Two student leaders travelled to the United States this week to accept the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award on behalf of the Chilean Student Movement, and to speak at North American universities about educational issues and student organising. The award will be accepted today by Camila Vallejo of the University of Chile Student Federation, and Noam […]

Yesterday afternoon in Durango, northern Mexico, Director of Public Security for the city of Lerdo Andrés Balderas and Chief subdirector Luis Manuel Torres went missing along with three escorts. Their disappearance has prompted a red alert in the state capital. Balderas and Torres were attending the inauguration of the new director of the Durango Red […]

Members of FARC and the Colombian government have agreed to start negotiation talks on Wednesday 17 October in Oslo, Norway after delays earlier this week. The talks will end on 18 October with a press conference that evening.

After a large protest yesterday, Mapuche prisoners announce that they will continue to starve despite attempts force-feeding by authorities. The prisoners rejected authorities attempts at force-feeding Tuesday after 51 days of hunger strike.

Cuba has announced a change in their migration policy; citizens will no longer need to obtain exit permits to travel abroad. The only requirements for travel will be a passport and a visa of the destination country.

More than 5,000 indigenous people marched today through the centre of the Chilean capital to defend their rights and to support the four hunger striking Mapuche prisoners in Concepción.

Peace talks between the Colombian Government and Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) were supposed to have started today in Oslo, but have now been pushed back to Wednesday.

On Sunday, close to 2,000 police and military personnel occupied five of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest shantytowns. The operation lasted for 30 minutes and is part of the Brazilian security forces’ attempts to pacify the shantytowns and stop drug trafficking.

The Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes for 72 days after a plane crash were finally able to play their match yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster. The crash, made famous by a Hollywood film and a best-selling book, occurred in October 1972 when a Uruguayan air force plane that was […]

Today, 12th October, many countries in the Americas officially celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the continent (12th October 1492). Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia were the first countries to celebrate it at the beginning of 20th century. The name of the holiday varies depending on the country. Most Latin American countries call it the […]