Latin America

New information revealed regarding the death of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat creates controversy meanwhile, Israel resumes the construction of the wall around Jerusalem, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.

The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency in the mountain region of Cajamarca where thousands have gathered in recent days to protest the expansion of a gold mine owned by the U.S.-based Newmont Mining that is already the largest in South America.

Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman was in Madrid, Spain yesterday “where protesters are celebrating a major victory after that country’s high court opened a criminal investigation into the former head of Spain’s biggest mortgage lender, Bankia.“

While Guthrie is best remembered as a musician, he also had a deeply political side. At the height of McCarthyism, Guthrie spoke out for labor and civil rights and against fascism. In this one-hour special, you will hear interviews and music from folk singer Pete Seeger, the British musician Billy Bragg, and the historian Will Kaufman, author of the new book, “Woody Guthrie, American Radical.”

Delegates from 190 countries have gathered at the United Nations to begin talks on the first-ever global agreement regulating the arms trade. The United States is by far the world’s largest producer, importer and exporter of armaments.

Thousands of people marched across Japan over the weekend to protest the country’s resumption of nuclear power. Ohi is Japan’s first nuclear power plant to restart since the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Mercosur gained a member and suspended another on Friday with Venezuela entering and Paraguay on the out. The ceremony for the new member was announced for July 31 in Rio de Janeiro.

The Palestinian unity government seems to face obstacles, meanwhile Palestinian President is preparing to meet with Israeli deputy Prime Minister in Ramallah, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.

Ecuadorean plaintiffs have launched a new effort to recoup the $18 billion in damages that the oil giant Chevron has refused to pay for polluting Ecuador’s rainforest since the 1970s.