Human Rights
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Mucho se ha escrito sobre el rol de Estados Unidos en la genesis del Golpe de Estado de 1973 en Chile, pero poco se sabia hasta ahora de como se decidio en Washington quitarle el apoyo a Pinochet durante el gobierno de Ronald Reagan, en noviembre de 1986.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Hernandez insists, and this is what places her among the political heretics with regard to the "war on drugs"- that "the violence and the cartels are not the disease. They're a symptom of the disease, which is corruption."
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Marco Quinones Sanchez was found not guilty of carrying out a shooting attack that badly wounded Jesus Blancornelas, founder of Tijuana's Zeta magazine
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Though there have been official reports about the human rights abuses since then, and some military officers have been prosecuted, many Chileans say the country has not yet fully come to grips with what happened.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:38
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the MENA region over the last week:
U.S. Policy in Syria:
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:14
This post was written by CIP interns Benjamin Fagan and Victor Salcedo
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 12:09
The Peace Corps celebrated 50 years in Malawi August 23 with the country’s launch of its Global Health Service Partnership program at a ceremony at the Presidential Statehouse in Lilongwe. The celebration featured Malawian President Joyce Banda, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Jeanine Jackson, Peace Corps acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet and the chief executive officer of Seed Global Health, Dr. Vanessa Kerry.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 08:51
Bahrain’s main opposition group has criticised an Arab League decision to set up a pan-Arab human rights court in Manama, saying the Gulf Arab state was the “black hole of human rights”.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 08:11
At least seven people, including four children, are reported to have died in renewed air raids, allegedly by the Sudanese air force, in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra on Thursday.