Chile

Protests assail rigged trial of Chile indigenous leaders

March 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The conviction of four leaders of the Mapuche indigenous group in Chile is drawing international and national condemnation of Chile's right wing government and President Sebastian Piñera.

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March 23, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

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Urzúa, miner number 33

October 19, 2010 By Martín Granovsky

Chilean miner #33, Luis Urzúa, the leader of the entrapped group, embodies Chile's history from Allende to Pinochet to now with working-class dignity and tenacious faith in his fellow miners and humankind.

World cheers Chilean miners rescue

October 13, 2010 By Special to People’s World

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Oct. 13 to the cheers of millions around the world.

South American summit tackles regional integration

May 11, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Another step in the tortuous process of Latin American integration was marked May 3-4 when representatives of all 12 states belonging to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) met.