South and Central America
Washington imposes sanctions on Bolivia
By Rafael Azul, October 1, 2008
The Bush administration has imposed fresh sanctions on Bolivia in retaliation for the decision of the country’s president Evo Morales to expel the US ambasssador and close down US programs in th...
New documentary on Pinochet’s dictatorship: Some wounds should not heal
By Debra Watson, September 25, 2008
The Judge and the General tells the story of recent efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of horrific acts of political repression committed three decades ago under Chilean military dictator Au...
Latin American presidents meet with Bolivia on brink of civil war
US ambassador an expert in partition
By Rafael Azul, September 16, 2008
The presidents of nine Latin American nations assembled in the Chilean capital of Santiago Monday for an emergency summit of the recently created Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to deal with ...
Former Argentine generals sentenced to life
US links to the junta
By Debra Watson, September 8, 2008
At the end of last month two former Argentine generals were convicted of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a senator three decades ago, during the military dictatorship of General Jorge Videla.
Rising inflation and unemployment in Chile drive workers into debt and poverty
By Roger Silva, July 8, 2008
Chile is characterized by some economists as the most “globalized” nation in Latin America. The more conservative among them present it as a model to be followed by other countries on the ...
Mounting questions about Colombian hostage operation
By Bill Van Auken, July 7, 2008
As right-wing politicians on three continents basked in the reflected glory of an ostensibly brilliant July 2 rescue of hostages held by Colombia’s FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia) ...
Latin America: What are the real interests behind the creation of the Union of South American Nations?
By Carlos Prado, May 28, 2008
Last Friday, May 23, presidents and representatives of 12 South American countries met in Brasilia to sign a treaty creating the Union of South American Nations, or Unasur.
Colombian extraditions aimed at covering up Uribe’s death squad ties
By Bill Van Auken, May 15, 2008
In a deal worked out between Washington and its principal ally in Latin America—Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe—14 leaders of the country’s right-wing paramilitary militias w...
Bush speech on Latin America—defense of a failed policy
By Bill Van Auken, May 9, 2008
In a speech in Washington on Wednesday, President George W. Bush delivered what amounted to a defense of the manifestly failed and rudderless policy that his administration has pursued in Latin Americ...
US Navy resurrects Fourth Fleet to police Latin America
By Humberto Santana, May 7, 2008
Washington announced at the end of last month that it is resurrecting the long-ago moth-balled Fourth Fleet to reassert US power in the Caribbean and Latin America. Created at the time of World War II...
Global food crisis grips Latin America
By Giancarlo Marinho Costa, April 25, 2008
The Brazilian government Wednesday announced the temporary suspension of rice exports, as the commodity’s price hit a record high of $25 per hundredweight on the futures markets.
Colombia’s President Uribe implicated in paramilitary death squad probe
By Bill Van Auken and Ascher Brum, April 24, 2008
The arrest in Bogota of ex-Senator Mario Uribe Escobar, the cousin of Colombia’s president, on charges of involvement in the country’s paramilitary death squads has deepened the political ...
