Ministry of National Defense in El Salvador received a donation of a labeling kit arms of the Organization of American States (OAS) benefit in the control of armaments in the country, reported Wednesday officially. The donation consists of a marking machine weapons, which facilitates the tracking of weapons and preventing the proliferation of smuggling, illicit […]
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Delegates from 12 countries are trying to reach agreement on how to implement the first multinational treaty designed to stop drug trafficking in the Caribbean. They met this week in San José, Costa Rica at a time Mexico’s and Colombia’s wars against illegal drugs are pushing the gangs farther into Central America. Read Article
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The most deadly weapons and powerful come illegally to organized crime in Mexico come from the armies of Central America and are introduced by the southern border. According to one of the cables supplied exclusively to La Jornada by Wikileaks, the information sent by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico between March 2009 and January 2010, […]
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The Southern Command has admitted that there is a growing influence of Russia, China and Iran in Latin America that, although it is more diplomatic and trade, said he was concerned the sale of automatic weapons to Venezuela because they can end up in the wrong hands. “We see an increasing influence of external actors, […]
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Venezuelan Air Force has closed the acquisition agreement of eight medium tactical transport aircraft Shaanxi Y-8 made in China, an order officially announced less than 10 to 12 units. The acquisition, credit confirmed by sources quoted by local newspaper Notitarde takes place after starting the negociocianes started in December 2010, when Major General Aviation, Major […]
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Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by police to disperse teachers union demonstrations in Honduras and prosecute anyone found responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. Read Article
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An American woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas’ border with Mexico. Read Article
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Police forces of Bolivia and Brazil left yesterday resulted in the seizure of more than two tons of coca paste and cocaine hydrochloride, four buildings, six firearms and 36 vehicles and seized 35 people, among Ecuadorians, Colombians, Brazilians and Bolivians. Read Article
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Fabiola López Serra, host and resident of Nazareth, denounced the attitude of officials of the Federal Preventive Police located at the junction of the ejido El Huarache-Villa Juárez, because by not carrying a license, they asked 500 pesos “bite” *mordida, bribe), which to refuse, an officer ordered a hooded transit element withdraw the license plate, […]
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By performing espionage (like hawks) in the service of organized crime, two elements of the Monterrey Police Forces were arrested for Support of the State Police this morning. Read Article
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Targeted incidents are recorded on Tuesday night in various parts of the country, under the so-called “Day of the Young Combatant” (Dia del Joven Combatiente)which commemorates the death of the Vergara brothers dictatorship. Campfires, stone throwing and attempted to burn a minibus have been the norm during the early hours of the night has been […]
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Despite receiving instructions on the operation of the vehicles, the drivers of four of the eighteen patrol vehicles en route to the border points, where involved in a multiple vehicle collision. Read Article
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Attended by 350 police and also seized 40 motorcycles, 60 cars, mostly stolen, 40 guns of various calibers, marijuana and cocaine, among other things. Buenos Aires Police today conducted a mega-deals in the locality of Garin, Escobar party where arrested 20 people and seized weapons and drugs, among other things. Read Article
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If it were you or I we would be facing a hefty fine and points for not having the annual marchamo (circulation) permit for our vehicle, however, when it comes to a government institution everyone looks the other way. Until now. Alajuela councilman showing his proof of police patrol cars without riteve and marchamo to […]
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The Unit for Combating Organized Crime (Ulco) on Sunday found 100 boxes of dynamite inside a truck whose destination is presumed were the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). As a result of operating three people were arrested. Read Article
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Police chiefs from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay discussed the border security. Was conducted Wednesday in Santana Do Livramento, an international police force in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The event organized by the Military Brigade of Rio Grande Do Sul, through the Regional Command West Frontier located in the Brazilian city, had as main objective to […]
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The Gaula Police arrested a patrolman asked 600,000 pesos to the auxiliary bus. Patrolman Miyer Rengifo Niño could pay a penalty of four years in prison for the crime of extortion (demanding money by taking advantage of his position as public servant). Read Article
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Bars were located indugel 288, 78 detonators and 100 meters of safety fuse. Troops of the Fifth Brigade, assigned to the Second Division, and coin the Santander branch of DAS support, reached the location and subsequent destruction of 288 indugel bars, which, apparently, were to be used in the exploitation of illegal mining. Read Article
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Mexican authorities said Thursday they had arrested the local leader of the dreaded Zetas drug cartel along with seven other suspects in the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun. Read Article
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The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry on Thursday sent a protest note to the Directorate General of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica for “violating airspace” of the disputed area. Action “disobeyed the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its resolution of 8 March 2011.” Read Article
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The head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Luis Howell Ballena, deliver 80 shotguns and 18 thousand rounds of self-defense committees (DAC) of the native communities and machiguengas asháninkas in the valley of the rivers Apurimac and Ene, VRAE. In addition, it is estimated that over the next two months will culminate with […]
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The freezing of the Defence Budget of the Government of Dilma Rousseff affect Prosub, National Submarine Construction, conducted in collaboration with France for the assembly of Scorpene submarines and nuclear technology development. Read Article
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The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) financed, for ten years, an espionage operation against drug trafficking conducted by specialized agents of Costa Rica’s Dirección de Inteligencia Seguridad (DIS) – Intelligence Service. The daily La Nacion reported that a team of officers, as confirmed by the former minister de Seguridad, Rogelio Ramos, and the former […]
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The five members(one charged with dereliction of duty) of the police are accused of the death of Fidel Mario Hernani and David Callisaya Mamani, who died between 7 and 8 May 2010 during the social conflicts in that municipality yungueño by the installation of a citrus processing plant. Read Article
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Over the objections of DuPage County prosecutors, a Naperville North High School counselor and coach charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old female student was given permission today to attend a family vacation next week in Cancun, Mexico. John Carbonaro, 33, of Warrenville, pleaded not guilty today to eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Read […]
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Mexican authorities have detained an in-law of top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman who allegedly ran a transnational drug operation that reached as far as Ecuador. Suspect Victor Manuel Felix is both an in-law of Guzman and the godfather of one of the drug lord’s children. Read Article
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38 kilos of cocaine base were seized by officers of the IDPs, who found the drug hidden inside an interprovincial bus in La Calera, Fifth Region. Read Article
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This is a clip from the film ‘Impunity’ which is a new documentary that Hollman Morris produced with filmmaker Juan Lozano. It won a special mention at the International Human Rights Film Festival and Forum on March 11th, 2011, in Geneva. The film condemns the amnesty which paramilitaries received under the Justice and Peace Law […]
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Embraer Brazilian aviation group plans to convert its strong position in sales of civilian aircraft in China, in a strong position in defense aircraft sales, if trade restrictions are relaxed weapons against Beijing. Carlos Camargo, head of communications of Embraer, told Jane’s Defence Weekly that are building strong relations with China, which is crucial for […]
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The Ministry of Defense of Colombia centralize the procurement system of material, suspendiente the power purchases by the Armed Forces and 16 companies that depend on them granted in 2006. The new measure will be announced during this week when Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera make public the permanent directive number 11 according to the local […]
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There are private security and continued presence of the police, but crime persists. The case of the Central University student Francys Aries Castro, 23, who last March 2 injured with a knife, after suffering a robbery after leaving school, is the most serious happened to a student at the center Bogota, in recent months. Read […]
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A Colombian man is jailed in Miami 17 years after he and three brothers were indicted on charges of working for the now-defunct Medellin cocaine cartel. Sigifredo Maya made his first court appearance Friday and was ordered held without bail. Authorities say the 48-year-old Maya was detained a week earlier in Panama while attempting to […]
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), speaking at a conference on border issues Thursday, said 663 individuals arrested along the southwest border in 2010 were from countries designated as “special interest” or from countries known to have ties with terrorism. Read Article
