•FARC guerilla alias Marcolino was sentenced to 43 years of prison for the massacre of at least 4 indigenous people in 2009. •El-nacional.com reports that Omar Rolando Herrera led members of FARC to murder four individuals that have been fully identified in the Tortugaña-Telembí reservation in Nariño, Colombia bordered by Ecuador. •FARC admitted to the […]
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Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, head of the victims movement against violence in Mexico, stated that in September the Consolation caravan will march from the south to the center of Mexico according to EFE. Sicilia gave up poetry in April after the murder of his son, and has since organized activist movements throughout Mexico. His influence […]
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According to Prensa-Latina.cu members of the National Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights (Movadef), established by ex-rebels of the Shining Path movement, have denounced the Peruvian government for blaming the deaths of six protesters on Shining Path members. Movadef says that the government used the Puno protest over mining pollution to persecute the Shining Path […]
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In a park in Santa Catarina, several men that were traveling in late-model vehicles killed five youths in multiple shootings reported Milienio. The youth often meet at Plaza Argentina of La Fama, a known point for selling drugs. The victims, which included three teenagers and two middle-aged men, were chased and shot with handguns, as […]
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According to ElComercio.pe police have arrested 18 strikers for disorderly conduct on Wednesday July 13th. Police say they detained the strikers for disrupting traffic and assaulting drivers who were not participating in the strike. In districts like San Juan de Lurigancho, which has thousands of people who work in the center of Lima, there is […]
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According Agenica Venezolana de Noticias, on August 9 the indigenous community in Panama will lead a national strike and march to the capital due to a breach of Changuinola agreements by President Ricardo Martinelli. The strike was decided by the General Conference of indigenous regions, who were enraged by the government’s failure to compensate indigenous […]
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According to RadioSucre.com.ec government authorities say that an addition of a monetary reward system for the location of criminals on the ‘Most Wanted’ list, is just one of the new strategies for the capture of the violent criminals in Ecuador. The undersecretary of Internal Security of the Interior Ministry, Javier Cordova says that rewards will […]
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According to ElComercio.pe the National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (Devida) presented the results from their 3rd National Study of “Prevention and Drug Consumption in High School Students in 2009” which showed a 18.9% overall increase in drug use. The study finds that marijuana use increased 23% between 2007 and 2009. However officials […]
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•A joint attack between different groups of the Colombian armed forces secured the capture of 8 members of FARC’s front 25 including two important members of the front in Granada, Huila, Colombia. •As a result of the attack, 2 guerillas died, and the injured were transferred to hospitals for medical attention. •Among the captured were […]
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The National Paraguayan Police announced today that they are sending 4,000 officers to the Ñacunday area in response to conflicts and protests that have arisen in the area between farmers and peasants on their land, according to ultimahora.com. The farmers began a demonstration yesterday using armored farm equipment after discovering that the government had suspended […]
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According to ElComercio.pe the chief of the Seventh Regional Directorate of Police (DIRTEPOL) in Lima, Javier Sanguinetti will deploy 5,000 policemen with orders of immovability for protesting transportation drivers, starting at midnight on Tuesday, July 12th. The DIRTEPOL unit serves different sectors of Lima to ensure security and order. Officials say a transportation strike was […]
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According to ElUniverso.com torrential rains are causing problems for certain sectors of Ambato. Officials say that in some areas drinking water began to turn brown from mud run-off and in other sectors water service had to be suspended. In the sectors of Ingahurco, La Merced, part of Fico and barrios located on high-land had their […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Sunday July 10th four assailants stormed the Pio Pio Chicken fast-food restaurant chain at opening time in Cuenca’s sector of the rose zone. Officials say that the four criminals entered the restaurant at 8:30 a.m. as the doors opened catching employees by surprise and stealing about $10,000. The employees say they believed […]
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According to ElComercio.com the lack of regulations in Ecuador’s Banana Law is causing conflicts between banana producers and exporters. Officials say that many banana exporters do not comply with the official price of a box of bananas, $5.50 per box. However, the law prevents authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAGAP) from […]
