Latin America Archives - Page 73 of 481

Nicaragua’s Top General Blasts the USA, Embraces Russia

The Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, met in Managua with delegates from Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, & Venezuela.

Today’s featured artist is Carlos Barbosa-Lima from Brazil with the song “Adios” from the album “Frenesi” (2004).

The kidnapping of Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Ojeda violates Chilean sovereignty in an unjustified and unprovoked aggression.

“The territory is of vital importance to us. It guarantees us life and the lives of our future generations; it gives us food and medicine…”

During his eight-year term he was accused of serious human rights violations & accusations of corruption and involvement with drug smuggling.

A tragic constant in Latin American history that “made its heroes victims, its wise men outcasts, and its honorable men pariahs.”

Renewable energy, needed to reduce the polluting emissions that overheat the planet, does not address inequality and in some cases foments it

The former president of Panama evades jail by taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy, but strains relations between the two countries.

Among the cases they highlight that of “Ignacio,” a Nicaraguan who claims to have been forced to discard the ashes of his father.

The growth of gangs in Ecuador took hold gradually, in poor areas, and their presence and control boomed during the last two years.