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Police estimate they took removed 226,000 marijuana plants from 23 locations in the Talamanca mountains in an operation that used a helicopter to locate the fields. To date for 2011 the Ministry of Security has successfully eradicated a total of 443,056 marijuana plants in Costa Rica. Read Article
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Campaigners for a law change making it harder for war criminals to use Britain as a safe haven were yesterday celebrating the first arrest made under the new legislation. The arrest was of a 46-year-old man living in Tiverton, Devon, who is suspected of involvement in death squads which operated in Peru as a state-backed […]
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he Mexican government said Wednesday it has allowed U.S. drones to fly over its territory to gather intelligence on drug traffickers, but insisted the operations were under its control. The country’s National Security Council said in a statement that the unmanned aircraft have flown over Mexico on specific occasions, mainly along the border with the […]
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The Government will on Thursday the first group of Colombian prisoners in Ecuador, who will be repatriated from the neighboring country and delivered to the International Bridge Rumichaca. Texto copiado de www.rcnradio.com – Conozca el original en http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/16-03-11/confirman-repatriaci-n-de-primer-grupo-de-colombianos-presos-en-ecuador&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhQrE2Kanb7D8sH2KEv5pRs0oLNVQ#ixzz1Gmmoq3ub Read Article
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A New Mexico mayor, the police chief and a town official were busted in a scheme to supply Mexican drug cartels with guns, federal agents said. Eddie Espinoza, the mayor of Columbus, Angelo Vega, the police chief, and Blas Gutierrez, a village councilman, were arrested last week. Read Article
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Homeland security is of primary concern for Brazil. Spanning over 8.5 million square kilometers this huge nation is bordering ten neighboring countries over 17,000 kilometers of land borders, many of which lay over sparsely inhabited areas, posing a great challenge for law enforcement and control. Brazil’s homeland security market has grown significantly in recent years […]
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The Exports of Defence of Russia reached new record in 2010 with Venezuela as one of its major customers. According to Rosoboronexport, the Russian agency in charge of brokering the sale of defense products, sales last year amounted to 8,600 million dollars. Read Article
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A Salvadoran mechanics group, part of the small aircraft builder Press Group, part of building a fleet for basic training of pilots of the Colombian Air Force (FAC). The total investment in the fleet of 25 military trainer aircraft primary Calima T-90, is U.S. $ 10 million. Late last year, technicians Press, a company based […]
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Infodefensa.com In an exclusive interview, the deputy minister for defense policy of Peru, Ambassador Marco Balarezo Lizarzaburu reported that it has agreed with Ecuador standardized and transparent methodology for measuring defense spending will be applied and presented towards the end of 2011. Read Article
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Argentine judge Marcelo Aguinsky dismissed charges against the U.S. after an American military aircraft was seized in the South American country for allegedly smuggling undeclared items, including weapons and surveillance equipment, local media reported Friday. Read Article
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Security forces from Panama and United States will perform joint tactical exercises for the next month to work on combating terrorism. “The training reflects the approach of Panama, which will work with the United States or any other country to strengthen its preparations in the field of security,” the Ministry of Security said in a […]
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The Defense Department says gunmen opened fire on troops as they approached the camp outside San Fernando, a town in the border state of Tamaulipas. Read Article
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FBI agents are traveling to Peru to study a laptop belonging to Joran Van der Sloot — who was arrested twice in connection with the Natalee Holloway case, but was not charged — according to a Lima court document. Read Article
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On Wednesday the ministro de Seguridad, José María Tijerino, said that reports from intelligence sources indicates that the conflict area may have been mined by the Nicaraguan army. The minister explained that a group of experts will be entering the area – to the limits placed by the International Court of Justice in The Hague […]
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Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) announced its opposition to remarks made by President Obama regarding the role and safety of ICE Special Agents assigned to Mexico. After his meeting with Mexico President Calderon on Thursday, President Obama stated, “There are laws in place in Mexico that say our agents should not be […]
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The Panther Squadron, located in Santa Maria Air Base in Brazil, held last March 1, the arrival of the first H-60L Black Hawk. These new aircraft, an American, came out on February 13 Sikorsky factory in Elmira, New York. Read Article
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The Minister of Defence of Bolivia, Ruben Saavedra, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Ma Xiaotian han have signed a military cooperation agreement which includes, inter alia, the provision of communications equipment and the exchange of officers and military trainees. Read Article
