News of disappearances

Paraguay police search for more bodies in ex-dictator's house

13-09-2019 20:14 Truth commission investigators say the homes of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner were used for orgies with young girls and women.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

09-09-2019 13:54 Thousands of demonstrators poured onto Santiago's streets Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. But the march, which started peacefully, ended in violence.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuela condemned by OAS for 'systematic' rights abuses

28-08-2019 16:15 Organisation of American States passes resolution condemning "grave and systematic" human rights abuses in Venezuela and demands an independent investigation. It was presented by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru.