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Peru massacre revives fears of violence ahead of presidential election
May 25, 2021 07:51A massacre of civilians in a jungle area of Peru in the run-up to the country's presidential election has sent shockwaves through the nation, raising fears of a revival of bloody rebel violence.
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Protests continue in Colombia, more deaths reported
May 12, 2021 03:51People in Colombia continue to stage protests against the government of President Ivan Duque, and more deaths are being reported as a result of a crackdown by security forces in the country.
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Police, protesters hurl rocks at each other in tense Colombia protest
Apr 30, 2021 06:55Protesters and police standing on opposite sides in the Colombian capital traded rocks Thursday, amid public outrage over a planned tax reform in the country.
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Biden strikes international deal in bid to stop migrants reaching US border
Apr 15, 2021 13:47The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to temporarily increase border security in an effort to stop migrants from reaching the US border. The agreement comes as the US saw a record number of unaccompanied children attempting to cross the border in March, and the largest number of Border Patrol encounters overall with migrants on the southern border – just under 170,000 – since March 2001.
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'A crisis for climate stability': Data shows rainforest destruction accelerated in 2020
Apr 08, 2021 04:00A new study finds destruction of pristine rainforest increased by 12 percent in 2020, despite global economic slowdown. Across the tropics, the study registered the destruction in 2020 of 4.2 million hectares (10.4 million acres) of primary forest – 12 percent higher than the year before.
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Republican message on Biden border crisis draws ire from Democrats
Mar 16, 2021 09:30Democrats in the US Congress have blasted Republicans as they stepped up attacks on President Joe Biden over a surge of asylum seekers and “humanitarian crisis” at the US-Mexico border.
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Paraguay reshuffles cabinet after violent COVID-19 protests
Mar 07, 2021 05:43Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez announced a cabinet reshuffle Saturday after violent street protests over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New study finds as many corals growing in Pacific as trees in Amazon
Mar 04, 2021 05:24Researchers say the estimate of the number of corals, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggests there are as many corals in the Pacific as there are trees in the Amazon.
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Venezuela: New EU sanctions based on false arguments, amount to aggression
Feb 23, 2021 12:27Venezuela has condemned the European Union (EU) for imposing a new round of sanctions on more than a dozen senior officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces in the South American state, saying the measure is based on “false arguments about honorable citizens.”
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With likely victory of Andrés Arauz, Ecuador will join Latin America’s anti-imperialist surge
Jan 29, 2021 17:44Ecuador is just weeks away from becoming the latest Latin American nation to move away from the IMF and United States and elect a strongly progressive, anti-imperialist government.