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•Military Commander Admiral Édgar Cely has defended the military’s acts of public order in Cauca, Colombia in response to requests for the resignation of Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera and other top members of the military. •According to RCN Radio, these requests have come from members of the civil society. •Cely maintained that FARC and […]
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According to ElComercio.com on Monday July 11th Chile filed their defense to a Peruvian border demand presented before the International Court of The Hague, which included a recent border agreement between Peru and Ecuador that was favorable to the Chilean capital of Santiago. In 2008 Peru filed a complaint that stated a border was not […]
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According to ElComercio.com the current Ecuadorian government has been asked to extradite 33 fugitives with criminal backgrounds ranging from drug trafficking to murder. An unknown government official has reported to El Comercio that from 1995 to 2011, 21 nations asked the Ecuadorian government for extradition of 86 criminals hiding in Ecuador. Additionally Jay Bergman, the […]
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•The current Mayor of Bogotá, Clara López Obregón, asked for an increase of 4,000 police officers for the Colombian city. •According to El Espectador, in 2009, López Obregón, who was then secretary of Government, stated that the city needed 6,000 more officers in order to secure the safety of the 7 million citizens. •Currently there […]
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•The Cauca department in Colombia has experienced more violence than usual due to FARC’s relocation to the Cordillera Central in Colombia. •The indigenous people of the area are suffering the consequences and are being controlled by FARC’s guerillas according to Rodrigo Rojas, a representative of Pax Cristhi per RCN Radio. •Rojas states that the indigenous […]
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According to GalapagosPark.org the Union of Fishing Cooperatives of the Galapagos (UCOOPEPGAL) asked for a delay in the start of the 2011 season of sea cucumber fishing. Fishermen are dealing with a scarcity of fuel in the Galapagos, which is necessary for small vessels where the sea cucumber processing happens. These vessels are prohibited from […]
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British oil company Rockhopper announced this week that it has begun evaluating methods to extract oil from a well in the waters surrounding the Falklands Islands which they have been drilling in since last year without permission from the Argentine Government, according to diariouno.com.ar. This is the first time any oil company has officially decided […]
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Citizens of the Buenos Aires towns, Arturo Seguí, La Loma, San Carlos, barrio Norte, Gorina Villa Elvira and Berisso have been complaining this week of severe power outages, blackouts and disruptions in their electrical service, according to eldia.com.ar. The complaints continue today as some residents have suffered outages all week that power company Edelap is […]
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ElComercio.com reports that hundreds of people, including relatives and friends, marched in the streets of Tulcan, Carchi today July 7th, demanding the release of Orlando Ibarra. The marchers planned to follow the route from Tulcan, Ecuador to Ipiales, Colombia. The Ecuadorian businessman was kidnapped in Ipiales, Colombia on August 2, 2010. Officials say that his […]
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According to LaIndustria.pe the director of the Division of Tourism and Environmental Protection, Edwin Jorge Gutierrez informed journalists of the La Industria newspaper that 18 branches of this department have begun English courses. This new training began after the Division received many complaints from tourists who said that the officers could not understand them, reports […]
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According to LaPrensa.com.bo Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera began Operation Together July 1st, where Chile’s navel fleet participated in military exercises with the United States, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Piñera says that the joint exercise will allow the Chilean Navy to show its force and preparation for military situations and defend the country of Chile. Reportedly, […]
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According to Cre.com.ec the administration of Rafael Correa is carefully watching the situation of illegal migration to the Galapagos Islands. On Friday June 3rd, President Rafael Correa announced that the environment of the Galapagos Islands would collapse if more illegal migration occurred. Officials announced the start of an investigation of residents in the Galapagos to […]
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According to Ecuadorinmediato.com today July 7th the Manton Canon Council in the Manabi province approved an ordnance that regulates motorcycle transportation to only one rider. Officials say that this is another crucial step in reducing crime rates in Manta. Jaime Estrada, the Mayor of Manta says that the law is effective beginning today. Estrada adds […]
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According to Ecuadorinmediato.com about 250 passengers flying from Madrid, Spain to Quito, Ecuador have not received their luggage in a week after landing in Quito. Santa Barbra Airline is a Venezuelan owned company and some passengers say that their luggage disappeared during a flight stop in Caracas. Passengers add that the airline is not respecting […]
