Human Rights
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 00:00
The following is a reflection on time spent in and around Tegucigalpa during two critical weeks in August.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 00:00
El Tribunal de Sentencia de Chimaltenango dicto ayer la condena de 150 anos de prision en contra del ex comisionado militar Felipe Cusanero, quien resulto culpable de la desaparicion forzada de 6 personas entre noviembre de 1982 y octubre de 1984.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 00:00
A Guatemalan court has sentenced an ex-paramilitary officer to 150 years in prison for the forced disappearance of civilians in the civil war
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 00:00
The plaintiffs promise they will never give up. The company has assured investors that it will never pay. And the Amazon and its people will remain unhealed.
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:00
In recent months, journalists across the region have faced opposition not only from courts but also from the leaders of several countries, who have moved to restrict critical coverage and paint the news media as the enemy
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:00
Un directivo del canal de television Teleamazonas nego el domingo que la estacion haya violado la ley al difundir una grabacion clandestina sobre una reunion que mantuvo el presidente Rafael Correa en su despacho y quien la vispera anuncio que solicitara
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:00
MÉXICO, 13 ago (IPS) - Alejandra Gomez, de 20 anos, esta expuesta a un proceso penal en el sureno estado de Puebla por haber interrumpido voluntariamente su embarazo. Es una muestra de la oleada antiabortista que recorre Mexico, en donde al menos e
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:00
Eighty-seven year-old Aurelia Lopez walked two hours round-trip through the mountains of El Salvador to receive free medical care -- the first time she had seen a doctor in 40 years.
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
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 00:00
Los canales de television, estaciones de radio y otros medios de comunicacion que sean utilizados para generar conflictos deben que estar "en la mira" del Ejecutivo Nacional, exigio la noche del martes el presidente Hugo Chavez