Category: Andes
July 30, 2012 > Staff
Bolivian Government Asks Indigenous Groups To Approve Highway
Top Story — Bolivian government representatives traveled to Oromomo in the Amazon basin lowlands on Sunday, kicking off a campaign to convince sixty-nine indigenous communities in Bolivia to approve a […] Read More >
July 24, 2012 > Staff
Peru: Court Reduces Grupo Colina Death Squad Sentences
Top Story — After Peru’s Supreme Court reduced the sentences of members of the Grupo Colina death squad, critics on Monday raised the possibility that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori […] Read More >
July 20, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: Nasa Indians To Try Alleged Guerrillas
Top Story — Fed up with violence in their community, members of the Nasa tribe in Colombia said that they were putting four suspected FARC guerrillas on trial for attacking […] Read More >
July 6, 2012 > Staff
Death Toll Rises In Peru Mining Protests
Top Story— The state of emergency in Peru’s Cajamarca province continued Wednesday after another civilian was killed in protests over the $4.8 billion Conga mining project. On Tuesday, Peruvian Justice […] Read More >
June 26, 2012 > Staff
Police Strike Continues in Bolivia
Top Story — Protesting police officers brandished weapons and fired tear gas on a crowd of government supporters in La Paz as Bolivia’s police strike entered its fourth day on Monday. A […] Read More >
June 21, 2012 > Staff
WikiLeaks Founder Awaits Ecuador’s Decision on Asylum
Top Story — With the Ecuadorean government due to respond Thursday to his asylum request, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must remain in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London as police line up outside to […] Read More >
June 20, 2012 > Staff
Peru Says Pregnant Women Could Face Jail Time For Protesting
Top Story — The Peruvian government on Tuesday threatened to arrest pregnant women participating in a protest march against the U.S.-based Newmont’s $4.8 billion Conga mining project, based on a claim […] Read More >
June 19, 2012 > Staff
Colombia: Ex-Security Chief Accused In Drug Trafficking, Wiretapping Schemes
Top Story — A recently-unsealed document U.S. indictment revealed that Colombia’s former security chief, Ex-General Mauricio Santoyo Velasco, has been charged with conspiracy to export cocaine to the United States while he […] Read More >
June 13, 2012 > Mari Hayman
“We Of The Saya”: An Interview With Filmmaker Sisa Bueno
Six years ago, New York filmmaker Sisa Bueno was a volunteer in Bolivia whose attention was captured by the struggle of Afro-Bolivians to be counted as an ethnic group in […] Read More >
May 16, 2012 > Staff
Bombing In Bogotá Kills Two, Injures Dozens More
Top Story — A driver and a police bodyguard for former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londoño were killed after a bomb went off in Bogotá on Tuesday, injuring dozens of other people. […] Read More >