Full Coverage: South America

30.05.2007 In what a leading rights group[ has called "a politically motivated decision," the Venezuela government has decided not to renew a license for the only commercial television station in the country that has remained strongly critical of the government.
From: Human Rights Watch

26.05.2007 ASUNCION, May 25 (IPS) - Esperanza Santos Aranda, who lives in a poor neighbourhood in the Paraguayan capital, used to sell vegetables at a precarious market stall. But thanks to a 60-dollar loan, she was able to open up her own small clothes-selling business.

25.05.2007 Dramatizing the harsh realities of life in Bolivia, Teatro Trono is trying to "reclaim democracy through art" while sponsoring outreach programs to help keep Bolivia's youth from living on the streets.

23.05.2007 Christian Aid partners have launched a petition supporting the Brazilian government’s decision to bypass the patent on an AIDS drug produced by the US pharmaceutical giant, Merck.

21.05.2007 The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) - one of the largest anti-poverty movements - has added climate change to its core agenda after a lengthy and a heated debate.

17.05.2007 Peru’s oil chief has provoked a storm of controversy with plans to contact some of the world’s last uncontacted Indian tribes to "consult" them about potential oil exploration on their land.

15.05.2007 Brazilian Indians have reacted with anger to Pope Benedict's reported claim during his recent trip to Brazil that their ancestors had been "silently longing" to become Christians when Brazil was colonised 500 years ago.

07.05.2007 The unnecessary conflict in the south Atlantic in 1982 between Britain and Argentina helped sow the seeds of more momentous and destructive wars, says Fred Halliday.
From openDemocracy