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The Venezuelan Ministry of Defense has published a set of rules to control the acquisition, possession, use, registration, ammunition, equipment and accessories for the bodies and law enforcement bodies. According to the Official Gazette, embodied in the report, the new rule specifies that only police officers used “special weapons” are the CICPC, the intelligence agencies […]
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A wiretapping centre is the new ally of authorities to fight organized crime in Costa Rica. The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the Poder Judicial and the Instituto Costarricense Contra Drogas signed an agreement to jointly create the new entity. Read Article
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Brazil is a developing nation well situated in time and place. Unlike other areas of the world, it has no bloody religious or ethnic conflicts, and its last border conflict took place in the early 19th century. However, Brazil is the most populous Latin American nation, with nearly 200 million inhabitants, and thousands of miles […]
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Gunmen swarmed a convoy transporting two prisoners in northern Mexico, shredding three police vehicles with bullets and killing seven officers and one inmate, prosecutors said Monday. Six officers and the second inmate were wounded. Read Article
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Two Colombian air force helicopters have crashed during a training exercise, killing four Colombian soldiers and a Mexican lieutenant participating in the operation. Read Article
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Two policemen State of Mexico (one judicial and one municipal) and the “godmother” of the first, were arrested Saturday night after an intense firefight in the vicinity of Zinacantepec municipality in the State of Mexico, while attempting the ransom of a “express kidnapping” that had been made in the municipality of Xonacatlán, falsely claiming that […]
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PT federal deputy and an active member of the leftist movement Regeneration, Gerardo Fernandez Norona, said the plant will look for Sempra Energy, which serves foreign interests, will be closed. After criticizing the double mask of the deputies of the PAN, the legislator said he will not insist on the issue because the country’s president […]
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This morning, Public Safety items robbery foiled a passerby on the coastal road south of the island, where they arrested two of the four alleged assailants, Pedro Raymundo Marcial Herrera and Pedro Antonio Vela Tzuc, who were referred to the Public Ministry of Common Jurisdiction Corcuera Benito Hernández, deputy director of Public Security reported that […]
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The US government considers that the bilateral counternarcotics cooperation between Venezuela and the United States is “inadequate,” according to the 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) submitted by the Department of State to the US Congress and disclosed on Thursday. Read Article
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As part of Operation Lightning II, Huallaga Police Front troops captured a team member of Sendero Luminoso selective annihilation identified as Wilder Utia Pezo, better known as Toro. However, his son Larry and Gresilio Utia Veramendi Meza Perez escaped the police cordon. Read Article
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Eight soldiers were arrested while transporting a ton of cocaine in Tijuana, said Thursday the military command. The commander of the Second Military Region, General Alfonso Duarte, told reporters that the military were working with a group of civilians to traffic drugs. Read Article
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nfodefensa.com) By P. Palacios, Lima – members active and retired Air Force and the Peruvian army were involved in a network of illegal arms from different quarters for Peruvians and narco-terrorist organization called the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC_EP). The research was conducted by the Third Provincial Criminal Prosecutor Lima Supra merit […]
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More than 2 000 streets of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s most violent city have been closed to public access by its residents to protect themselves against organized crime, sources said Sunday the municipal government. Fearful after more than 7 thousand murders in the last three years, some neighborhood groups decided to make their streets and install […]
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The skeleton of a man was found in access to Pacific Highway Mazatlán, Culiacán, at the height of the ejido El Venadillo.The macabre discovery was made at 10:30 pm today, when employees were carrying out cleaning brush. Read Article
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Informal miners on Wednesday blocked roads and streets in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios to protest against government intervention in the control of pollution caused by the use of dredges by workers. Read Article
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Coastal, inland, country and some of the eastern plains make up the select group of young people who first entered the Naval Academy Officers’ ARC “Barranquilla” 279 candidates are prepared to start his military career as a Naval Petty Officer of the Navy of Colombia . At seven o’clock the guard looked School attended, was […]
