Human Rights
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Godoy will appeal the ruling as far as he can as the sentencing is clearly excessive to the crime committed.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
After a student protestor is shot by police on campus, critics demand an end to militarisation and money laundering.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Five-thousand new cases of political-motivated torture during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship have been reported since former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's administration reopened the torture report earlier this year.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Ayer el presidente de la Republica, Alan Garcia, aseguro con bastante entusiasmo que al cierre del presente ano la pobreza en el Peru bajara de 34.8% a 31%.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba will free its longest-held political prisoner, jailed since 1985, and send him to Spain as the government continues to ship opponents out of the country.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 00:00
New technologies and new tools, such as access to information laws, can help fulfill these obligations and help families remind other generations about the lessons learned from a violent past.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 00:00
La Corte Superior de Justicia de La Libertad, a traves del Septimo Juzgado de Investigacion Preparatoria, dispuso comprender al coronel PNP Elidio Espinoza y a otros nueve agentes a su cargo en el juicio oral del proceso por el asesinato de cuatro ciudada
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 00:00
The pledge, made during her acceptance speech in Brasilia, follows a series of allegations about repeated attacks on press freedom during the lengthy election campaign
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 00:00
Uruguay's Supreme Court says an amnesty given for any crimes committed by the country's 12-year dictatorship is unconstitutional.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 00:00
The first two posts of this series on freedom of expression and the internet in Latin America aim at providing 1) basic context around issues of internet governance, and 2) a detailed look at intermediary liability as a mechanism that restricts innovation