Right after Fidel Castro’s first year in power in Cuba, U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower took his first and only trip to Latin America on Feb. 20, 1960. He visited Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. He suffered a surprisingly bitter experience in each of those capitals. He saw threatening crowds waving banners with the images of Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara and shouting anti-American slogans against “imperialism.” Read Article
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Twenty-five years after democracy was restored in Uruguay the wounds are still not healed. The latest controversy centres on a bill to annul the amnesty that prevents prosecution of members of the military and police for alleged human rights violations under the dictatorship of 1973-85. Read Article
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Indigenous and campesino (small-scale farmer) movements in the Andean nation of Bolivia are on the verge of pushing through one of the most radical environmental bills in global history. The “Mother Earth” law under debate in Bolivia’s legislature will almost certainly be approved, as it has already been agreed to by the majority governing party, […]
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VENEZUELA said on Friday it formally left the Andean Community of Nations, a customs union that includes Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The foreign ministry said it will maintain trade relations with its South American partners ‘under other rules and principles. Read Article
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In the heat of a one-day police revolt over benefit cuts last September, President Rafael Correa’s government took the extraordinary step of ordering all TV channels to broadcast the signal of state-run television. Correa survived the revolt — rescued from a besieged hospital by army commandos — but the government’s action fueled accusations that the […]
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Peru’s nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala is running ahead of conservative Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori, leading up to the June 5 election, said a poll published on Sunday. Read Article
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The National Secretary for Communication, Fernando Alvarado, denied that the book has been banned Big Brother, the booth of Ecuador, during the Book Fair which takes place in Buenos Aires. Read Article
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The victims of forced sterilization program that the IMF demanded that the president Fujimori seeking justice in the Peruvian courts. She was 30 when I had the operation and since then I almost useless in the field, “says Cléofl Neira, 50, from the door of her adobe house. In Yanguil, a village a few hundred […]
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Argentina’s president has ordered all federal forces to search for a key witness against a former military officer in the death of a bishop who tried to intervene on behalf of victims of the dictatorship.The 52-year-old man’s wife said he disappeared on Monday, and President Cristina Fernandez ordered the federal search. Read Article
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An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern about the increasing rate of violent evictions taking place in Argentina and called for a comprehensive strategy to tackle the country’s housing crisis. In a news release issued at the end of her week-long visit to the country, Raquel Rolnik said she heard countless testimonies […]
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The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) is planning to withdraw on Saturday 23 April the baton to the president, Rafael Correa, by an act to be held in the parish Zumbahua, in the province of Cotopaxi. The ceremony will also include the presence of several organizations in Cotopaxi, assembly members, leaders and the […]
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Norma Delgado, mother of President Rafael Correa angrily denied the use of his image in the No campaign. The afternoon of Wednesday April 20, through social networks like twitter, circulated a photo collage of Ms. Norma Delgado, wearing a shirt with the legend “Mijo this time”, alluding to the upcoming electoral process in May. Read […]
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Bolivia’s plans to nationalize mines owned by Pan American Silver Corp (PAAS) and Swiss commodities trader Glencore International AG appear to have hit a snag, with workers’ unions at the two companies rejecting the move. The government has said it would not move forward with taking over the mines if the unions opposed it. Read […]
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Last month, Sandra Torres announced that she was divorcing her husband, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, in order to run for the presidency herself. “I am getting a divorce from my husband, but I am getting married to the people,” she told reporters. The Guatemalan constitution bans the president’s relatives from running for office. Read Article
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President Evo Morales, an outspoken critic of Washington “imperialism”, has accepted financial aid to monitor efforts to eradicate coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine. The government accepted the $250,000 offer following setbacks to its counter-narcotics programme which prompted calls for a return of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Read Article
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Carabobo Stereo 102.3 FM, a radio station based in the northern state of Carabobo, has been off the air since the evening of 18 March when around 30 representatives of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) turned up unannounced with soldiers, shut it down and seized its equipment. Read Article
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The Malaysian government failed to inform Washington that two “US-supplied” F-5 fighter jet engines had gone missing since May 22, 2008, despite having at least “three opportunities” to come clean, according to leaked United States diplomatic cables released recently. The engines two years later were finally located two years later in Uruguay. Read Article