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Clashes between police and drug-gangs in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have left five criminals dead and one officer wounded while six were arrested. On Tuesday morning, in an attempt to establish a free zone of gangs and drug-traffickers, the Rio de Janeiro Special Police Force (BOPE) stormed the Jacarezinho slum to stop […]
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With eight assault rifles, a pistol grenade launchers, more than 2 000 rounds of ammunition, half a kilo of marijuana seeds, tactical gear and 3 luxury vehicles, was captured a woman who is part of the State Preventive Police (PEP), which was in military uniform and was accompanied by 9 subjects, who were able to […]
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Through communication protocol that gives the Attorney General based in Torreon Coahuila, reported on at least three shootings that took place near two o’clock in different clubs in Torreon. Milenio.com reports that the opinion of the authorities reveals that ten people were killed and 15 others were injured in the events. According to witnesses, approximately […]
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A former guerrillas used as a “model” of the FARC printed propaganda was arrested in the last hours by the Colombian authorities in the city of Pereira (west), reported the Department of Administrative Security (DAS .) This is Jhasmit Andrea Moncada Vélez, alias “Feliener” or “Cat” and former member of Aurelio Rodriguez against the Revolutionary […]
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Two former Argentine dictators appeared in court Monday for the first time to face charges over the kidnapping of some 500 babies decades ago, seized from their mothers in secret maternity units minutes after birth. Read Article
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Seven foreign citizens were arrested accused of belonging to a gang was involved in extorting money from Chinese traders who opened supermarkets in the city and suburbs. Police sources informed that six of those arrested are Chinese nationals and the remainder is Dominican, one of which would be the alleged leader of the criminal organization. […]
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A senior Interior Ministry official who recently headed Bolivia’s counternarcotics police has been arrested in Panama and sent to the United States to face charges that he ran a cocaine trafficking ring. Read Article
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Mexican Army elements belonging to the 13 Military Zone four suspected gunmen shot dead at noon today during a clash in the ejido Las Blancas, municipality of Tepic, near Dam Aguamilpa. Through a statement, the military stressed that after repel an armed attack, soldiers shot dead four suspected criminals and seized a vehicle, 12 guns, […]
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On Thursday evening at 11:50 pm, local police in the center of Mazatlan took into custody a man who possessed a backpack with 26 U.S. made grenades. The incident happened in the city center at: calle Teniente José Azueta, entre las calles Hidalgo y Morelos. The defendant reported to officials that he was scavaging and […]
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Caracas – Deliveries of Russian air defense system S-300 to Venezuela has been delayed, but will continue, as stated by an official of Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export. Read Article
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Chile’s government has announced that by May 21, when the president Sebastián Piñera yield annual public accounts, shall be handled in Congress a new system of funding for equipment Armed Forces of this country. After meeting with President Piñera, the defense minister, Andres Allamand, reported that “before 21 May will be filing a new bill […]
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One of Mexico’s most wanted men has been killed in a gun battle with police, officials say. Luis Humberto Peralta Hernandez, 44, was a top figure in the Juarez cartel, which controls many of the drug smuggling routes from Mexico into the US, prosecutors said. Read Article
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The Acting Commander of the Air Force of Paraguay, Miguel Christ, presented to the president, Fernando Lug or a modernization of the armed forces, an initiative that includes the acquisition of two mobile radars valued at four million dollars to help combat, mainly drug trafficking. Read Article
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The Ministry of Defense of Colombia will present a project to ensure the legal defense of the military who are under investigation for actions related to the service. The minister of that portfolio, Rodrigo Rivera, stated that the draft text is ready to be put into consideration by the Congress. Read Article
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Deliveries of S-300 missile defense systems to Venezuela have been delayed, but will go ahead, an official at Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export monopoly, said on Tuesday. Read Article
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Two people were arrested when they moved to six children to the city of Ica. According to police investigations, girls would be sexually exploited in the various brothels in the city. Police were able to stop by the timely reporting of persons whose identities are kept confidential. Read Article
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By the security operation Madrugonazo the Underworld, the Body of Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC) in Trujillo state captured during the last week, 22 people guilty of involvement in various crimes. The report is offered on Monday the State Authority of the police chief, Ali Torres, who said eight of the detainees are disqualified […]