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According to Peru21.pe the younger brother of President-elect Ollanta Humala, Alexis Humala has been negotiating gas projects with Russian government officials on behalf of the Humala government in the last few days. The article says that Alexis Humala has been talking to the Russian company Gazprom and it’s vice-president about possible cooperation and strategic alliances […]
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Peru21.pe reports that criminals robbed the church of Santa Ana in Espinar of its precious metal-plated ornaments adorning the altar in the church. The article says that residents in the Cusco province of Peru have been disturbed by recent reports of religious theft that left the city of Lambayaque without the Cross of Motupe. The […]
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ElComercio.com reports that police have taken into custody three of the four suspects in an assault of a businessman who withdrew $40,000 in cash from a bank in Ambato. The assault occurred today, July 6th around 4:30 p.m. close to a mall in the south of Ambato. Tungurahua police chief says that police officials offered […]
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According to ElComercio.com today, at mid-day, Wednesday July 6th, about 50 protesters marched through different sections of Guayaquil’s center. A protest that began at the Palace of Justice consisted of several former employees of Ecuador’s National Beer Company. The former employees were asking authorities to expedite a judicial case involving the company so that they […]
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ElComercio.com reports that the Ecuadorian IRS has closed the Marriot Hotel in Quito since hotel officials did not provide information required by the IRS. Officials say that closure signs will be present for seven days. However, since the incident involves a hotel the IRS will respect the guests that are residing in the building. Officials […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec the director of National Police in Colombia announced today, July 5th, that the March 2008 bombing of the FARC camp in Ecuador was a state decision and therefore, the officials found to stand trial in Ecuador should not be held accountable. General Oscar Naranjo along with the Colombian government do not recognize […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec last night, July 4th, the Ecuadorian military guarding the water plant of Victoria del Portete, a rural community of the Cuenca province, was withdrawn. Officials say Governor Humberto Cordero, ordered the withdrawal of police and military stationed at the water plant since Saturday. Additionally, officials say that the governor acted with the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that recent cases of violence against women in Ecuador have created increased fear for Ecuadorian women. Officials say they do not have specific statistics about homicides of women in Ecuador, however 84 murders and assassinations were reported in Quito from January to April of 2011. Officials add that most violence against women occur […]
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The Córdoba branch of the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) shut down a Facebook group last night that advertised a club for young men that had “no blacks” and “no floggers (similar to hipsters),” according to lavoz.com.ar. The page promoted the City Festival club in Patio Olmos, but was not the official […]
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Documents revealed by Wikileaks this week show that Brazil gave $1.7 million to the Paraguay Armed Forces in 2005 to keep military and political officials in the country happy, according to abc.com.py. The money was meant to ease complaints Paraguay had about the management of the bi-national dam and power plant, Itaipú. As stated in […]
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According to Peru21.pe, on Friday July 1st thousands of students from the San Cristobal University in Huamanga clashed with police in the Plaza de Huamanga as they tried to take over the university by force. Officials say that police used tear gas while trying to quell the demonstrators. Students responded by throwing different kinds of […]
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According to ElComercio.com new government statistics from SIGOB show robberies and other violent crimes are increasing in Quito. In Quito, robbery of bank customers in the vicinity of financial institutions increased from 81 cases in 2009 to 169 in 2010. Officials report that the first quarter of this year 2,044 robberies occurred in Quito while […]
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According to ElComercio.com eight legal proceedings against Ecuador are pending in the international courts. Claims against Ecuador are reportedly about $4,658 million, which only take into account five of the eight cases where damages have been quantified. Most of the lawsuits are from oil companies, while two of the lawsuits come from the companies Global […]
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ElComercio.com reports that there is a shortage of HIV-AID drugs in Ecuador. Health officials report that prescriptions of antiretroviral drugs such as Lamivudine, Abacavir and Kaletra are not being filled at special pharmacies that are supposed to carry these expensive drugs. Non-governmental organizations report that 10% of the 1,000 members of the organization Caminos de […]