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Capital Economics points out to fiscal policy which it describes as “too loose” and the country’s savings rate, “very low by international standards” which makes the problem “structural” rather than cyclical as the Brazilian government tends to argue. Read Article
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said in an interview that justice in a country is “priceless” and “No justice, no development”, in reference to the restructuring of the judicial system in the Andean nation to be held through a referendum on 7 May. Read Article
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The Xingu river flows around small isles and islands and across rapids and waterfalls in Brazil’s Amazon jungle, and has a dramatically reduced flow during dry season. Navigating it presents constant hurdles and risks. Read Article
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Concluding its mission to Costa Rica, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)has said that the medium term economic outlook is broadly positive, and that tax reform is key to the securing of a higher revenue base. As part of consultation discussions with Costa Rica, the IMF mission visited the country from March 28-April 12, and met […]
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The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ecuador will investigate the veracity of a recently publicized WikiLeaks cable that claims Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa received campaign funding from the FARC and Venezuela, El Espectador reported Friday. Read Article
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In Costa Rica there are 70 national companies that manufacture devices to control the wings of airplanes, tanks for spacecraft and aircraft seats to Europe. The data, which the authorities found surprising, are the result of the first study Aerospace Business in Costa Rica. Read Article
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The former head of chancery of diplomatic representation in the United Kingdom, Abel Abarca Ayala, was admitted to the South Prison, to be processed by the Ninth District Court Federal Criminal Proceedings in the Federal District for the crime of rape. According to the Federal Public Ministry assigned to the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, today criticized the management has given the press to a leaked cable from WikiLeaks which speaks of the alleged financing his campaign with money from Venezuela. In the cable published on Monday by Colombian semani week , The Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño mentioned as a possible link to get […]
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Irma Parra, Pika distribution manager in Riobamba, was arrested this morning by order of President Rafael Correa, called for making obscene signs and demonstrate for the not in the office when the president was in the promotional trailer for the Yes vote. According to the police, Police Corporal Chele Nelson Cortez, a member of the […]
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The U.S. government carefully examines the relationship between President Rafael Correa and the Ecuadorian media and the state of freedom of speech and press in the country. Several cables released by the website Wikileaks, which had access to this newspaper, newspapers aware of reports that the Embassy in Quito refers to the administration of Barack […]
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If you plan to go to Nicaragua by land, take into account the border at Peñas Blancas is closed this morning, as both Costa Rican and Nicaraguan authorities decided to close the border between the two countries as a security and safety measure for the bi-national meeting scheduled for this morning at 10am. The land […]
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The Foreign Ministry’s elegant new headquarters here is a gift from the Chinese government. Chinese signs on hundreds of businesses, from casinos to grocery shops and furniture stores, beckon the residents of this capital. Chinese work crews are paving roads cutting through the jungle. Read Article
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About 30 stations borders will be expropriated and the hands of the Bolivian Fiscal Oilfields ( YPFB ), after the municipalities define the price of the same, after a thorough evaluation conditions found in each. The information was unveiled on Sunday the president of YPFB , Carlos Villegas, who recalled that the new Law on […]
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The National Journalist’s Association (CNP) has unsuccessfully sent letters to the Ombudsman Office, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, the Ministry of Information and Communication, the Vice-President’s Offices, and the National Assembly to address the issue of the restricted access to government information sources. Read Article
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Uruguayan Minister of Defense Luis Rosadilla pledged to renegotiate a defense agreement with the Venezuelan government. Read Article
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Peru’s benchmark stock index .IGRA fell more than 3 percent on Monday after left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. The currency only weakened slightly. Read Article
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osta Rican opposition politicians reiterated their rejection on Friday to U.S. military ships docking in Costa Rica under the pretext of fighting drug trafficking. “We want to fight drug trafficking, but we do not accept the docking or prolonged stay of military ships in our country, because it violates our Constitution and our national sovereignty,” […]
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Nationalist leader reached 33% of the national electoral preference, followed by Keiko Fujimori with 22%. Kuczynski is very close to 19%, while Toledo ranked fourth with 15.3% and Luis Castillo followed with 9.5%, according to exit poll results. Read Article
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Peru has one of the fastest-growing economies in the Americas, healthy international reserves and record high exports. Conventional wisdom would suggest that voters in the South American nation would be reluctant to rock the boat. Read Article
