Media Coverage

Peru's government proposed on Friday "a new approach" for mining companies to end social gaps and avoid conflicts in the sector, a measure taken after several conflicts in the country in recent months. Peru has planned investments of $53 billion in mining projects, many of them frozen or delayed...

It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence against women and appeared to signal a new era for a country still emerging from decades of civil war and military rule. But in recent years, public officials have found another use for...

At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels who reject the country’s peace deal and the Clan del Golfo crime gang, have agreed to participate in unilateral ceasefires, the government said on Wednesday. President Gustavo...

After releasing a first-of-its-kind report earlier this year that examined slavery in the United States and the lingering effects on African Americans, the California Reparations Task Force is holding a two-day public hearing this weekend to discuss reparations. Assembly Bill 3121 (AB 3121) was...

A team tasked with investigating alleged violations in Venezuela said it had uncovered how members of intelligence services implemented orders by President Nicolás Maduro and others in a scheme to stifle opposition. “In doing so, grave crimes and human rights violations are being committed...

Colombian government representatives have met with members of an armed group that grew out of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, photos tweeted by President Gustavo Petro have shown. On his Twitter account, Petro published two photos on Sunday that appeared to show...

Colombia has asked the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro to be guarantor of talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, the last active rebel group in a country torn by decades of conflict. In a speech, Maduro said, "Of course we agree!" It thus joins Chile and Cuba as...

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, announced he plans to hold a referendum within the next three years to decide whether to remove the king as head of state and become a republic. "This is a matter that has to be taken to a referendum for the people to decide," Browne told ITV...

Colombia’s Truth Commission revealed the names of 423 people and 58 companies that allegedly financed the expansion of paramilitary organization AUC between 1995 and 1998 within the city of Medellin. None of the people and the companies in the AUC’s financial administration were taken to court after...

Though the rejection camp had 61.9 percent support compared to 38.1 percent for approval when 99 percent of the votes had been counted after Sunday's referendum, most Chileans favor changing the dictatorship-era constitution. For in 2020, just under 80 percent of Chileans voted in favor of changing...