Human Rights
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Capt. Alfredo Astiz was the most prominent of the 18 defendants in the "mega-case" for abductions, killings and torture carried out by teams operating from the Navy Mechanics School in Buenos Aires
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Alfredo Astiz, known as the 'blond angel of death,' served as a lieutenant at a torture center where thousands of dissidents were secretly imprisoned and executed
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia sent 400 additional police to guard Colombia's largest oil field after Canada's Pacific Rubiales threatened to suspend operations
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
"Foreign oil companies don't need to be making warnings to the government, because they know there's always enough security to guarantee operation," Mines and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas said
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
The legislation passed, according to the congressional news agency, having already been approved by the House of Deputies, and now awaits President Dilma Rousseff's signature
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
A lo mejor en nuestras paginas no encuentran quien fue asesinado ayer; pero a lo mejor, si nos dan un poco de tiempo, podriamos ser capaces de decirles por que tanta gente esta siendo asesinada
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil's elite military police are trying to build ties with communities and undo the harm done by officers who allegedly abused residents in Complexo da Mare, a favela which has not yet come under police control
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
An estimated 7,000 political prisoners were held and many were tortured
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
Former Argentine naval officer Alfredo Astiz has been jailed for life for crimes against humanity during military rule in 1976-83.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
El canciller galo destaco el "compromiso en la lucha contra la impunidad"; segun Carlotto, el fallo "es un triunfo del bien" y Cortinas lo describio como un "logro"