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The Guatemalan courts have approved the divorce of President Alvaro Colom and First Lady Sandra Torres, opening the way for her to run for president in September, a judge said yesterday. “They are legally divorced,” said family court judge Midred Roca, who presided over the divorce proceedings. Read Article
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Some 20 million Peruvians are to head to the polls on Sunday for a tight presidential election, in which four candidates are regarded as having good chances of making it to the June 5 runoff. Polls have showed that none of the 10 candidates were expected to reach the threshold of half the vote needed […]
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This is a video of Chilean author Marta Harnecker discussing Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador. The presentation was at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
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The United States ordered Ecuador’s ambassador to leave the country on Thursday and scrapped a round of talks in retaliation for the expulsion of its ambassador in Quito. Read Article
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Two Venezuelan opposition leaders said today in Lima on the apparent influence of Hugo Chavez and his political project in the Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, who leads polls of voting intentions for next Sunday’s elections. Read Article
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Peruvian presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo on Tuesday used the anniversary of a 1992 presidential power grab to attack leftist candidate Ollanta Humala. Read Article
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Michel Martelly won a landslide victory in Haiti’s presidential election, tapping into a desire for change in the earthquake-battered country. Read Article
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The struggle between President Rafael Correa and the press has become more harsh in the wake of the prosecution to executives and editors of the newspaper El Universo. The main conflict revolves around a series of investigative reports published by this newspaper and others on governance in which detailed allegations of public corruption. Read Article
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The political leader, Wilson Merino adds to the list of victims of violent crime living in Ecuador, where mayors have also fallen. Merino, who was Secretary General of the Administration’s interim government and legislature Fabián Alarcón Radical Alfarista Front party was found dead after being reported missing 60 days ago. Read Article
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The activity of social media and journalists is becoming weaker and more restricted in Ecuador.In the first three months of the year, supporting media and journalists were attacks and pressures from different sectors of the country.The restrictions and insecurity include criminal prosecutions, threats, intimidation, insults, physical attacks. The violence reached a TV presenter who was […]
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One of the Ecuadorian political civil and accused of instigating the police revolt of September 30, 2010 was declared innocent. The citizen Manuel Araujo, a former Ecuadorean military officer, was arrested almost immediately after the events of that day and has been jailed for eight months. Read Article
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Iran has expanded its ties in Latin American beyond its close relationship with Venezuela, a top U.S. commander said Tuesday as he described a troubling development that the United States is watching closely. Read Article
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The elimination of taxes on cigarettes, soft drinks, spirits, beers and wines, by legislators of three political parties, will leave under-funded the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural (INDER), known as the Institute of Agrarian Development. Read Article
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WIKILEAKS The Government of Ecuador decided to declare persona non grata to the U.S. ambassador in the country, Heather Hodges, and urged it to abandon Ecuadorian territory in the shortest time possible, reported the Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, who said that it is not expulsion. Read Article
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Yesterday, Bolivian foreign minister David Choquehuanca accused Chile of not only failing to keep to the spirit of the 1904 Peace and Friendship Treat, but also of obstructing it by not allowing the free movement of passengers and freight from El Alto to the port of Arica, on the Chilean coast. Bolivian president Evo Morales […]
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The indigenous leader Humberto Cholango Ecuarunari representative, was elected early yesterday as president of Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). The Vice President went to the Amazon leader José acacha. Read Article
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Argentina’s foreign minister has denied a reported offer by his government to stop investigating two deadly bombings against Jewish centers in the 1990s in return for improved trade ties with Iran. Read Article
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Nicaragua To File Complaint Against Costa Rica Nicaragua says it intends to file a complaint against Costa Rica at the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) for violating its territorial integrity. The Ortega government said on Sunday that it would file the complaint today, Monday. Nicaraguan Army Chief Julio Cesar Aviles on Friday […]
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A Civil Chamber of Guatemala ordered to stop divorce proceedings requested by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, and his wife, Sandra Torres, so that it can register as a presidential candidate, judicial sources said. Read Article