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•Despite rumors that FARC head member Alfonso Cano had been captured, he has escaped the Colombian military for the third time. •RCN Radio reports that during an operation performed by the Colombian military last Wednesday, Alfonso Cano fled the encampment between the Cauca and Huila departments. •The military had received information about the top FARC […]
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This is a list of weapons at the disposal of the Colombian Armed Forced from fuerzasmilitares.org: •Pistols and Revolvers •Assault Rifles •Machine Guns •Light Mortars •Anti-Tank Weapons •Grenade Launchers •Grenades, Mines, and Explosives •Land Vehicles •Fixed-Wing Aircraft •Helicopter •Radios •Sights and Scopes •Other supplies and support Read Article
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•The video from El Espectador shows minors being trained by alias Pipón of FARC’s front 57. •A member of the National Police while under cover recorded the video. •The video shows Pipón training the young people between 14-17 years old how to use firearms and other kinds of combat training. •Around 4,000 like cases of […]
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Did Honduras’ readmission to the Organization of American States mark the end of the sinister interlude that began with the coup d’état exactly two years ago, on 28 June 2009, and its disastrous impact on civil liberties and human rights? That was the question that the Latin America and Caribbean division of the World Association […]
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CHERÁN, Mexico, “Our patience has run out,” says Mary, an indigenous woman with three children to care for on her own, since her husband was kidnapped from his home by an armed group. In this town in western Mexico, local residents have begun to defend themselves with sticks and stones against illegal loggers and organised […]
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According to ElComercio.com today, Thursday June 30th in Santiago, Chile more than 100,000 people marched through the streets demanding improvement of the public education system, including lowering costs in Chile. The peaceful marchers made their way to the Ministry of Education and the Presidential Palace. This is one of the largest protests in the last […]
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According to RPP.com.pe people from the Lampa province in the Puno region, blocked the main road that leads to the city of Juliaca today Thursday June 30th. Protesters say this is the first day of a 48-hour strike to demand that government officials comply with an increase in mining royalties. Officials say that residents are […]
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According to ElComercio.com Ecuadorian officials of the Criminology Department have a computerized system (UTCA) that archives bullets to identify firearms. A microscopic image of each bullet is placed in the database for identification. However, officials report the database is incomplete. In 2009, Ecuadorian armed forces recorded about 170,000 bullets into the database. Then on June […]
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•Olga Amparo Sánchez, director of La Casa de La Mujer, described the role of women caught in the armed conflict as “spoils of war.” •In a report by RCN Radio, she states that from a young age, women are forced to go through pregnancies, sterilizations, and prostitution. •According to Amparo Sánchez, the women are regulated […]
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According to ElComercio.pe more than 2,500 students from the National San Cristobal University of Huamanga began an indefinite strike today, Wednesday June 28th, to denounce the suspected misappropriation of funds by university authorities. Reportedly, documents were released that revealed the embezzlement of funds by administrative workers. Sources say that revenue from tuition and admission tests […]
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ElComercio.com reports that today, Wednesday June 29th, the five suspects in the assault and shootout with policemen protecting a money transfer of $12,000 in the north of Quito yesterday, were in court for a arraignment hearing. The Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, Jose Serrano was present to ask the court to prevent the release of […]
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According to ElComercio.com President Rafael Correa has announced in May that the presidential headquarters will be moved from the Carondelet Palace to a complex in Epiclachima barracks located in south Quito. El Comercio reports that a debate has begun surrounding the history of Plaza Grande and relocation of the government headquarters. Ecuadorian historian, David Gomez […]
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ElComercio.com reports that Tuesday June 28th, a Pichincha Court in Quito convicted Colonel Rolando Tapia, former head of the legislative escort, and five policeman of undermining state security on September 30th, 2010, when a group of policemen held President Rafael Correa captive for several hours in a police hospital and took control of the Air […]
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ElComercio.pe reports after six months of Lima Mayor Susana Villaran and her administration, an assessment of transportation, urban development, and security in Lima is needed in order to create balance in a city where there is little. Officials say that the city has a serious problem with street venders who block Lima’s busy streets. Luis […]
