(2 reports below) New death squads have arisen to replace Colombia's notorious right-wing paramilitary groups - and they are committing the same acts of terrorism against trade unionists as their predecessors, a prominent US-based rights organisation has warned. Under pressure from human rights groups and Washington, Bogota has overseen the... » read this article

The final judgment is imminent after a long legal battle between oil giant Chevron and brave indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon, who are seeking redress for the multinational’s dumping of billions of gallons of toxic waste in the rainforest.
 
If Chevron is forced to pay billions in damages, it’ll... » read this article

3 February 2010 – As is custom at the beginning of each year, the different US agencies publish their famous annual reports on topics ranging from human rights, trafficking in persons, terrorism, threats, drug-trafficking, and other issues that indicate who will be this year’s target of US agression. Yesterday, it... » read this article

Filmmaker Rodrigo Vazquez spent his childhood summers on his father's farm in Paraguay. For his film, This Land is Our Land, he returned to Paraguay to see how the election of Bishop Fernando Lugo in April 2008 and his attempts to redress six decades of corruption, poverty and human rights... » read this article

//   The Honduran coup regime has been forced to reverse a harsh crackdown on civil liberties amidst growing protests for the restoration of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya. But Honduran forces still blocked a large protest march and shut down two media outlets that have criticized the coup... » read this article

The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured "formal approval" from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to "secure" roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules in... » read this article

Friday, January 1. It is Haitian Independence Day, and I am in a mood to celebrate year two-hundred and six. The stereo blasts a wild, up-tempo, tune. Haitian drums burn! As I dance, I explain to my befuddled husband that this exhuberant song is about a woman who survived a storm. She is stuck up... » read this article

Editor's Note: An Axis of Logic correspondent sent this article to us by Cynthia McKinney saying, "This is the best thing I've read so far [on Haiti]. We concur. - Les Blough, Editor Jan. 19, 2010 President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment... » read this article

January 17, 2010 After a brief holiday interlude, the Honduran resistance went back to the streets with renewed energy and commitment. On Jan. 7, 15,000 people marched from the Polytechnic University to the National Congress in Tegucigalpa. This time, beside demanding the return to office of their legitimate president, Manuel... » read this article

15 January 2010 In his statement on the Haitian earthquake Wednesday, President Barack Obama referred to the “long history that binds us together.” Neither he nor the US media, however, have shown any inclination to probe the history of US-Haiti relations and its bearing on present catastrophe confronting the Haitian... » read this article

We discuss the situation in Haiti following Tuesday’s massive earthquake, as well as the history of Haiti, with two guests who have spent a lot of time there: Bill Quigley, the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy... » read this article

"In reaction to the growing US military presence on Curaçao, a local journalist [in Curaçao] commented, upon visiting one of the US war ships, 'After leaving the war ship, we had the sensation that all of a sudden, we are now very important…'." Caracas, January 9, 2009 - Yesterday’s violation of... » read this article

ASUNCIÓN, Jan 6 (IPS) - "Did you have to pay for anything?" is the obligatory question these days in the waiting room at the Mother and Child Hospital in Fernando de la Mora, on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, where people still have doubts that the public health services... » read this article

From Military Coup de tat, to illegitimate government of force - Entering the year 2010 This week’s kidnapping, disappearance, torture and interrogation of journalist Cesar Omar Silva by a street patrol with military training confirms the existence of a pattern of systematic violations of human rights committed by the same... » read this article

Thousands of MAS (Movement Towards Socialism) supporters filled the Plaza Murillo on Sunday, December 6, to catch a glimpse of the re-elected Bolivian president Evo Morales on the balcony of the Presidential Palace. Amidst the fireworks, clenched fists, celebrations and MAS flags read a banner, "Now it is time to... » read this article

Caracas, 20 December – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez revealed today on his Sunday television and radio program, Aló Presidente, that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have illegally entered Venezuela’s airspace during the past several days. “A few days ago, one of these military planes penetrated Venezuela as... » read this article

BOLIVIA Morales triumphs The Dec. 6 presidential elections marked an historic development in Bolivia. President Evo Morales was re-elected for a second term with more than 63 percent of the vote, a clear mandate to continue developing the country on behalf of the people instead of the transnational corporations and... » read this article

History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras – Professor Noam Chomsky PhD. Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 12-15-09 Dandelion Salad YouTube socialistworker.org      ... » read this article

Interview with Eva Golinger Information Clearing House  ... » read this article

Venezuela's and Colombia's ambassadors to the United States tell their sides of an increasingly tense story. Nearly two decades after the global arms race of the Cold War ended, many Latin America watchers today are worried about a new military standoff: between Colombia and Venezuela. As before, Washington is integral... » read this article