Violence Against Women Peruvian women ask Michelle Bachelet for help in face of violence 19-07-2022 14:28 Michelle Bachelet, UN Human Rights High Commissioner, met by Peruvian women, including trans women, denouncing the daily violence they face.
Latin America Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murder 22-06-2022 10:43 Senior executive of hydroelectric dam in Honduras given prison sentence of more than 22 years for his role in 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres.
spyware scandal Reports: Private Israeli malware Pegasus used to spy on journalists, activists 19-07-2021 11:46 Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using mobile phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said over the weekend.
Ecuador run-off Leftist Andrés Arauz says he would renegotiate Ecuador's agreements if elected 08-04-2021 16:31 Leftist presidential candidate Andres Arauz has big plans to change Ecuador's course if elected on Sunday, when he faces right-wing contender Guillermo Lasso in a run-off vote.
Ecuador run-off Right-winger Guillermo Lasso says aiming for Ecuador political unity 08-04-2021 16:20 Right-wing presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso says he's ready to work with anyone, including political rivals, to govern the country if elected in Ecuador's second-round run-off on Sunday.
ECUADOR RUN-OFF Environmentalists dismayed by Ecuador presidential candidates 08-04-2021 16:09 Leftist Andrés Arauz faces the right-wing Guillermo Lasso in a run-off election, with both vowing to continue oil and mineral extraction, which has already devastated a sixth of Ecuador's Amazon jungle.
ENVIRONMENT Protesters denounce 'privatisation' of water, mining, forest fires 23-03-2021 14:19 Hundreds of ecologists protested this Monday in Buenos Aires against the privatisation of water, as well as open-pit mining and forest fires.
HUMAN RIGHTS Slow justice for women abused by Chile's dictatorship 05-03-2021 12:22 More than 40,000 people were tortured and another 3,200 were murdered or disappeared in the 17 years of Augusto Pinochet's regime (1973-1990), which savaged women, making them victims of aberrant methods of torture specially focused on sexual violence.
ENVIRONMENT Environmentalists, markets eye Argentina’s transgenic wheat askance 27-10-2020 14:33 Argentina became the first country to approve the growth and consumption of genetically modified drought-tolerant wheat earlier this month. Markets, healthcare professionals and environmental activists express concerns.