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According to ElComercio.pe Yerko Cornejo Soto, 24, was arrested on Sunday June 26th, for urinating on the monument of hero Francisco Bolognesi located in the civic center of Tacna. A Peruvian court on Monday June 27th fined Cornejo S/ 3,500 as well as giving him a sentence of 2 years and 6 months house arrest, […]
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•According to Law 1424 passed last December, any demobilized members of AUC or guerilla groups can receive benefits as long as they have not committed crimes against humanity. •El Colombiano reveals that if a demobilized person fills the requirements of the law, the order of capture will be suspended for half of what the sentenced […]
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Following comunique translated from Spanish Iberoamerica Statement from Anonymous comienza OpAndes Libre Fase Perú Free citizens of the world, the governments of Chile and Peru continue violating the rights of its people, this time by watching all of your communications in blogs, Facebook, Twitter and even geographically placing the source of what is posted and/or […]
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According to Andes.info.ec interview with Eva Golinger, a United States writer and investigator, many Ecuadorian organizations receive funding from the U.S. State Department through agencies like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Goliger continues to say that these funds are specific for destabilizing the government of Rafael […]
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Andes.info.ec reports that President Rafael Correa is leading a campaign to create more transparency in Ecuador. The government is beginning a process to regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that the president says mostly do good, but some engage in chaos through policy creation, impose foreign policy and destabilize progressive governments. President Correa says that some NGOs […]
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Ecuadorenvivo.com reports that the Desaguadero border crossing, which is the main border crossing between Peru and Bolivia, was reopened today after 42 days of protests and blocking. Police say that everything is back to normal in the area, however there are long lines of vehicles delivering products from Bolivia to Peru. The Puno Chamber of […]
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Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru have taken over an airport as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police. Officials said approximately 3,000 protesters had occupied the runway at the Juliaca airport in the region of Puno on Saturday. Several […]
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Websites ONPE, the MEF and the Congress were blocked by Anonymous justifying their attacks against the government for its rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.Peruvian Government websites threat of attacks after suffering Anonymous | RPPKnow if Peru is prepared for an attack by Anonymous | RPPAnonymous hackers announced operation against Peru and Chile | RPP […]
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A seven-year conflict in the Episcopal Church’s Ecuador Central diocese has resulted in the presiding bishop sending a team to that nation to investigate. The conflict has resulted in the breakdown of relationships between the Standing Committee and Bishop Luis Fernando Ruiz, who has served as diocesan bishop since August 2009. Read Article
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ElComercio.com reports that President Juan Manuel Santos, today, rejected a decision made by an Ecuadorian court to call a trial of the Colombian security forces that were involved in the 2008 bombing of Angostura that ended with the death of FARC deputy chief, “Raul Reyes.” Santos says that the military took direct orders from him, […]
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According to ElComercio.com on Friday June 24th two people were killed and 12 injured when rural workers tried forcefully to occupy the airport in Juliaca, located in southern Peru on the Bolivian border. The occupation was lead by anti-mining protesters that were eventually repelled by the Peruvian police says a hospital source. Officials say that […]
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According to ElComercio.com Jose Serrano, Ecuador’s Interior Minister warned that if the police who participated in the rebellion against President Rafael Correa on September 30, 2010 go unpunished, future rebellion attempts might be more serious. Four men, including a colonel, and a politician, Fidel Arauj, were found innocent of attempted murder of Correa by an […]
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ElComercio.com reports that in Vilcabamba Thursday June 23rd, President Rafael Correa stated that a transfer of USD 300,000 did take place, however the money was not paid to the Germany, rather to a Belgium bank. Correa released documents that confirmed the transfer of funds to Pacific Bank this past 9th of August 2010. Correa says […]
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According to ElComercio.pe, Rosario Fernandez, head of the Peruvian cabinet announced Wednesday June 22nd, that a budget will not be shared among the universities of Tayacaja and Huancavelica. The new University in Tayacaja and the University of Huancavelica will have two separate budgets, announced Fernandez. The Prime Minister condemned the violent reaction of the people […]
