United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard has condemned the unending violence and murder that has claimed the lives of 25 labor union members and activists so far this year in Colombia
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 00:00
El ex jefe de las autodefensas de Puerto Boyaca, Arnubio Triana alias ‘Botalon’ le conto en entrevista a Verdad Abierta la historia del paramilitarismo en el Magdalena Medio
Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 00:00
"Initial reports suggest that members of the Army may have massacred these people, with the purpose of eliminating and intimidating witnesses of atrocities,"
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 00:00
Eight long years after Colombian trade union leaders Valmore Locarno Rodriguez and Victor Hugo Orcasita Amaya were assassinated, those directly responsible for these heinous crimes are being punished
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 00:00
To be sure, Zelaya had attempted an unconstitutional power grab, but whatever questions may surround his rule, Zelaya's ouster by the armed forces bore the features of a coup, an all-too-familiar scene in Latin American history.
Monday, August 24, 2009 - 00:00
We are deeply concerned by the absence of statements and reports from your organization over the serious and systematic human rights abuses that have been committed under the Honduran coup regime over the past six weeks.
Monday, August 24, 2009 - 00:00
The recent discovery of Swedish AT-4 anti-tank rockets sold to Venezuela in a Colombian rebel arms cache raises serious questions about Venezuela’s ability to safeguard its arsenal of modern weaponry, including dozens of advanced SA-24 shoulder-fired, s