Full Coverage: Latin America & Caribbean

31.10.2007 In Argentina, the power-couple's presidential-transfer plan has worked to perfection. But a close reading of the election results casts a shadow on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's triumph, says Celia Szusterman.

31.10.2007 An activist protesting the illegal development of genetically modified seeds was shot and killed at point blank range by armed gunmen allegedly linked to the multinational corporation Syngenta.

30.10.2007 Retired general and leading presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina may have played a role in numerous atrocities committed during the country's civil war, but Guatemalans appear to be overlooking the details, comments academic Ivan Briscoe.

28.10.2007 The U.S. Congress must put human rights conditions on a $500 million aid package for Mexican counter-narcotics programs whose "appalling" record includes beating and sexually abusing many detainees, said Human Rights Watch.
From: Human Rights Watch

25.10.2007 Although a forest fire burned some of the crops Lorenzo Charupá's cooperative expected to use to feed their cattle, he is not overly concerned because, as of June, he knows that at least his land can no longer be taken away.

25.10.2007 A zone on the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay has been portrayed by the U.S. media and government as a "hotbed" "teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers," but a group of reporters found these claims inaccurate as they traveled into the region.

25.10.2007 The second Internet Governance Forum to be held at Rio, Brazil from 12-15 November will discuss related issues and make relevant recommendations to the international community.

24.10.2007 Haitian and global activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine has not been seen since August. Ben Terral of Haiti Action contrasts the Haiti of the US and its proxy army with the real Haiti of Lovinsky, the Lavalas movement and the masses of Haitian people.
From: Pambazuka News

23.10.2007 A Colombian small-scale farmer was driven off his land by paramilitaries; when he took refuge his terrain was appropriated by companies growing oil palms, used to produce biofuels. His story has been repeated countless times throughout the palm-growing regions of the country.

22.10.2007 Europe's share of the world's 100 largest cities has fallen from more than half to under 10 per cent in the past century and it now has none of the world's 100 fastest-growing cities and most of its declining ones.

22.10.2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (OneWorld) - A Colombian senator pushing for justice and peace has been honored in the United States for his human rights activism, accepting a prestigious award alongside co-honorees from the United States challenging the war in Iraq and Washington, DC's "taxation without representation."

19.10.2007 Innovative service programs in North America, Pakistan, India, and South Africa are helping young people push for the advancement of their communities as well as their own personal development.

19.10.2007 Eight Greenpeace activists trapped in a Brazilian environmental protection agency office for nearly two days have finally escaped. The team was forced to seek refuge after loggers blocked them from transporting a dead nut tree it had government permission to collect and use.

17.10.2007 While the Global Call to Action against Poverty campaign has planned plenty of events during this year's "Stand Up and Speak Out" day, the people and media seem unenthusiastic in Central America. Diego Cevallos reports from Mexico City.

17.10.2007 After the 2001 economic crisis many Argentineans had to resort to self-employment -- mainly collecting trash and reselling it to recycling companies -- to sustain themselves. Now the government is threatening to shut down the train that transports these 'cartoneros' from the capital city's outskirts to the urban center where they work.

16.10.2007 A new report shows improvements in life expectancy and overall health of people in the Americas despite continued problems resulting from social strife and indigence, especially among poorer countries.

16.10.2007 An examination of four local newspapers published from 2003-2007 has revealed that over 1,000 Venezuelans faced economic, political, and free speech intimidation based on their membership or participation in groups not aligned with the government.
From: El Universal

15.10.2007 Saying the Peruvian government has shown a complete lack of leadership on the issue, a team of forensic scientists is demanding that civil society be given authority to locate and identify some thousands of victims unaccounted for during the country's period of internal conflict.

12.10.2007 A referendum was held last month in three Peruvian communities that would be affected by the proposed opening of a pit mine. The vote revealed that a resounding 95 percent oppose the ecologically damaging operation.

12.10.2007 Roughly 10 percent of Haitian children live a life of forced slave labor because their families cannot afford to raise them. Listen as they explain in their own words the hardships they endure as they are sent away from their homes to serve under families in the city.