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According to ElComercio.com a judge of the Guayas judicial system denied a protective action against rising electricity rates for the National Electricity Council (CONELEC) today, Thursday June 23rd. Miguel Palacios, president of the Civil Council of Guayaquil (JCG) lead the indictment and will appeal the ruling. The judge says that she could not provide a […]
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The Zapatista committee of good government (JBG) of Morelia denounced aggressive actions and attempts to dispossess Zapatista supporters of their lands made by members of the Regional Organization of Coffee Growers in Ocosingo (Orcao), La Jornada reports. The conflict began June 10 when Orcao members pressured and threatened a Zapatista supporter to change allegiances. Over […]
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LaRepublica.pe reports on June 15th, the Directorate of Aerospace Investigation (DINAE) was created a decade ago due to unexplained aerospace events. In 2001 the Air Force of Peru (FAP) set-up a department dedicated to researching ‘anomalous phenomenon.’ Three events influenced the creation of this naval department; Ecuador and Chile, were opening their own aerospace departments, […]
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•The residents of the Kennedy sector in Bogotá, Colombia report that over 100 young people of the “emo” group have been causing fights and disturbing the peace. •They reside in the park of the barrio Techo as they are reportedly being pursued by other groups. •As Caracol Radio reports, the group of young people attempted […]
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After the second accident involving stray horses in the road in two days, the owner of the animals has stepped up, according to unoentrerios.com.ar. A man was killed in an accident early yesterday morning after his car hit a stray horse on Route 14 near Pedernal, Entre Ríos. Three other people in the car were […]
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According to ElUniverso.com three people died in clashes between police and students at the University of Huancavelica in central Peru. The students are protesting budget cuts to the funds of the University of Huancavelica in order to create another university in Tayacaja. The three deaths included a child and 32 people were reported wounded. Also, […]
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The price of bread and pasta in Argentina is at risk to increase in the next couple of days, according to tn.com.ar. In the wake of the disbandment of the corrupt National Bureau of Farm Trade Control (Oncca) earlier this year, flour millers are arguing with the government over a 2000 million peso compensation for […]
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•Caracol Radio reports that Monseñor Julio Cesar Vidal has been participating in a dialogue with the emerging criminal bands, the Bacrim, in order to discuss reduced violence and terms of peace. •Bishops and other members of the Colombian clergy support Monseñor Vidal’s efforts. •Monseñor Serna feels that the Bacrim should be able to peacefully surrender […]
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ElComercio.com reports that the United Nations Human Rights Council received a report by Philip Alston, a U.N. special reporter on extrajudicial executions, concerning cases of unlawful killings by policemen in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian internal investigation unit records 104 deaths by police that were occurred between 2005 and 2010. However, another police unit reports that there […]
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According to ElComercio.pe talks between the Ministries of Energy and Mines, Agriculture and the Interior with the group of Aymara leaders continued on Saturday without resolution. Dialogue held on Friday included a proposal of concessions from both parties to end the mining strike. The Aymara leaders rejected the proposal, continuing the fight for the cancellation […]
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•In the river Mataje in Tamaco, Nariño, Colombia, the Colombian Navy and the CTI destroyed a facility that constructed submarines and processed cocaine paste for the Daniel Aldana column of FARC. •Monthly the site would produce 1.5 tones of coca paste. •So far in 2011, the Naval Force of the Pacific has seized 40 laboratories […]
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•During the afternoon of June 18th, a suspected ELN car bomb exploded near the entrance of Popayán killing Jairo Muñoz and 16 others injured. •According to El Heraldo, thanks to the police patrolling the city’s entrance, the bomb did not reach the center of the city, the original target. •The Colombian authorities are offering 300 […]
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According to ElUniverso.com only four of the eight-four cantons, located in the costal region of Ecuador, are allowed to perform cockfighting activities as a result of the referendum on May 7th. Only Esmeraldas, Montalvo, Valencia, and Las Lajas voted against question eight in the referendum. Therefore they are exempt from the prohibition. All the other […]
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According to ElComercio.pe unions in Puno today, are threatening to radicalize protests if the arrest warrant against Walter Aduviri is not thrown out. The Aymara leader has spent more than 24 hours inside the Panamericana Television station to avoid being captured. Judge Maria Morales signed a warrant for his arrest on the crime against public […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a legislator of the Democratic Popular Movement (MPD) Linder Altafuya is questioning the destruction of mining machinery on May 21 by three ministers of the Biodiversity Committee of the National Assembly. Altafuya is questioning the legality of the actions by these minister that left one wounded and more than 67 earthmovers destroyed […]
