“Seed Week,” a demonstration in Asunción held by farming, social, and indigenous rights groups began today in protest of the likely commercial release of five varieties of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The protesters advocate the alternative use of native varieties and agricultural diversity as essential to the nation’s food security and sovereignty. Protests reportedly […]

Ana María Edwin, director of The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), today assured that the organisation never claimed “that a person can eat well for $6 a day,” arguing that there is a smear campaign against INDEC spreading misleading messages. In a column written by Edwin for Tiempo Argentino today she defends the […]

Production of coca leaf in Bolivia saw a 12% fall between 2010 and 2011, according to a report published today by the United Nations.

This morning, Senator Aníbal Fernández from the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) commented on last Thursday’s anti-government march, blaming the protesters for a lack of judgement and making vague claims. Last Thursday tens of thousands of people united in cities all around the country in the biggest anti-government street protests in years. Armed with pots […]

Two members of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) have been assassinated in 48 hours in two areas of Mexico. Jaime Serrano Cedillo, a 45-year-old state deputy, was fatally stabbed in Nezahualcoyotl, an area just outside Mexico City, on Sunday. The assassination came less than two days after that of Eduardo Castro Luque, deputy-elect of the […]

At least 30 people were wounded this morning after a 109 bus crashed into a building on the corner of Paraguay and Agüero in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Palermo around 8.00am. Although there were no fatalities, at least three people are reported to be in critical condition. Those with serious injuries have been transferred […]

The Volcán de Fuego in the Escuintla department in Guatemala, has been spewing ash and volcanic rock causing thousands of residents to be evacuated from the area.

The federal attorney, Jorge Di Lello, has asked judge Ariel Lijo to archive the complaints against the economy minister, Hernán Lorenzino, and the head of the national Mint, Katya Daura, for their intervention in the print company formerly known as Ciccone Calcográfica.

Today at 8:30am, six teachers were received for their return to school after being suspended and charged by the city government.

Tens of thousands of people have joined anti-government marches around the country, with Argentines marching for “security, liberty, and justice”