A Colombian indigenous organization on Thursday accused the government of lacking the will to protect indigenous people from armed groups, after the massacre of five people by suspected guerrillas.
Read MoreThe massacre of five Indigenous leaders in Colombia has shocked the country. The killings took place in the southwestern region of Cauca.
Read MoreBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that he will not attend the inauguration ceremony of Argentina’s president-elect Alberto Fernandez, as tensions kept growing between the two countries.
Read MoreAt least 47 persons were arrested on Wednesday night during protests in Panama against electoral reforms, informed Europa Press, citing a police report.
Read MoreThe European Commission warned Ecuador on Wednesday to crack down on illegal fishing activities or else face the risk of being excluded from the lucrative EU market.
Read MoreVenezuela remains in the throes of a political and economic crisis, with millions more people thought likely to flee in the coming months. Yet international funding is still well short of UN goals.
Read MoreVenezuela is mired in a deep economic and political crisis. An overwhelming majority of the estimated 4.5 million Venezuelans who have fled their country have remained in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Read MoreThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees reports that since April 2018, Panama has received a total of 6,041 applications for asylum from Nicaraguans fleeing the repression of the Daniel Ortega/Rosario Murillo regime.
Read MoreCentrist Claudia Lopez was on Sunday elected mayor of Bogota in Colombia’s first local elections since the 2016 peace deal with the guerrilla movement FARC, which have been fraught with violence.
Read MoreIn Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro takes advantage of the events in countries such as Ecuador, Chile, Spain to show solidarity with the right to struggle, to rebellion and in repudiation of repression.
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