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The project would be located on 50 square meters and the final product would be sold as a tea infusion. Appealing to the measure. That’s what made the agronomist Alvaro Gomez, owner of Agrofuturo, a company that on 31 January had been empowered by the SAG for marijuana plants in his farm in Los Angeles. […]
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FROM: REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS – LETTER TO PRESIDENT CORREA Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado President of the Republic Carondelet Palace Quito, Ecuador Dear President Correa, You have just brought two legal actions in quick succession against journalists. Reporters Without Borders, an international press freedom NGO, is very concerned about the consequences of these legal actions and […]
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The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) on Saturday elected a new president, replacing Marlon Santi, who remained in office for four years. In Puyo, Pastaza Province, began this morning its annual conference attended by delegations from the three regions. Read Article
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The Fiscalia and officials of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) raided on Thursday the offices of autopistas del Sol and the Consejo Nacional de Concesiones (CNC) looking for evidence of alleged payoffs with respect to the construction of the San José – Caldera. A total of 10 prosecutors and anti-corruption and judicial officials worked […]
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Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, demanded on Thursday the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, not to interfere in the campaign for elections on April 10 in Peru, local media reported. Read Article
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Peru is about the tightest presidential election in its history. In the absence of 10 days to the April 10 elections, no fewer than five candidates have with chance of advancing to a runoff. Polls released last weekend agree that the clear advantage he enjoyed a month ago the president Alejandro Toledo has evaporated and […]
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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 Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti said Wednesday that there was fraud in the second round of the presidential election held on day 20, which faced the former first lady Mirlande Manigat and singer Michel Martelly. Read Article
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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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The daughters of Chile’s assassinated former army chief, Gen. Carlos Prats, have sued the Chilean government for $15 million dollars, their lawyer said Wednesday. Read Article
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Some Texas lawmakers, tired of cash and guns illegally making their way into Mexico and fueling violence in the northern part of the country, say they think they know how to help. They are proposing that southbound checkpoints be established where Texas law enforcers can stop and check vehicles about to cross the border for […]
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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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Since 2009 have closed six embassies in Caracas. Group of nations that have decided to close their embassies, Morocco, Israel and Honduras have made for political reasons, while Finland, adds to the Czech Republic and Hungary, who have argued for economic reasons to make the measurement.Read Article
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In RCN Radio advocate for victims of drunk drivers, Maria Bottagisio, said that in the legislative agenda of Congress is not a priority to punish people for driving while intoxicated causing tragedies. Read Article
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Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks. Furthermore, Peru’s government is aware that the illegal timber is being ‘laundered’ using ‘document falsification, timber extraction outside the concession boundaries and links to bribes’. Read Article
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has visited Argentina to sign various agreements with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and receive a journalism prize from a school there. Chavez Tuesday was awarded the Rodolfo Walsh Prize from the University of La Plata. The award is named after a journalist who was killed by security agents in 1977. […]
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales decided after a meeting with social organizations, call former presidents and foreign ministers who worked in the maritime claim against Chile to discuss the strategy that drives the government to regain sovereign access to the Pacific. “It’s important to know the contributions of these former officials who played a […]
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Uruguay Bolivia supported with respect to an amendment to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which criminalize the chewing of coca leaf. In its participation in the 54 th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations, Uruguay, Bolivia supported the intention to amend the article of the Convention which states that coca chewing […]
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The guardians of Cuba’s struggling socialist system seem to have decided that their revolution now needs a dose of evolution. As the island prepares for its first Communist Party Congress for 14 years, to be held in April, changes to the centrally planned, state-run economy are beginning to take effect. Read Article
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The influence of economic power in the justice system is a deep and ongoing problem in Bolivia, Denis Racicot, a representative of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights to Bolivia, said yesterday. “One of the current problems that comes into play for an ordinary citizen regarding access to justice, and the ability to […]
