Inter Press Service
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 09:06
Over 2,000 children are still being used as soldiers by 27 armed groups in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite efforts by the United Nations Children’s Fund to remove them from the frontlines and return them to their homes.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
99 percent of the 2,995 people in the municipality of Piedras who cast ballots-out of a total of 5,105 local people eligible to vote-said "no" to the South Africa-based gold mining company's operations in the area.
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 00:00
Harsh and arbitrary police crackdowns are seen by analysts as one of the factors that have contributed most to fanning the flames of the mass anti-government protests across Brazil.
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 00:00
"We are potentially on the cusp of the collapse of the existing international counter-narcotics regime... And it looks like the Latin Americans could be the ones to pull the plug."
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 00:00
Scientists have warned that as the seas continue to swell, they will swallow entire island nations from the Maldives to the Marshall Islands, inundate vast areas of countries from Bangladesh to Egypt, and submerge parts of scores of coastal cities.
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
Chavez no solo acerco a las partes sino que ha obrado de manera decidida como facilitador
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
Only one in 300 weapons circulating in this nation of nearly 117 million people is legal and complies with all requirements
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 00:00
Given these dynamics, the war is an anachronism, as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has often claimed. The FARC know that this is the case. The time has come for both sides to lay down their arms.
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 00:00
The Maya Indians of Central America and Mexico will have little to celebrate when the current era comes to an end on Dec. 21. The extreme poverty and marginalisation they face contrast sharply with the plans for lavish celebrations to lure tourists.
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 00:00
Representatives of nearly 40 civil society organisations from throughout the Americas gathered here on Wednesday to express concerns with proposed changes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.