Human Rights

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 00:00
What right does the president, who already has his own Sunday programme, have to inflict his speeches on so many stations when one would suffice? Especially when he can impose a "cadena" whenever he likes and for as long as he likes. Used in thi
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
La Fiscalia pidio a las dos autoridades cumplir el fallo que ordeno la apertura de los archivos militares para dar con los restos de Renato Ticona, Carlos Flores y Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz.
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
Un editorialista del diario Tal Cual se atrevio a imaginar como seria una Venezuela sin Chavez.
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
The Venezuelan executive confirmed that the TV station, one of the few networks which criticized the government of Daniel Ortega, was purchased in December for about 10 millions, as part of projects financed by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of O
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
In 2009, 41.3 percent of all women were participating in the job market - a record number, compared to 35.7 in 1999.
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba's National Revolutionary Police (PNR) arrested Juan Carlos Reyes Ocana, journalist on the small news agency Holguin Press on 29 January then took him to a police barracks to face charges of "insult", "disobedience" and "illeg
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
The killings took place between June and December 2009 in the central department (province) of Cabanas, where the Pacific Rim El Salvador company, a subsidiary of the Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining Corp, has been exploring for gold and silver.
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 00:00
Estados Unidos, Colombia, Peru, Panama y Canada fustigaron hoy ante la OEA al gobierno de Venezuela por la suspension de varios canales.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 13:03

This is cross-posted from the Latin America Working Group's blog, the LAWG Blog. It was written by Lisa Haugaard.

As National Party leader Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo is inaugurated president of Honduras, we can’t just pretend the June 28th coup and its bitter aftermath never occurred.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 00:00
Forty of the socialist leader's aides and supporters stayed with him during the military's withering attack on the La Moneda palace.

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