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Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin a three-day visit to Cuba on Monday for what is described as a “private, non-governmental mission” where the main topic may be the fate of a US aid contractor jailed for setting up illegal Internet service. The timing, coming shortly after contractor Alan Gross was sentenced to 15 […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reported he will begin in Buenos Aires his trip to Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and Colombia to strengthen bilateral relationships with these countries. Chávez announced he will arrive in Buenos Aires on Monday to meet his counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Read Article
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Israel’s envoy to Buenos Aires has asked the Argentinean authorities for a response to a report that appeared in the press there Saturday, alleging that Iran suggested that Argentina “forget” about the two bombings there in the early 1990s in return for improved financial relations, Israeli diplomatic officials said Sunday. 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 body of Peruvian diplomat Sergio Alonso del Castillo Cebreros, disappeared in the Russian capital New Year’s Eve, was found in a canal of the Moscow River, police said. Read Article
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Jenica Marquina is stirring Ucayali and not for their proposals as a candidate for Congress, but by giving interviews and appearing in the media as “God brought the world.” Ella ya era conocida por agarrar a cachetadas a la esposa de un funcionario de Pucallpa. She was known to grab the wife slapping an official […]
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Álvaro Colom wants both his wife who is willing to divorce. The president of Guatemala and Sandra Torres are no more and no less than 14 years together, counting the six courtship and 8 of happy marriage. But all ends in life. Especially since the current first lady wants to be a candidate for the […]
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Haiti’s 4.7 million voters prepare to go to presidential polls in a runoff election in which they will have to choose between a popular singer and a former first lady. Haitians vote in a presidential runoff on Sunday to pick between 70-year-old academic Mirlande Manigat and 50-year-old singer Michel Martelly, AFP reported. Read Article
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Our corruption, crime and government mistakes are based on a unique scandal system and not the rule of law. Don´t get me wrong. We go through the judicial motions, but that´s where it ends. “Scandal” trumps the legal system for both the famous and infamous. Read Article
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, called a general strike total failure of 48 hours that began on Monday the Central Obrera largest Latin American country to protest the wage inremento decreed 10 per cent last month, and is characterized by low attendance. Read Article
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President Rafael Correa said the government should have a representative in the agency responsible for regulating the content of the media, as the “primary victim” of the press in the country. Read Article
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According to the latest opinion poll Ipsos-Apoyo published Sunday in Lima’s El Comercio, former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo’s lead narrowed as support for ultra nationalist opposition leader Ollanta Humala soared. Read Article
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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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The people of Suriname want to foster strong socio-cultural ties with their Indian counterparts to cement the relations between this country and the South American island, its Ambassador, Mr Krishadett Baijnath, said today. Read Article
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The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting among Mexican security forces in the campaign against drug cartels. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Paris to meet with U.S. allies on Libya, said Ambassador Carlos Pascual’s decision to step […]
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An official in the office of Peruvian President Alan Garcia says that his Cabinet chief has resigned, citing personal reasons. The official says that Jose Antonio Chang presented his resignation Friday. Read Article
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Chile and the United States signed a nuclear cooperation agreement, ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit Monday during his Latin America trip. Plans for Obama to participate in the ceremony were scrapped and the signing was pulled forward to Friday amid the post-earthquake and -tsunami nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. […]
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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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The Honduran government said Tuesday it is mulling closing its embassies in five member countries of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) — Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. Deputy Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero said the government is also considering opening new embassies in Asia. 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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Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said Monday Colombia’s ties with Nicaragua are still difficult, and accused the Nicaraguan government of not showing interest in improving the bilateral situation. Read Article
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Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has refused to appoint a new ambassador to Britain showing her resentment of the British presence on the Falkland Islands. What stands behind this move of the Argentine President? Read Article
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On March 14, the first Ambassador of Paraguay to Armenia, Marcial Bobadilla Guillen (residence in Moscow) submitted copies of his credentials to Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. Further, the parties exchanged views on possible steps aimed at strengthening of bilateral relations. Read Article
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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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