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Argentina’s defense minister, Arturo Puricelli, announced the move to the status of “available” to all personnel responsible for the care of the weapons in an army battalion in the province of Santa Fe ( East Central), after detecting the failure of numerous weapons, as reported from within the ministerial portfolio. Read Article
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President Alvaro Colom said in an interview published Friday in the Mexican daily El Universal that his country, Honduras and El Salvador seek to create “special combined forces” to fight Mexican drug traffickers operating in Central America. Read Article
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Hugo Chavez’s government, through the Venezuelan Prosecutor, raise a complaint with the International Police (Interpol) for its inaction to stop “corrupt bankers” to order red ‘search and seizure. ” According to the Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, 40% of requests for arrest issued by Interpol Venezuela have been blocked on the grounds that it is […]
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The Mexican government announced Saturday a series of measures including increased military pay, annuities to widows of soldiers killed in combat, more health services, and enlargement of the pensions of retirees. The announcement was made by Mexican President Felipe Calderón as part of Army Day celebrations in the city of Reynosa, in the northern state […]
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday ordered the Army to send four battalions of soldiers to the country’s northern borderlands, the site of increasing violence fueled by the drug trade. Read Article
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Peru will receive on March 2 helicopters MI-35 Russian-made for use in combat against drug traffickers and guerrillas of Sendero Luminoso, reported Sunday the general commander of the Air Force of Peru, Carlos Samamé. Read Article
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Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (SAIME)From 2009 till date, ID Administrative Service, Immigration and Nationality (Saime) and state security agencies dismantled 14 criminal gangs were involved in forgery and became the order of the Public Prosecutor to 270 citizens who extorted users, reported Sunday the general director of that institution, Dante Rivas. Read […]
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An official of the Prison Section of Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) died last night when two men shot him in the head and chest to steal a briefcase. The victim, identified as Fernando Calvo Monge, 29, was killed on Friday at 9:25 pm in front of the urbanization Las Luisas in Cordoba neighborhood Zapote, San […]
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The United States has built a huge fence to keep Mexican immigrants out. It has cost billions, split communities – but does it work? Charlie Bruce was a Texas police chief of the old school. In more than four decades on the force he gave homegrown criminals good reason to steer clear of Del Rio, […]
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Police arrested nine people and seized 300 firearms, including assault rifles, in a raid targeting an arms ring that allegedly sold weapons to Mexican drug traffickers, authorities said on Thursday. The sweep came after a federal grand jury unsealed indictments against 17 defendants allegedly involved in shipping to Mexico firearms bought by third-party “straw purchasers” […]
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Martha Rocha, a 27-year police veteran who led a division responsible for protection of women, will command the troubled 12,000-member Civil Police, which is responsible for fighting crime in a city famous for spectacular bouts of violence. Read Article
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While they’ve made strides in arresting illegals and building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico line, the Border Patrol only has “operational control” of 44 percent of the southern border, and of that only 15 percent is air tight, according to new General Accountability Office report. Read Article
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Antiriot police began assembling Wednesday in front of striking Colombian truckers, who for three days have been causing major traffic jams by setting up roadblocks on this capital city’s main arteries. The truckers’ strike, which began nearly two weeks ago over deregulation of the industry, involves the majority of some 200,000 Colombian truckers and is […]
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Brazilian authorities say they have arrested nearly 20 police officers suspected of taking part in a death squad that allegedly murdered and tortured innocent women and children. Read Article
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The homosexual movement of Lima (MHOL) brought charges against the Peruvian national police force (PNP) this morning over unwarranted police aggression during the group’s “Kisses Against Homophobia” demonstration, held this past Saturday in Lima’s Plaza de Armas. Read Article
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The Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro (FARJ) is a specific anarchist organization in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded on August 30, 2003, the FARJ identifies its origins in the work of militants as Ideal Peres (1925-1995), his father Juan Perez Bouzas (or João Peres) (1899-1958), José Oiticica (1882-1957) among others. It […]
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