Latin America
What would Romney-Ryan Latin America policy look like?
August 20, 2012A Romney administration Latin America policy would return us to the same policies which brought about tens of thousands of deaths in Central America before.
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Crackdown on illegal pet trade
August 3, 2012Over 8,700 birds and other animals have been seized - and 4,000+ people arrested - in what appears to be a large-scale crackdown on the black market Latin American bird trade.
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Houston celebrates birth of The Liberator – Simon Bolivar
July 27, 2012Almost 200 progressives here celebrated South American liberator Simon Bolivar's birthday, July 24.
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Peru mine conflict pits David against Goliath
June 5, 2012The action, emblematic of conflict throughout Latin America between local people and multi-national mining corporations, resulted in violent confrontation.
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Brazil probes dictatorship’s human rights abuses
May 29, 2012Brazil's government will now investigate human rights violations committed by the right-wing military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985.
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