Human Rights
Monday, June 30, 2008 - 00:00
Members of the team that lifted the trophy in 1978 have taken part in a commemorative match for the victims
Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 00:00
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador --
Leaders from Central America and the Dominican Republic have denounced new European Union rules for expelling illegal immigrants, joining a rising chorus of Latin American countries to oppose the regulations.
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 00:00
Officials of Guerrero State have agreed to pay $3,400 each to 14 indigenous men who were coerced into having vasectomies a decade ago.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) condeno ayer el ataque sufrido por un periodista en Mexico y los atentados con explosivos perpetrados contra una estacion de radio y otra de television en Bolivia
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
Un informe parlamentario presentado ayer denuncia el ''infierno'' del sistema penitenciario brasileno, en el que los derechos humanos son violados ''sistematicamente'' y unos 400,000 presos se hacinan en penales disenados para albergar a solo 260,000
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
Suben de tono los comentarios amenazantes en la 'web' y en los correos electronicos
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 00:00
Many tributes have been paid to Ruth Cardoso, wife of Brazil's former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who has died aged 77.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
El gobierno de Nicaragua, presidido por el sandinista Daniel Ortega, concentra mayoritariamente la publicidad estatal en el canal 4 de television, privado y controlado por la familia del mandatario
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
Apatzingan, Mexico - When military trucks came rolling into this valley of Michoacan in December 2006, as the Mexican government opened its first front against drug factions, Antonia Moreno was ecstatic.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 00:00
In anticipation of the scheduled debate around the controversial Merida Initiative aid package in the U.S. Senate this week, the British newspaper Financial Times urges President Felipe Calderon to accept the human rights conditions attached to the plan a