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While performing a patrol in the area, two soldiers of the Brigada 27 de Selva died after entering a minefield attributed to FARC in Puerto Asís, Putumayo per radiocaracol.com.co. Read Article
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According to Larazon.com.pe the municipality of Lima will remove some of the congestion, vendors and prostitutes, in the streets of Lima by July. Questions are mounting as more vendor and prostitutes have taken over the streets of Lima says Alberto Valenzuela, head of the municipality. Gabriel Prado, the safety manager of the municipality says that […]
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According to LaHora.com.ec residents of Tungurahua tried to prevent Coanda machinery from entering the new San Francisco hydroelectric power plant with sticks and stones. About 40 families in the area burned tires and tried to block the entries of the plant with tractors. The residents are upset since they say that the contractor does not […]
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•This morning, Brigade 18 of the Colombian Army freed the Head of Security, Carlos Rodríguez, and a driver of the oil company Oxy after they had been kidnapped Monday around 1:00 p.m. by the ELN per El Tiempo. •Rodríguez is the Head of Security of the Gibraltar natural gas plant. •The army arrested Juan Carlos […]
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This morning in Puerto Rico, Caquetá, FARC’s Teófilo Forero launched a mortar and machine gun attack against the sixth Brigade of the Colombian army and a Police station leaving 2 civilians dead and 10 people injured according to El Espectador. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.com Gonzalo Marroquin, president of the Inter American Press Association (SIP) said that in Ecuador freedom of speech and the press is further deteriorating, possibly becoming the worst treatment in South America. In a statement release in Quito, Marroquin criticizes the president and his government about the recent restrictions aimed at the freedom, […]
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During an operation intended to increase safety in Cali, the Colombian Police found six charges with 12 kg of explosives belonging to FARC’s frente 30 as El Espectador reports. FARC was planning an attack against the Fuerza Pública in different parts of Cali. Another operation successfully confiscated 153 bars of indugel to be used in […]
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Rcn Radio reports that Angelino Garzón, Vice-president of Colombia, warns the kidnappers, believed to be FARC, that the government is doing everything possible to locate the Chinese workers and that they should release them as soon as possible. Garzón also denounces the murder of judge Margarita de las Salas Bacca in north Barranquilla and called […]
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(Prensa Latina) Argentina warned of a worrying situation in the South Atlantic due to unilateral activities and war drills by the United Kingdom. The issue was put forward by Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman during the 42nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States, closed in San Salvador on Tuesday evening after three days […]
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•Rcnradio.com reports that the lands in Mutatá, Antioquia Casa Mía, El Roble and Los Almedros, were sold by Hernando Cardona Higuita, whom paramilitaries killed in 1997, in 2000 according to the signed contract. •Members of the Alrex Hurtado front of the AUC took these lands. •At the time of the sale, judges were not declared […]
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You may not have heard much about the bus dispute recently, but things aren’t going too smoothly in that arena. That’s because “D and E”, the bus line out of the west – which gave up some runs to the BBOC last week – is unhappy about having to make those concessions. All this week […]
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From El Economista: ● Unrest and violence on the northern border between Mexico and the US have negatively affected businesses, especially in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas ● The unrest has led residents of Texas to stop crossing the border to buy goods; business owners in Tamaulipas have decided to institute an “express service” and […]
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•Three young natives, two of them minors, turned themselves in to the Colombian military last week in Inzá, Cauca per servindi.org/actualidad/46107. •The three indigenous youths reported that within the last two months, FARC has recruited 15 minors between the ages of 12 and 15 with recruitment focusing on the areas of Toribío, Corinto, La Caldera, […]
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•Luz Agüelo, from San Francisco, Antioquia, Colombia was forced into the ELN and trained as a nurse among other occupational skills needed by the group. •They would take children to join their organization and escaped according to desentranando-colombia.periodismohumano.com. •San Francisco, Antioquia is one of the places most heavily afflicted by the armed conflict. •According to […]
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