Latin America – Page 53 – People's World

Paramilitaries alive and well in Colombia

April 5, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Paramilitary forces have displaced over four million rural people from 16 million acres of land.

Carter in Cuba to meet with Raúl Castro

March 29, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Former President Jimmy Carter began a three-day visit to Cuba yesterday and was scheduled to meet President Raul Castro today.

Honduran teachers’ protests trigger repression, fight-back

March 29, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

A strike by teachers in Honduras, which has led to a confrontation with the right-wing government, could have riipple effects.

Argentina: Prosecution for child-thefts during dictatorship begins

March 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Two former Argentinian dictators and some of their henchmen are on trial for charges charges of concocting a scheme to kidnap the babies of political opponents they murdered.

Trial of Posada Carriles starts in Texas

January 18, 2011 By Emile Schepers

On Monday January 10, the trial of Luis Posada Carriles began in the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Posada is seen in most of Latin America as a terrorist, responsible for many deaths. Yet he...